Engineer here, in regards to a previous post. It appears that B is the seat back and A is the glass division. If B indicates a table are they not usually against the window? and thats not how you draw a table, a table is separate from the seat.
The main issue apart from the seat numbering is that the engine could possibly be switched and the front becomes the back. In that case just be glad your on a train and not walking
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What do you mean by B indicates a table? I’m confused, the dark part of the seat is the seat-back
It‘s not the table. It indicates the back of the chair
A is the glass division.
B is the back of the seat 12, meaning when seating in seat 12 you will be facing the back of the seat 11
It‘s the backrest to show in which direction you‘re sitting
Go to [https://www.fernbahn.de/datenbank/suche/](https://www.fernbahn.de/datenbank/suche/), look up your train. Much more precise seatmaps.
There is no table or something. Below the row with seats 12, 14, 16 and 18 is a wall that separates the car from the normal 2nd class area and the quiet area.
B (if you mean the thick part of the seat outline) is indeed the backrest. A is the “wall” that separates the seating areas from the vestibules / door areas.
The tray table is normally attached to the back of the seat in front of you. Only the frontmost seats in this “lounge” area in ICET and ICE 3 trains have a table attached to the glass wall in front of them: [https://www.wie-gut-ist-dein-zug.de/wp-content/uploads/Deutschland/ICET/ICET-Lounge.jpg](https://www.wie-gut-ist-dein-zug.de/wp-content/uploads/Deutschland/ICET/ICET-Lounge.jpg) (and when there two rows of seats are facing each other, there is a big table in between: [https://www.wie-gut-ist-dein-zug.de/wp-content/uploads/Deutschland/ICET/ICET-1-Klasse-Grossraum.jpg](https://www.wie-gut-ist-dein-zug.de/wp-content/uploads/Deutschland/ICET/ICET-1-Klasse-Grossraum.jpg) ).
You can find a much more detailed seating chart for ICE T trains (which your chart seems to be for) at [https://assets.static-bahn.de/dam/jcr:af13732c-f910-46ef-9a6b-13ef732249e7/215192-289018.pdf](https://assets.static-bahn.de/dam/jcr:af13732c-f910-46ef-9a6b-13ef732249e7/215192-289018.pdf) — and for any other type of train by googling the train type + “wagenskizzen”.
>just be glad your on a train
And the train is indeed moving towards your destination. We’re talking about the Deutsche Bahn after all.
I’d interpret B as the back seat, too. There are some compartment in many trains, where four seats are grouped around a table like
A B
Table
C D
With A and C / B and D facing each other.