Salle Isolee?
Dec 6th, 2005 | 09:57 AM
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Salle Isolee?
I can translate most French phrases pretty well, but I'm stumped by "salle isolee." Does this mean that I'll have an isolated room on the train from CDG to Rennes? Somehow I don't think so. I did book 1st class, but still...
Dec 6th, 2005 | 12:40 PM
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Are you sure it said salle and not siege or place?
They use the term isolee for those seats on one side of a railcar that don't have anyone next to them -- in other words, one side of the car has two seats next to each other and across the aisle are single seats. I like them, as no one can sit next to you that way.
On the other hand, it could be in some isolated compartment, but you won't get it all to yourself, unless you are lucky. I think they usually have 4-6 seats in those, but I haven't had one of those in a long time.
They use the term isolee for those seats on one side of a railcar that don't have anyone next to them -- in other words, one side of the car has two seats next to each other and across the aisle are single seats. I like them, as no one can sit next to you that way.
On the other hand, it could be in some isolated compartment, but you won't get it all to yourself, unless you are lucky. I think they usually have 4-6 seats in those, but I haven't had one of those in a long time.
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Dec 6th, 2005 | 02:14 PM
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well, it is confusing, but I had a PREM ticket, first class, this summer with a seat and car number very similar to that one -- and it was one of those isolated seats. I think it may just be missing a comma between the salle and the isolee.
As my PREM ticket said:
Classe 1
Voiture 2, place 21
Assise Non fumeur
Duplex: En Bas Isolee
However, the word isolee referred to my kind of seat, not the car, on my ticket.
As my PREM ticket said:
Classe 1
Voiture 2, place 21
Assise Non fumeur
Duplex: En Bas Isolee
However, the word isolee referred to my kind of seat, not the car, on my ticket.
Dec 7th, 2005 | 02:56 AM
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Salle describes the set up of the car or the placement of the seat in the car, like Club 4 for the sets of four seats facing each other. In this case, one big space, not compartments, not part of a Club 4 or Club Duo, and not a double-decker as indicated by the "Duplex: En Bas" on Christina's ticket.
Isolée refers to the seat. Christina explained well that there is a pair of seats on one side of the aisle and a single seat on the other. I, too, prefer these single seats. If your seat was one of the pairs, it would say here aisle or window.
Isolée refers to the seat. Christina explained well that there is a pair of seats on one side of the aisle and a single seat on the other. I, too, prefer these single seats. If your seat was one of the pairs, it would say here aisle or window.
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