Only if the service is "reserveable" or, in this case, misleadingly labelled as such.
I notice in LM's printed timetables they don't show trains with pseudo-reservations as reservable. Are other TOCs having the sense to follow suit?
It seems NRE doesn't show pseudo-reservation services as reservable any more either (I just did a random search of some LM services), but RTT does. I guess there's a new flag on the TSDB?
Edit: or not...NRE doesn't now show whether *any* service is reservable or not. So a loss of functionality there.
Edit edit: the eNRT does not show a diamond against pseudo-reservable services.
Provided this is the case, I really don't mind about this being done. LM did try offering proper reservations for a couple of months, but it was unworkable as turnarounds at Euston are too tight for them to be placed in a timely fashion and they caused a lot of arguments when they were placed 2 minutes before departure once people had boarded and taken seats. And provided services are not overcrowded I don't mind the offering of Advances, and this is required to do that.
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It'll be Northern introducing its own Advance fares between Leeds and Guisley. To do this they have to make the train reservable but an unintended consequence is that a reservation is produced when it is a connecting service for an Advance with another operator.
Correct.
TBH, while it would reduce flexibility for a minority, if providing this facility on all trains meant Advance tickets would print *all* legs on the ticket that would be a benefit to the vast majority of passengers who just want to do what the ticket says. Losing the "suggested services" as used to be printed on the large format tickets was a real nuisance, meaning you have to carry the itinerary as well as the tickets.