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The points about relative capacity levels are fair enough, but are arguably about reservations per se rather than the invisibility thereof. And I will repeat myself just to be clear... of course invisible reservations are unworkable, in practice, in the UK. Nonetheless, I maintain that...

Invisible seat reservations are ridiculous IMO, but only in practice and only because of the childishness / ridiculousness of the travelling public. Assuming it's a legitimate bit of card, I think they actually should. And if people were a bit more grown-up then there wouldn't be any...

I hope others can give more informed advice, but with respect to the above, I doubt that making a definite offer (let alone sending a cheque) is a very good idea. I think you first need to establish that a settlement might be possible at all. Furthermore, others will hopefully advise but the...

Sigh. Yet again, elaborately manufactured what-iffery and "shock" are the last resorts to an unanswerably perfectly reasonable expectation that people should (have the means to) pay their fare. This, and the follow-up posts to it, is really saying "don't have to pay unless challenged and then...

Agreed, although they are about people who don't pay their fare. It is perfectly feasible for the overwhelming majority of people to pay by card. I doubt I know a single adult who couldn't do so. In most cases the "disadvantage" the customer is experiencing stems from being just plain awkward...

I have noticed there is a huge amount of "what-iffery" as well as whataboutery in this forum, which is perhaps understandable given the subject matter. Nonetheless, as someone who always pays their fare, I find it hard to give a tuppenny damn about those who don't (for whatever reason...

Well of course there is the law and then there is common-sense... but all this wriggling about cards and cash just doesn't sit right for those of us who simply pay our fare, every time, without question. Whilst there are of course situations where people genuinely can't pay beforehand, far too...

Off-topic, but it blows my mind that a final year law student can replace "issued a PACE caution" with: "did the speach 'things you say may be used as evidence etc'"

Yes indeed. Sorry, thought the acronym was standard here, but now I realise it is so on another forum (regarding another form of transport). At the risk of being overly hypothetical, it seems clear to me that if the OP's inbound train were two (or five, or ten) minutes late then he would not...

How late does the first train need to be? Put another way, is there a MCT between Marylebone and Paddington?

There isn't, not really. The growing demand is simply for "not this" (where "this" is increasing fares). Renationalisation is simply one codeword for that. I'd bet that many who utter it haven't the faintest idea what it means, and very few who utter it will have thought through all the...