Judging by passenger counts today that figure is around 60%, the northern stations like northampton, Milton Keynes etc have seen very little increase in passenger numbers, Watford and Harrow however it’s a different story. I guess the DC and Bakerloo are running a reduced service too.
That would definitely make a lot of sense, and one per table of two/four perhaps
Good spot! I wonder how that'll be managed. They've been wanting to go that route for a while, haven't they - if true, I wonder if they'll ever change back if/when social distancing ends and normality resumes? If substantiated, probably worthy of a new thread..
People won't buy advances for commuter routes/trains as they are not used to doing that and it will be impossible to enforce change on such a large number of people.
Fair point - my comment was based on my vague prior that Avanti is basically the same company with the same people, all the way up to the MD. Very much an assumption though and I think you're right that they have yet to take a position like Virgin did. That said, I'll see your FirstGroup and raise you Trenitalia...
As for Avanti, London - NW/W Midlands is one thing, but as is always raised when compulsory reservations comes up, what about the Coventry corridor, what about Wigan to Warrington, etc. - granted, circumstances have certainly changed.
I imagine Avanti WC are running around empty so would it not make sense for AWC to run some Rugby, MKC, EUS services so LNW could free up capacity for other stations
It's a very good point, however I can't see we can ever get there. The chart dosent mention the availability of a vaccine or a treatment so we have to assume the situation is as it is now in which case there are a lot of areas where the above statement is true (i.e. that there are a low number of cases). However most of those areas are still in lockdown (i.e. rural Scotland/Wales) and even if they're not you wont find may people willing to drop the social distancing idea, because the Government has spent the last 7 weeks scaring the s**! out of everybody promoting it!
However other similar disease (such as Seasonal Flu or measles) don't produce the same level of fear. If you're next to somebody with one of these you're not that worried as you're likely to be vaccinated or know that, even if you get it badly, there is a known course of treatment that's likely to keep you alive or anybody you pass it on to.
I think the terms on the chart are vague enough that they can be interpreted in any way that's needed! For example my generation was expected to get measles early on (even deliberatly catching it) as that was the best advice at the time. With the arrival of the MMR vaccine the diesese must still be circulating but finding very few people to attack however with less people vaccinated it's now rising so it must be circulating, and transmitting, in the general population however most people wouldn't notice as they're immune. However I'm not qualified in these areas so it's purely an uneducated guess!
That was my point, the original chart for levels 3 and 4 appears to suggest the current level of risk (if caught) however level 2 suddenly assumes people will be happy that the risk (if caught) is suddenly much lower because the risk of catching it has reduced. I don't think that'll happen because of the level of fear that the Government has managed to install in people, people will still want to keep away from other people until the risk (if caught) is reduced/removed.
