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« Reply #75 on: July 21, 2010, 15:58:13 »
Quote from: dmutony on July 21, 2010, 13:05:41
volo tv is only fitted to D coaches!!!!!!

I would agree that it is fitted to a carriage that is usually labelled coach D and 4th in the rake.

However carriages are shuffled around  frequently (we often get ABCCE, ABDCE, frequently lose E or B) and the CIS▸ (Customer Information System) at Oxford this morning definitely said coach E (I thought it looked odd and waited for the scrolling display to repeat)) and this was the missing coach this morning.
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« Reply #76 on: July 21, 2010, 16:04:32 »
How are the 7-car sets with microbuffet labelled? Are they ABCDEGH or ABCDFGH? If the microbuffet is E, does that mean that it's now E in which there are no reservations rather than D, to account for the different seating layouts? Or are both reservation-free?
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« Reply #77 on: July 21, 2010, 16:09:33 »
This morning train was ABCDFGH, ie no E, no idea if this was a micro buffet in F as seats are so rare that once I have one I dont move until Oxford. F did have some sort of buffet and seating at the first class end of the carriage (ie near G and H).
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« Reply #78 on: July 21, 2010, 16:44:09 »
TSBs are labelled as Coach F as per the normal buffets, so formations are either

A B C D E F G H for a 2+8 set with a full buffet in; or
A B C D F G H for a 2+7 with a TSB.

Coaches E and F are both unreserved so it makes no difference to the reservation system if a 2+7 is substituted for a 2+8 and vice versa
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« Reply #79 on: July 21, 2010, 16:51:36 »
Thanks for that - wasn't sure which way round it was, whether all catering vehicles were labelled F for consistency in that respect, or if the microbuffets were labelled E to keep standard/first coach labelling consistent.
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« Reply #80 on: July 21, 2010, 21:27:28 »
Erm ... since when has 'consistency' been a feature on the railways??  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #81 on: July 22, 2010, 00:10:42 »
Quote from: inspector_blakey on July 21, 2010, 16:04:32
How are the 7-car sets with microbuffet labelled? Are they ABCDEGH or ABCDFGH? If the microbuffet is E, does that mean that it's now E in which there are no reservations rather than D, to account for the different seating layouts? Or are both reservation-free?
E is the unreserved carriage (F for the case of mini buffet)
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« Reply #82 on: July 22, 2010, 11:33:06 »
Quote from: d5351 on July 21, 2010, 16:44:09
Coaches E and F are both unreserved

Quote from: Ollie on July 22, 2010, 00:10:42
E is the unreserved carriage (F for the case of mini buffet)

Can we agree which is correct?
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« Reply #83 on: July 22, 2010, 16:53:37 »
If in doubt, believe Ollie since he works for FGW▸ (First Great Western)
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« Reply #84 on: July 22, 2010, 18:40:21 »
E and F are both unreserved regardless of class of travel. All FC▸ (First Class, or Fat Controller, or Football Club, depending on context) reservations are in G & H.
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« Reply #85 on: April 18, 2012, 02:53:44 »
Digging up an old thread.
Volo in coach B today but not at all seats.

 
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