From Paris Gare St Lazare to Treuville on the Normandy coast. A pleasant trip on a regular (non TGV) train. However problems on the way back. Firstly, we couldn’t find our coach. The train formation started at coach 8, then skipped from coach 12 to coach 14, leaving those with reserved seats in coach 13 standing bewildered on the platform – and with no staff on hand to ask. I eventually found coach 13 hiding between coaches 19 and 20 and advised my fellow travellers (yes -in French)! But once on the coach – no seat 6. Seat numbers started around 14. And then, having found some spare seats in a 4 abreast side compartment, I noticed the seats were numbered in a confusing formation too: 19 – 20 – 22 then 21. On the plus side I did find a fully functional integrated bus – rail station at Treuville. None of this walking up the hill, round the corner then across the road that residents of Morpeth must endure.
