Virgin West Coast reservation signage

[thenorthern]

I remember when the screens were first introduced if a seat was going to be reserved en route then they Displayed "Seat XX is not Reserved" which caused confusion as passengers would sit in those seats and mid way though the journey they would change to "Seat XX is Reserved from [station] to [station]" now of course they say "Seat XX Available until [station]".

 

[Bletchleyite]

I remember when the screens were first introduced if a seat was going to be reserved en route then they Displayed "Seat XX is not Reserved" which caused confusion as passengers would sit in those seats and mid way though the journey they would change to "Seat XX is Reserved from [station] to [station]" now of course they say "Seat XX Available until [station]".

That's Voyagers. Pendolinos have always had shorter, non-scrolling descriptions.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

That's Voyagers. Pendolinos have always had shorter, non-scrolling descriptions.

I have seen the "available until" on 390s several times.

 

[Bletchleyite]

I have seen the "available until" on 390s several times.

The Pendolino displays can show:

RESERVED [sometimes with name]
AVAILABLE UNTIL <station>
AVAILABLE

I was referring to the old Voyager displays which were much wordier and all scrolled, making a quick survey of available seats difficult.

 

[DarloRich]

However are passengers meant to know this

usually by listening to one of the several announcements made in that regard at each station, remembering that info and then deploying it next time they travel?
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EDIT - whilst i am on why cant people these days sit in a seat that is reserved but not for the part of the journey they want to make? drives me mad!

That an the old seat 34A seat 34 coach A confusion thing

ARGH! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

 

[Taunton]

[knowing that some coaches are unreserved]usually by listening to one of the several announcements made in that regard at each station, remembering that info and then deploying it next time they travel?!

No such announcements are made at Euston.

 

[DarloRich]

No such announcements are made at Euston.

they usually are.

 

[Bletchleyite]

they usually are.

Announcements of which coaches are unreserved? Not in my experience; the autoannouncer doesn't do them, and manual announcements are not common these days.

 

[DarloRich]

Announcements of which coaches are unreserved? Not in my experience; the autoannouncer doesn't do them, and manual announcements are not common these days.

they normally do a human announcement if it is a busy evening train although on the morning trains it seems less frequent - whether anyone listens is another matter

FGW seem to do it all the time but VTEC rarely make such annoucements