"Dan" wrote in message
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> All,
>
> I will be travelling by train next week from Rome to Naples, to
> Florence, then back to Rome. This will be my first experience with
> trains. I have reserved my seats on each train (ticketless option).
> The first is an IC Plus train (first class). The other two are second
> class on the Eurostar.
>
> I have posted previously in this group and gotten many good responses.
> I just have one additional question. For the first leg of my trip, it
> says our assigned seats are "Coach 2: 53 -, 54".
>
> Correct me if I am wrong, but I take this to mean I need to board the
> second train car from the front and look for seats 53 and 54. Is there
> an entrance for each train car or do you board the first car and keep
> walking until you are in the second car (are they even connected for
> that matter)? Are the seat numbers easily viewable? Is it obvious
> where the luggage is to be stored (by the seat, or is there a seperate
> car for luggage)?
>
> On the Eurostar, I noticed there is a restaurant car. Is it safe to
> leave our luggage behind, or should we take turns going to the
> restaurant? I mean no disrespect, but I have heard mixed opinions
> about the number of thieves on trains.
I almost always take my stuff with me.
But a couple of weeks ago, the carriage was almost empty
and having just left the penultimate station, went to the toilet
leaving my stuff behind.
When I got back, the man two seats away gave me a
bollocking for leaving my potential 'bomb' behind.
tim
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