乘坐高铁出行时,有些细心的旅客会发现,高铁的座位有A、B、C、D、F,直接跳过了E座。


不少朋友感到不解,也有网友开玩笑称“E跑去给大家测视力了”。高铁上究竟为什么没有E座呢?

掌握一些高铁小常识,对您购买高铁车票或许会有些帮助。

High-speed rail passengers may notice that seat labels include A, B, C, D, and F, but skip the letter E. This seating arrangement is influenced by the international convention used in airplanes.

高铁列车上,商务座采取“2+1”座椅排列,也就是一边是2个座,一边一个座,分别用A、C、F表示。


商务座

一等座采取“2+2”座椅排列,也就是两侧各有两个座位,分别用A、C、D、F表示。


一等座

二等座采取“3+2”座椅排列,3个座位一侧用A、B、C表示,2个座位一侧用D、F表示。

Seat arrangements vary by class on a high-speed train. The business class uses a "2+1" configuration, with seats labeled A, C, and F. First class has a "2+2" layout, labeled A, C, D, and F. Second class features a "3+2" arrangement, with A, B, C on one side and D, F on the other.

但这几种座位排列都没有E座这个席位,那么E座去哪儿了?


国铁太原局太原客运段列车长王芳解答道,高铁列车之所以没有E座,还要从飞机舱位说起。

早期的单通道飞机每排一般有6个座椅,分别是A、B、C、D、E、F。

“A、F”表示靠窗的位置(window seat),“B、E”是中间位置(middle seat),“C、D”表示靠过道的位置(aisle seat)。

时间一长,就形成了特定的字母分别代表靠窗、过道与中间座位的国际惯例。

高铁就延续了这种国际惯例。但是高铁一排最多5个座位,那么除了要保留靠窗或靠走廊的特定字母外,从大的字母开始减,所以高铁动车就没有“E”的座位。

On early single-aisle aircraft, each row typically had six seats labeled A, B, C, D, E, and F. Seats A and F were by the windows, B and E were middle seats, and C and D were aisle seats. Over time, these labels became standard to indicate window, aisle, and middle seats. High-speed trains adopted this system but omitted E because no row has six seats.

知道了高铁列车席位的排列规则,广大旅客就可以根据自己的需求来选择座位,那如何选到心仪的座位呢?


王芳称,登录12306网页或者手机App,您可以选择出行日期和车次,提交订单后,在剩余车票充足的情况下,即可进入选座界面。想要靠窗的座位就选“A、F”座,想紧邻过道就选“C、D”座。如果坐哪儿都行,不选择座席,就直接点击“确定”,系统将自动为您分配座位。

For window seats, choose A or F. For aisle seats, select C or D. If no preference is specified, the system automatically assigns a seat.

Notes

高铁:high-speed railway

二等座:second-class seat

一等座:first-class seat

商务座:business-class seat

靠窗座:window seat

靠过道座:aisle seat(注意aisle读音: /aɪl/)

中间座:middle seat

列车员:train attendant

订票:book tickets

抢票:natch up tickets

编辑:左卓

实习生:陈宇涵

来源:青春北京 央视新闻客户端 铁路12306 侃英语

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