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Jimmi



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07 Jun 2016, 3:38 pm #33
(07 Jun 2016, 3:17 pm)northern156 Was just going to say. You do not pay for any seat reservation (regardless of class of travel).

You pay for your advance ticket. Not sure why you're complaining here Malarkey because this advance would have been a fair bit cheaper than a walk-up fare!

As Citaro said earlier, reservations simply do not work and cause more chaos than they're worth when umpteen trains are cancelled.
Seat reservation is bad enough at times without disruption. Had some old bloke plonk his bag on my reserved seat and I was in a bit of a state that night so I ended up in someone else's reserved seat, fortunately I was able to move into my reserved seat later in the journey.

On my TransPennine service on Saturday morning I had no reservation and I sat in someone's reserved seat, although it was reserved from Newcastle and no-one was in it, so I took it.

Also on a few occasions on VTEC, I have booked not to get a table seat and I have found my reserved seat to be at a table, most of these occasions were due to alterations to services owing to engineering works with 91's appearing instead of 43's, although on Saturday it was down to me getting a East Midlands Trains Class 43 set. These haven't caused me any problems but you do see groups of people looked unamused about their being one person sat at a table for four. Also on one journey, no card in my reserved seat but it was fine.

Oh and how many people can be bothered reading or even see the seat reservation screens under the overhead luggage compartment on CrossCountry's Voyagers? Don't like them.
Jimmi
07 Jun 2016, 3:38 pm #33

(07 Jun 2016, 3:17 pm)northern156 Was just going to say. You do not pay for any seat reservation (regardless of class of travel).

You pay for your advance ticket. Not sure why you're complaining here Malarkey because this advance would have been a fair bit cheaper than a walk-up fare!

As Citaro said earlier, reservations simply do not work and cause more chaos than they're worth when umpteen trains are cancelled.
Seat reservation is bad enough at times without disruption. Had some old bloke plonk his bag on my reserved seat and I was in a bit of a state that night so I ended up in someone else's reserved seat, fortunately I was able to move into my reserved seat later in the journey.

On my TransPennine service on Saturday morning I had no reservation and I sat in someone's reserved seat, although it was reserved from Newcastle and no-one was in it, so I took it.

Also on a few occasions on VTEC, I have booked not to get a table seat and I have found my reserved seat to be at a table, most of these occasions were due to alterations to services owing to engineering works with 91's appearing instead of 43's, although on Saturday it was down to me getting a East Midlands Trains Class 43 set. These haven't caused me any problems but you do see groups of people looked unamused about their being one person sat at a table for four. Also on one journey, no card in my reserved seat but it was fine.

Oh and how many people can be bothered reading or even see the seat reservation screens under the overhead luggage compartment on CrossCountry's Voyagers? Don't like them.

 
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East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 09 May 2013, 4:09 pm
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RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 13 Nov 2013, 6:57 pm
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RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 25 Aug 2015, 12:04 pm
RE: ecml - by Andreos1 - 12 May 2016, 7:57 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 01 Jun 2016, 3:42 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by northern156 - 01 Jun 2016, 4:15 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Adrian - 01 Jun 2016, 5:14 pm
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RE: East Coast Main Line - by South Tyne Lad - 01 Jun 2016, 7:33 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by S813 FVK - 02 Jun 2016, 12:22 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 06 Jun 2016, 7:49 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 06 Jun 2016, 7:57 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 06 Jun 2016, 8:12 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Bus_User - 06 Jun 2016, 11:48 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by northern156 - 07 Jun 2016, 3:17 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 07 Jun 2016, 4:52 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 8222 - 06 Jun 2016, 4:11 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by South Tyne Lad - 06 Jun 2016, 4:32 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Jimmi - 07 Jun 2016, 3:38 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by NK53 TKT - 07 Jun 2016, 3:45 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 07 Jun 2016, 3:47 pm
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RE: East Coast Main Line - by 8222 - 06 Sep 2016, 8:25 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 07 Nov 2016, 2:59 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 13 Dec 2016, 10:06 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 20 Dec 2016, 8:41 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 19 Jan 2017, 7:46 pm
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RE: East Coast Main Line - by Thomas43299 - 19 Mar 2017, 5:05 pm
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RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 21 Mar 2017, 1:11 pm
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RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 28 Nov 2017, 9:33 am
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RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 23 Sep 2018, 4:02 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 15 Feb 2019, 5:02 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 21 Mar 2019, 8:17 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 21 Mar 2019, 8:21 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 21 Mar 2019, 8:28 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 21 Mar 2019, 8:34 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 21 Mar 2019, 8:52 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Malarkey - 16 Apr 2019, 12:58 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 04 Jun 2019, 4:47 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 8222 - 08 Aug 2019, 11:28 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 09 Oct 2019, 1:49 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by pbjd - 09 Oct 2019, 3:18 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 05 Jul 2020, 4:07 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 28 Feb 2021, 10:35 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 12 Jun 2021, 10:44 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 12 Jun 2021, 10:52 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by busmanT - 12 Jun 2021, 12:47 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 12 Jun 2021, 1:46 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 12 Jun 2021, 2:11 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by pbjd - 12 Jun 2021, 4:08 pm
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RE: East Coast Main Line - by 54APhotography - 12 Sep 2021, 7:28 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Rob44 - 12 Jun 2021, 2:10 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by citaro5284 - 07 Sep 2021, 5:38 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 17 Dec 2021, 12:27 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Adrian - 17 Dec 2021, 1:22 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 17 Dec 2021, 1:44 pm
RE: East Coast Main Line - by 54APhotography - 17 Dec 2021, 2:29 pm
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RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 19 Jun 2022, 9:30 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Adrian - 19 Jun 2022, 11:37 am
RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 19 Jun 2022, 11:42 am
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RE: East Coast Main Line - by Andreos1 - 19 Jun 2022, 11:47 am
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