Paris to Venice by Train - Help Again
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Paris to Venice by Train - Help Again
I asked a question on this topic yesterday and got great information.
My brother and I are going to take the night train (Hopefully Artesia) from Pais to Venice.
We want to book a double first class. In other words a compartment for two only. However, I saw the layout for these trains and they appear to have triple bunks. The SNCF English web site is quite vague on whether there would be a third person sharing the compartment. It says:
"You will be split between several compartments exclusively reserved for you."
eg - it says for instance "coach 92 seats 22 lower and 26 upper are availabe.
OK this is the same compartment - but there are three bunks in these Artesia trains.
Will the third bunk be sold to a stranger?
I don't want to book unless I can get this resolved.
And no we do not want to be adventurous
Thanks again.
My brother and I are going to take the night train (Hopefully Artesia) from Pais to Venice.
We want to book a double first class. In other words a compartment for two only. However, I saw the layout for these trains and they appear to have triple bunks. The SNCF English web site is quite vague on whether there would be a third person sharing the compartment. It says:
"You will be split between several compartments exclusively reserved for you."
eg - it says for instance "coach 92 seats 22 lower and 26 upper are availabe.
OK this is the same compartment - but there are three bunks in these Artesia trains.
Will the third bunk be sold to a stranger?
I don't want to book unless I can get this resolved.
And no we do not want to be adventurous
Thanks again.
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I'm no train expert but it sounds like there is confusion between the first class double cabin (just two people), and a 'couchette' which would be 3 or 6 in bunks.
Perhaps the specific train you are looking at doesn't offer private doubles, but only couchettes?
Perhaps the specific train you are looking at doesn't offer private doubles, but only couchettes?
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These trains have T3 compartments which can be configured to have one, two or three berths, depending on the fare you pay. If you book it as a two-berth compartment, the middle bunk will be folded away. If you book two berths in a three-berth compartment, you will be sharing with a third person of the same sex. The fare per person in a two-berth is higher than in a three-berth.
Couchettes have four or six berths in a compartment.
Couchettes have four or six berths in a compartment.
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