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20-12-2006, 11:23 | #1 |
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Booking on Cork-Dublin - direction of seat?
I am just wondering when looking at the diagrams on the Irish Rail seat booking service which way the train's actually facing.
Diagram is as follows : <"engine">-[----a----][----b----][----c----] ....... I have booked assuming that "Engine" = the actual locomotive and ended up facing the wrong way around. Any suggestions ? I'm assuming Coach A is at the end of the train on the way to Cork and at the front of the train on the way to Dublin ? |
20-12-2006, 11:32 | #2 |
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To the right is Dublin to the left is everywhere else no matter what train you are in and which direction it is going
Coach letters are fixed I'm serious, for reference on a Mk4 seat 33 faces Dublin and is a window seat No occasion a coach might be the wrong way around rare but happens |
20-12-2006, 11:41 | #3 |
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The IE screen shows a pointy "engine" (DVT?) on the left, and next to it is coach "A" whihc is the 1st class. On MK 4s these 2 vehicles are at the Dublin end. So it's Dublin to the left and everywhere else to the right.
However on Mk 3s the 1st class is (or was) at the Cork end, and I don't know how the reservation displayed this, or if they ever used a diagram for the MK 3s. |
20-12-2006, 11:47 | #4 |
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Its always Dublin to the right no matter which way around
Seat 1 in a Mk3 and a Mk4 is at the Cork end and works to the right, eg the half first/half second coach has first at the Cork end i.e to the left The wheelchair space on a Mk4 is at the Dublin end beyond seat 69 which is to the right |
20-12-2006, 12:04 | #5 |
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This is doing my head in.
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20-12-2006, 12:17 | #6 |
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Its actually simple
Right is Dublin Left everywhere else No need to get into complex anaylsis |
20-12-2006, 11:34 | #7 |
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If you're going from Heuston the engine is always at the far end, coach A up there as well.
So everywhere else engine is at the Dublin end, but coach A is at the back. Voila. |
20-12-2006, 11:37 | #8 |
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Which coach is which depends on the train type
But A is where first is, if there is first B is the catering if a dining car is provided Generally A is away from Heuston except Dublin Cork where A is at the Dublin end |
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