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Eurostar Brussels to London - help me understand the seating chart?

Posted by (Boston, MA, United States) on

I've booked Eurostar tickets from Brussels to London. Yay!! Chunnel!!!!

I'm selecting seats but not sure how to interpret a couple of elements on their diagram.

If I have set sharing permissions correctly, this link will take you to my annotated diagram on Google drive.

My two questions are:

1) The grey patches along the walls - are those indicating "This is a window" or "This is not a window" or Something Else Entirely? Are the two seats shows as selected next to a window?

2) They list two types of power outlets on the Key, but I don't actually see the symbols anywhere on the diagram. Am I missing something, or are they really not indicated on the diagram? Do you think that means this carriage has no outlets? Not a big deal, as it's only a 2 or 3 hour trip.

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359 posts

Figured out question #2 - I looked at other carriages and found that some carriages have outlets, some don't. Mystery #2 solved!

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359 posts

Mystery #1 probably solved. I believe the grey patches mean "not a window"

Seat 61 has a bunch of tips for choosing Eurostar seats. Between the diagrams they have and the diagram on the Eurostar seat-change widget, I think I have successfully chosen 2 seats with a window and a power outlet. C vs UK didn't matter to me since we'll have both kinds of adapters with us.

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33425 posts

yes you did set the file up correctly.

Glad to see your questions answered - before you gave anybody a chance to help...

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nigel - apologies! :-D

It happens to me a lot. I search and search and don't find what I need, ask a question and then BOOM immediately find the answer. It's a bit embarrassing.

Posted by
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I am so thankful for this post. I hadn't realized I had completely misunderstood the seating charts despite even using seat61 for help! After reading this and rereading Seat61 I think I now have forward facing seats with window for our travel from the UK to Brussels.

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16895 posts

Train windows are usually large, not little portholes like an airplane or ship, so the longer spaces (white on that diagram) represent windows.

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Just an FYI about forward-facing seats: A few years ago I took the Eurostar from Paris to London. When I booked my seat, I made sure to select a forward-facing one because I love looking out the window on trains and watching the scenery. When I got on the train and found the correct carriage and seat, I discovered that my seat was facing backwards. I don't know what I could have done differently during the booking process, but apparently this can happen. Be aware of the possibility.

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