Travelled on a TPE 397 from Wigan to Liverpool on Saturday, sat in an almost empty and almost completely unreserved Coach B, later on went for a walk up the train and saw that Coach C was almost fully reserved and was packed!
Oh, is B TPE's Nova 2 (397) unreserved carriage? I saw some reservations at the C-end of the carriage so thought it was more like Avanti Coach D.This seems not entirely unusual on trains with fake compulsory reservations. G and U tend to be quiet on 11 car Pendolinos these days too, because people don't realise the compulsory reservations are fake. I'm slightly surprised Avanti don't reserve some seats in C now, though doing F and U would prevent 9s and 11s being interchangeable so I doubt they'd put them in those.
s/F/G, think it's a typo?This seems not entirely unusual on trains with fake compulsory reservations. G and U tend to be quiet on 11 car Pendolinos these days too, because people don't realise the compulsory reservations are fake. I'm slightly surprised Avanti don't reserve some seats in C now, though doing F and U would prevent 9s and 11s being interchangeable so I doubt they'd put them in those.
s/F/G, think it's a typo?
What do you mean compulsory reservations ?This seems not entirely unusual on trains with fake compulsory reservations. G and U tend to be quiet on 11 car Pendolinos these days too, because people don't realise the compulsory reservations are fake. I'm slightly surprised Avanti don't reserve some seats in C now, though doing G and U would prevent 9s and 11s being interchangeable so I doubt they'd put them in those.
What do you mean compulsory reservations ?
Don't give them ideas similar to LNER to reduce the unreserved seating areaThis seems not entirely unusual on trains with fake compulsory reservations. G and U tend to be quiet on 11 car Pendolinos these days too, because people don't realise the compulsory reservations are fake. I'm slightly surprised Avanti don't reserve some seats in C now, though doing G and U would prevent 9s and 11s being interchangeable so I doubt they'd put them in those.
Do LNER even have a unreserved coach now?Don't give them ideas similar to LNER to reduce the unreserved seating area![]()
Half of coach C! Not nearly enough on a 9 coach train often used for local trips!Do LNER even have a unreserved coach now?
I wonder whether, as part of selling cheap Advance tickets, TOCs allocate people the least favourable seats.Got on a train to Plymouth at Paddington this evening. There are about 10 reserved seats in this carriage, scattered randomly as far as I can tell. Most of them are ones with terrible window alignment though. Just weird
The opposite for me and the Caledonian Sleeper - I've memorised the good seats.
11A is the dream seat - opposite end from the toilet, nobody sat next to you, lots of legroom, and the table is fixed to the wall in front rather than folding down from the seat; this is more spacious, sturdier, and ideal for putting your feet up on (keep your socks on please!) if you struggle to sleep sat upright.