I am traveling from Nice to Paris and was hoping I could get some advice. Lots of choices on seats. upper, lower, square.
It seems to me that on the upper deck you could see more of the country side? Not sure if square means there is a table?
Any advice would be great.
Brenda
Posted by
San Francisco, CA
180 posts
I had this same question...I've never been on a train where seats were reserved, so I'm wondering on those where there are reserved seats, how do those of us who opt not to reserve know where to sit? (my train is in Germany, if it matters).
Posted by
Berlin, Germany
337 posts
erin, in German trains reserved seats have little signs (paper in older trains, displays in newer ones) on either the compartment door or above the seat, which indicate for which part of the journey the seat is reserved.
For example a seat labeled "Reserviert von Hannover nach Hamburg" is reserved between Hanover and Hamburg. If you just ride that train from e.g. Frankfurt to Hanover, you can use that seat.
Alternatively you could just wait a few minutes until most passengers are seated.
Or you could simply take your chances. Being asked to vacate the seat isn't shameful ;-) But if the train is quite full with many reservations this strategy can lead to several rapid seat changes. In such cases it is better to search directly for non-reserved seats.