Seat Assignment on Via Rail's The Ocean

I just booked a ticket from Halifax to Montréal and got seat 7C assigned. I do know that this train ran with a 2+1 seat setting in their Economy wagons in the past. So I am wondering if I would have a single seat. Unfortunately I cannot find any diagram here or here.

Did anyone ride this train recently and knows if 7C is a single seat? Is it AB + C or A + BC?

Best Answer

It's annoying to find, but there's a link to Seat Numbering on the sidebar when booking a ticket. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to match up with your seat number.

As to the Renaissance cars, there are 16 rows in both classes. Seats A are window seats, B are aisle seats and S are single seats.

The French language site also has a diagram suggesting that the seat numbering system is AB+S.

From this I'd speculate that your "C" seat is equivalent to the single "S" seat.

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You can't choose seats. You can call after booking and ask to change seats though potentially. But in all likelihood the train won't be full and you'll be able to move if you want.

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