MidnightFlyer
Veteran Member
- Joined
- 16 May 2010
- Messages
- 12,857
This incident happened a few months ago, however I was unsure of the legality of the situation, plus the Train manager never passed me (I didn't want to approach him), ergo I couldn't do anything.
I was on a particularly busy Virgin Trains service from Birmingham New St to Euston one weekend in spring. It was a 9 car 390, and quite busy due to coming from Wolves, and there being a major sporting event in London that weekend. At New St I and several others boarded, and I found myself stood in one of the reservable coaches. A group of women passed me searching for seats together. When they found none they stood next to a table with three men sat there. Hearing the ladies' request, one of the men offered her his group's reservations for a table seat in another carriage, saying they were fine as they had a table already. The ladies thanks the gents and moved away with the reservation ticket to find the table. Birmingham International approached and the train largely emptied briefly so I moved away to find another seat, so I don't know what happened. The guard never did an inspection that journey, but I was just wondering whether or not what the man offered was in breach of by-laws or the NRCoC.
Cheers
I was on a particularly busy Virgin Trains service from Birmingham New St to Euston one weekend in spring. It was a 9 car 390, and quite busy due to coming from Wolves, and there being a major sporting event in London that weekend. At New St I and several others boarded, and I found myself stood in one of the reservable coaches. A group of women passed me searching for seats together. When they found none they stood next to a table with three men sat there. Hearing the ladies' request, one of the men offered her his group's reservations for a table seat in another carriage, saying they were fine as they had a table already. The ladies thanks the gents and moved away with the reservation ticket to find the table. Birmingham International approached and the train largely emptied briefly so I moved away to find another seat, so I don't know what happened. The guard never did an inspection that journey, but I was just wondering whether or not what the man offered was in breach of by-laws or the NRCoC.
Cheers