Recent content by RailwayLion

5 times in the last four weeks, at various times of day. I wish that I could be sure, in advance, of the time at which I will be travelling, so that I could book a seat in advance. On a different point, I note a substantial proportion of "reserved" seats - perhaps 20% - actually end up being...

No TOC can "guarantee" a particular set will always run the same diagram because no TOC has complete control over everything that can disrupt a service. I fully accept that no TOC can guarantee a particular set. My point is that since substitution of 9-car sets for 11-car sets is happening...

In the first couple of moths of 2015, I have found that on 80% of the occasions when the service should have ahd an 11-car set, it only had a 9-car set ... AND that Virgin had allocated reservations in Coach E. So either a) Virgin are hopelessly incapable of getting the right stock to the...