On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:45:56 -0600, "Donald Newcomb"
wrote:
>
>"Dan" wrote in message
>news:1163956126.391334.251830@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> 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.
>
>Actually you need to board coach #2. This could be the second car from the
>front or the second from the end. (This is Italy we are talking about here,
>not Japan.)
There's a simple reason why the cars are sometimes numbered from the
front and sometimes from the rear, and it has nothing to do with the
Italian soul. In stations such as Rome Termini, the tracks end at the
station. The train pulls in with the cars numbered from the front and
pulls out with the cars numbered from the rear.
>>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?
>
>No that would be impossible. There are doors at each end of each car. Use
>the door nearest your seat as described above.
It's not impossible to walk through the cars; I've done it many times.
However, when you're impeded with luggage, it's slow going and the
people behind you might get impatient. It's especially difficult on
the trains with closed compartments. These have a narrow aisle outside
the compartments. When the train is full, the aisles will be occupied
with people who have pulled down the little jump seats in the aisles.
--
Barbara Vaughan
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