DB introduces seat reservations in more and more regional services

[U-Bahnfreund]

German Railways (DB) are establishing seat reservations in regional trains (i.e. RB and RE) in more regions of Germany, formerly these were only available in long-distance trains (IC, EC, ICE).

https://www.bahn.de/regional/view/regionen/info/sitzplatzreservierung-in-regionalzuegen.shtml
This page gives a good overview:

Regions with single seat reservations. These cost 1€ and can be used with any ticket valid on the route.

• Bavaria
  • Franken-Thüringen-Express, Main-Spessart-Express, Werdenfelsbahn, Donau-Isar-Express, Mainfrankenbahn
• Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland
  • SÜWEX express system, Südpfalznetz, Westpfalznetz, Moseltalbahn
• Schleswig-Holstein
  • RB64, RE72, RB73, RE74, RB75, RB76, RE83, RB84, RB85
  • RE8, RE80, RB81 (from December 2017)
  • RE6, RE60, RB62, RE7, RE70 (from May 2018)

Regions with permanent seat reservations for commuters. This is free in Lower Saxony, Bremen, on the SÜWEX and in Schleswig-Holstein for holders of SH-Tarif passes, or cost 40€ a month elsewhere.

• Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein
  • see above
• Lower Saxony, Bremen
  • Expressnetz Bremen: RE1, RE8, RE9
• Saxony Anhalt
  • Elbe-Saale-Bahn and S-Bahn Madgeburg
• Thuringia
  • RE1, RE3, RE7, RB45

 

[MCR247]

Permanent seat reservations sounds very interesting, do you have any more information on this?

 

[Bletchleyite]

Permanent seat reservations sounds very interesting, do you have any more information on this?

Some UK TOCs offer it, I think GWR does.

 

[duesselmartin]

with overcrowded rush hour trains, this could be a source of conflict.

 

[Bletchleyite]

with overcrowded rush hour trains, this could be a source of conflict.

This was one of the key reasons LM and SWT abandoned reservations completely, I believe.

I suspect the reason for this though is that some "regional trains" on DB nowadays are only regional trains for reasons of funding, and are really comparable with something like TPE.

Edit: interesting that these are "maybe reserved" marked seats and will not be placed...