Buying split tickets - seat reservations

[CC 72100]

All ticket offices should apply the £5 charge, but I do not know if in reality all systems have been set up to make the £5 charge. It's quite possible some older ticket issuing systems do not charge.

Well, I certainly didn't pay the £5 reservation charge the other month when reserving an FGW service at an SWT-managed ticket office

Why do FGW charge for reservations when the majority don't?

 

[John @ home]

a passenger travels on the 1255 Plymouth - Paddington and has a reserved seat in Standard. At Newton Abbot (1336) it is announced that lunch is being served in the restaurant car and is available to Standard and First Class ticket holders. The passenger leaves their Standard seat, returning to it after their meal at Westbury (1503). Their initial seat reservation still applies.

Do FGW still have restaurant cars where standard holders move into first class? Thought this had died everywhere now.

Yes. The example is real and I heard the announcement when I travelled on that train on 23 May 2012.

Timetable 135 describes all remaining FGW restaurants as "restaurant (for First Class ticket holders, also Standard Class ticket holders if accommodation is available)".

 

[malachy]

Why do FGW charge for reservations when the majority don't?

I think you'd be hard pushed to find a CSA that places the charge.. I have never, nor have I ever witnessed my colleagues charge it.