tinfoilhat   11 #229 Posted August 29, 2016 The majority of passengers on this service would have been Advance ticket holders- all of theses would have reserved seats. This train is in the cheapest ticket window. Ticket and reservation would be forfeit so nearly all will travel. A tiny percentage would be Season ticket holders and some would be open ticket, return and off peak return, break of journey, rover etc., ticket holders, all of which could reserve tickets if they want to.  Many popular tickets do not require a seat reservation but invite you to make one. Some passengers make a best guess but end up using another service. As there is usually no cancellation facility these seats are therefore reserved but unused but you can sit there!  Walk on purchasers will often ask which coach(es) are unreserved. Many will read the reservation cards to see if the reservations are for later sections of the journey. Most will ask people to remove luggage, bags etc., from seats so that they can sit. As the first stop on these ECML services is can often be over an hour into the journey empty reserved seats can usually be assumed to be not required.  Thank you Annie, you seem pretty clued up on the workings of the system, nice to get some facts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Vaati   11 #230 Posted August 29, 2016 And since you can't seem to cease with the attacks. Closing. A new thread is not to be made. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
