GWR no reservations

[Skipness]

As normal I have bought my tickets from train split.com but noted that on my return journey on Dec 9th that there was no reservation made between Par (11.07) and Exeter.
Puzzled by this I then went to GWR's own site and got a similar response "no reservations available" Tried first class and again "no reservations available"
Anybody know why please?

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

When I entered your journey details, this is what the GWR website gave me on trying to get a reservation.

""There are no more seats available to reserve for your chosen ticket on the chosen service. You can buy this ticket without reservations or you can change your service or ticket selection and try again.""

So it would seem either first is fully booked, or they don't know what type of train it will be on that day so cant allow reservations until they do.

 

[AlterEgo]

When I entered your journey details, this is what the GWR website gave me on trying to get a reservation.

""There are no more seats available to reserve for your chosen ticket on the chosen service. You can buy this ticket without reservations or you can change your service or ticket selection and try again.""

So it would seem either first is fully booked, or they don't know what type of train it will be on that day so cant allow reservations until they do.

It'll definitely be a HST.

Just a thought - are there engineering works? Is the timetable confirmed?

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Just a thought - are there engineering works? Is the timetable confirmed?

I think it must be confirmed, they will sell you the tickets, just not a reservation.

 

[M28361M]

According to http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/44703.aspx reservations are not open on weekend GWR services beyond 18/19 November at the moment.

 

[Skipness]

It'll definitely be a HST.

Just a thought - are there engineering works? Is the timetable confirmed?

I travel this train on a monthly basis (not always a Saturday though) and yes it is booked as a HST from Penzance to Paddington. Any chance of it being one of the new Hitachis?

 

[AlterEgo]

I travel this train on a monthly basis (not always a Saturday though) and yes it is booked as a HST from Penzance to Paddington. Any chance of it being one of the new Hitachis?

No chance, they aren't going to run down that way for a long while. Furthest they'll get in December is Taunton.

Definitely a HST, I suspect it's the timetable not being confirmed that's causing the problem.

 

[AlterEgo]

I think it must be confirmed, they will sell you the tickets, just not a reservation.

Nope, you can sell tickets against an unconfirmed timetable with no reservations (Usually not Advances, but sometimes there are exceptions).

 

[SickyNicky]

Once you have your tickets, you can always get a reservation later, if they become available. Any station can do this, and the ticket issuer should be able to as well. Be aware, though, that on GWR there are some trains that never allow reservations, particularly at the weekend, presumably due to overcrowding worries.