TPE Newcastle to Edinburgh : Coach A or Coach E at the front ?

[Willie Bee]

I intend making a booking on a journey from Newcastle to Edinburgh with TPE and need to select actual seats.

Unfortunately, the seating plan does not show the direction of travel (unlike with the LNER trains)

Is coach A or E at the front, or does it vary

Journey will be on a Sunday at 11:58 (departing NCL)

I suppose I could always travel in coach D if the seat is wrong ... isn't that the unreserved coach ?

 

[hexagon789]

Is coach A or E at the front, or does it vary

Either way round in practice.

I suppose I could always travel in coach D if the seat is wrong ... isn't that the unreserved coach ?

I believe that some seats can be reserved in D but this is the last coach to be sold so they would only be reserved if busy. Most of the coach is unreserved though.

 

[Scotrail314209]

@hexagon789 is exactly right.

A tip for telling what way round the train is by going onto the TransPennine Express app, look at arrivals and departures and click your corresponding service, it (normally) tells you what way round the train is.

Coach D is also unreserved, however approximately half can be reserved (usually the higher numbers in the Coach).

I do advise you make a seat reservation as these services are extremely busy over weekends, even more so due to the fringe festival. Quite a few can be full and standing.