brad465
Established Member
A thread from last year on GWR reservations is locked, so have started a new thread for this:
Travelling on the 12:03 from Paddington-Taunton (which amazingly wasn't disrupted given the current issues) earlier, I sat in Coach B, close to my bike, as all the seats were green with available on them, thinking it was a bonus unreserved coach along with the usual G. However when the train arrived at Reading, all the reservations suddenly activated, even ones that started from London, such that some passengers had to move around as Reading passengers boarded (I was fortunate not to have to). I didn't see what other coaches said but wouldn't be surprised if they had similar issues.
Is this common, and is there a particular cause for this? I understand sometimes reservations have to be wiped (such as for different formation), but if reservations are going to be used, I think the decision should be made before the journey starts and stuck to, but then I don't have inside knowledge.
Travelling on the 12:03 from Paddington-Taunton (which amazingly wasn't disrupted given the current issues) earlier, I sat in Coach B, close to my bike, as all the seats were green with available on them, thinking it was a bonus unreserved coach along with the usual G. However when the train arrived at Reading, all the reservations suddenly activated, even ones that started from London, such that some passengers had to move around as Reading passengers boarded (I was fortunate not to have to). I didn't see what other coaches said but wouldn't be surprised if they had similar issues.
Is this common, and is there a particular cause for this? I understand sometimes reservations have to be wiped (such as for different formation), but if reservations are going to be used, I think the decision should be made before the journey starts and stuck to, but then I don't have inside knowledge.