CrossCountry Banbury to Fareham Coach J

[nervoustravel]

Hello!

I'm a very nervous traveller. On Friday 13th August 2021 I'm going to be travelling on the 11.55am CrossCountry service from Banbury to Southampton Central. My reserved seat is in coach J, but while looking at CrossCountry train layouts online I can't find the layout of a J - I assume J is a different letter just renamed for trains with more coaches? If so, what type and letter should I be looking at for this specific service? I only ask because I want to see roughly where my seat would be so I can plan ahead!

As an aside, does anyone know what direction the train will approach from at Banbury/roughly where I should stand on the platform to be near coach J?

Thank you all very much for your time, and apologies for bothering you.

 

[voyagerdude220]

Hello!
Coach J is part of the formation of a Cross Country train formed of 2x220/221 sets coupled together.

Unfortunately Cross Country Voyagers don't have a set formation, it's not possible to be certain which end of the train coach J will be.

 

[nervoustravel]

Hello!
Coach J is part of the formation of a Cross Country train formed of 2x220/221 sets coupled together.

Unfortunately Cross Country Voyagers don't have a set formation, it's not possible to be certain which end of the train coach J will be.

Okay, thankyou very much!

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Unfortunately Cross Country Voyagers don't have a set formation, it's not possible to be certain which end of the train coach J will be.

Presumably, on the day of travel, the info will be known, one way or the other, by the time the train has departed Birmingham New Street.

In which case, how best to find out, so as to avoid any need to dash along the platform when the train calls at Banbury?

 

[voyagerdude220]

Presumably, on the day of travel, the info will be known, one way or the other, by the time the train has departed Birmingham New Street.

In which case, how best to find out, so as to avoid any need to dash along the platform when the train calls at Banbury?

Cross Country do sometimes post the formation of their trains on their Journey Check page.

 

[30907]

The information is also normally available on the Realtimetrains website:
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/
Put 1O12 (not 1012!) into the Quick Search box on the day and you will get something like this: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G29308/2021-07-29.

Or ask a member of staff on the station.