Unreserved carriages

[LesS]

I will be visiting the Manchester area in late May/early June and intend to use a Rover during my stay. My question is; are there any standard unreserved carriages in Virgin WC of Cross Country trains. If so what are the usual car numbers.

I expect to be travelling in several different directions on different days and do not want to be stuck travelling on Northern trains exclusively.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Virgin West Coast carriages F and U on 390s are unreserved; not sure about 221s. XC - don't know, sorry.

 

[AlterEgo]

It's B on XC Voyagers.

Some Virgin peak seevices no longer have an unreserved carriage.

 

[rg177]

I will be visiting the Manchester area in late May/early June and intend to use a Rover during my stay. My question is; are there any standard unreserved carriages in Virgin WC of Cross Country trains. If so what are the usual car numbers.

I expect to be travelling in several different directions on different days and do not want to be stuck travelling on Northern trains exclusively.

On Cross-country, the only true unreserved coach is B, which is found on 5 car Class 221 sets.

On Virgin, there should always be an unreserved coach F, and on 11 coach sets, there is also a coach U which is unreserved.

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

I will be visiting the Manchester area in late May/early June and intend to use a Rover during my stay. My question is; are there any standard unreserved carriages in Virgin WC of Cross Country trains. If so what are the usual car numbers.

I expect to be travelling in several different directions on different days and do not want to be stuck travelling on Northern trains exclusively.

Depending on the length of a Virgin West Coast Train which are normally 9 or 11 carriages, one or two of the centre coaches are usually marked as non reserved, I think the carriage is number U. As the Virgin service from Manchester is quite frequent, there are probably some unreserved seats elsewhere in the train, just look at the little electronic display signs above the seats. Not sure about cross country trains, they are normally shorter 3/4/5 carriages unless you are lucky enough to get an HST (High Speed Train - Inter City 125),

 

[221129]

Not sure about cross country trains, they are normally shorter 3/4/5 carriages unless you are lucky enough to get an HST (High Speed Train - Inter City 125),

Coach B is unreserved on 5 car 221s only. You won't get any HSTs near Manchester. XC services at Manchester will be 4 or 5 car.

 

[LesS]

Thank you all. This is a big help to me.