Seating arranegement in German
Hi All,
Can someone tell me please what this means. I was trying to get a compartment seating and not the usual bus like seating so I want to make sure this is what I got that appears on my ticket
TGV 9576, 3 Sitzplätze, Wg. 12,
Pl. 53 54 56, 1 Fenster, 2 Gang,
Nichtraucher unten, Club 4
Thank you!
Bobby
Houston, Texas USA 3/8/13
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The ticket doesn't indicate what type of seating you have. "TGV 9576" is the number of the train (I'm assuming this is a French train?). " 3 Sitzplätze, Wg. 12" = "3 seats, carriage 12". "Pl. 53 54 56, 1" are the seat numbers, " 1 Fenster, 2 Gang" indicates you have one window and two aisle seats, and "Nichtraucher unten" is non-smoking. Not sure why they still list this, because all trains are non-smoking. I don't know what "Club 4" represents.
TGV is the high speed train of the French National Railway (SNCF). As far as I know, there is no compartment seating on any TGV trains (and I think I've been on all kinds - either older, refurbished 1-story trains or the newer 2 story trains). And this is specifically a Munich-Stuttgart-Karlsruhe-Strasbourg-Paris train, right? I've been on that particular line many times and never encountered compartments. The train is perfectly comfortable though.
I looked at seat61.com and it says that Club 4 is four seats facing each other across a table.
Thank you all very much for your help. I guess the compartments are only offered on the City Night Line....not the day trips. As long as they are comfortable enough to bear with a 2 year old for 6 hours I should be fine.
Thanks!