reserved seats on Virgin trains

Coach A will be either the closest or the farthest coach of the train from the entrance to the platform, I'm sorry but I don't remember which way the lettering usually goes. The coaches have one door at each end, and when you get on the coach, there should be a sign by the door indicating which seats that door is closest to. When you're on board, the seat numbers will be visible.

Coach A is usually the front carriage of Virgin Trains departing Euston. Penrith is not on the east coast.

I'm no expert on trains etc but a browse on Google brought up the following: Someone else may be in a better position to confirm. First up: http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/routes-stations/ Looks like it will be a pendolino train or a Super Voyager train. (Line E) If it's a pendolino train you are travelling on then have a look at the link here. http://www.joyce.whitchurch.btinternet.co.uk/pendplan.gif Looks like the seat you mentioned in A (Standard Class in this case) has a limited view. If it's a voyager train then here is the seating plan. Seat 9 in Carriage A in this case is Club Class (You pay more for this) http://www.joyce.whitchurch.btinternet.co.uk/voyaplan.gif

Thank you all! If it is a restricted view seat, I must change it! I've waited many years to make this trip and I want to see everything. Booked the ticket with East Coast company and emailed them but no response.

I've meant to stay quiet for a while but I must help. Don't panic about your seat. You don't need to sit in it, but you can. Coach A is the leading coach leaving Euston and the great majority of the seats face backwards. I haven't looked at the seating plan, I just know. It is also the "quiet" coach where mobile phones should not be used and music devices "should" be quieter. There are no restrictions on talking. Only some of the seats will be reserved in each carriage. Pendolinos are notorious for seats not lining up with windows. It is the case all the way up and down the train. Only a very few have no window at all, usually there is a good portion of one. If you settle in and don't like your seat, move. You don't say when your journey is but unless it M-F 1530-1930 or weekend afternoons, it is unlikely to be full and if you see an unreserved seat (look above the seat at the little digital display) you can take it regardless if you have a reservation for a different seat. By the same token if the seat says it is reserved from Euston and nobody arrived to claim it you can as long as you have given them enough time to walk through the 9 coaches if they ran at the last moment at Euston, for example. Because coach A is right at the front give yourself enough time to walk up there - don't be the last one on.

If you have an 'Advance' ticket the terms require you to sit in the reserved seat, which is not the case with other types of ticket. Some companies do not strictly enforce this, but they can choose to do so.

If you are traveling on a weekend and have luggage upgrade and reserve to first class. We reserved from Warrington to Glasgow on a Friday afternoon. Our seats were waiting for us,had to ask one gentleman to move, but absolutely zero storage room for luggage. Twwo hours plus with thirty pounds of luggage on your lap is not the way to see anything.