Avanti seat selector on Trainsplit

[trainophile]

Just wondering what the grey rectangles mean on the seat selector diagrams. I presumed they were tables, but the layout seems strange. e.g. Coach E seat 28 is facing a grey rectangle, but the other side of the rectangle is another seat E20 which faces away from it, i.e. if it is a table then E28 has its back to it. It may be something to do with the current social distancing measures, but you'd think there would just be spaces not strangely laid out seats shown. Of course I can't tell from the booking page and seat selector whether they are Pendolinos or Voyagers, but either way it's not clear whether I am selecting a table seat or not.

If you look at E66 and E58 they appear to face a table from opposite sides, but there is a big gap between E58 and what I assume is the table.

I wondered if they represented luggage racks, but I don't think they put those in the middle of carriages do they?

 

[erk]

I think the big gaps are other seats, unreservable for social distancing.

 

[superjohn]

There is a seating plan on the Avanti website showing the socially distanced arrangements. E28 and E24 face each other across a table but E24 is not in use creating the gap. The same goes for E58 and E66 which have the unused E62 between them.

https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/~/media/files/covid-seating-plan/covid-19-pendolino-seatingplan.pdf?la=en

 

[yorkie]

My advice is to use Trainsplit (or Trainscanbecheaper if anyone doesn't want "split" tickets) to book the tickets but to consult the Avanti seating plan document for detail regarding the specific seats.

 

[trainophile]

Thanks everyone, I think I get it now. The seats that look like they are facing a table but there's a gap means they are actually one row away from the table, due to the opposing table seat being already reserved so no-one can sit opposite. I infer from that that the grey boxes are tables, and of course the selector only shows fully available ones. If someone books one ticket then presumably they are reserving the whole table. Travel should always be like this!

 

[Haywain]

Travel should always be like this!

Only if you wish to pay significantly more for it.

 

[trainophile]

Only if you wish to pay significantly more for it.

Well yes, but I am enjoying the current undercrowding!

 

[island]

I wondered if they represented luggage racks, but I don't think they put those in the middle of carriages do they?

Pendolinos do have luggage racks in the middle of carriages.