Super Off Peak Return valid on Good Friday?

[paninaro]

I am planning to travel from St.Panras to Edale via Sheffield, on Friday 3rd; leaving on the 9:02, returning on the 16:32, for 1 adult and 2 kids with a Family and Friends Railcard. I looked it up on Thetrainline last weekend, just to check prices and I was convinced it offered me a Super Off Peak Return around £107. As it is a "walk up fare", I thought there was no point booking in advance and left it. Now when I go to double check I see the following.

What does "Not available" mean? The forum's own site at least offers me other Standard tickets, but again Super Off Peak Return is not available for this combination.
Did I imagine it/accidentally look up travel on the 4th of April?

 

[CyrusWuff]

Due to Engineering Work between Euston and Milton Keynes from 3rd to 8th April, passengers are being directed across to St Pancras, with buses between Bedford and Milton Keynes.

East Midlands Railway services have been marked as "Reservations compulsory" for the duration due to this, with those flagged as "Not available" indicating all the reservable seats have been booked.

There will likely be a queuing system in operation at St Pancras, with passengers holding reservations being prioritised over those who don't.

 

[paninaro]

Thanks, for the explanation. I thought it might be a "reservations compulsory" situation

 

[paninaro]

The fact they are still selling the Super Off Peak Return for that train on the Saturday just means they haven't filled up the reservations yet?

 

[jfollows]

The fact they are still selling the Super Off Peak Return for that train on the Saturday just means they haven't filled up the reservations yet?

No, there are no quotas on this type of ticket.

 

[Haywain]

Subject to any boarding controls that may be put in place to prevent excessive overcrowding (which may happen at St Pancras at the weekend).

 

[TUC]

Due to Engineering Work between Euston and Milton Keynes from 3rd to 8th April, passengers are being directed across to St Pancras, with buses between Bedford and Milton Keynes.

East Midlands Railway services have been marked as "Reservations compulsory" for the duration due to this, with those flagged as "Not available" indicating all the reservable seats have been booked.

There will likely be a queuing system in operation at St Pancras, with passengers holding reservations being prioritised over those who don't.

Leaving aside the wider false 'reservations compulsory' claims, is there any legal basis for prioritising passengers in a queue if all have tickets valid for the given journey?

 

[Bletchleyite]

Leaving aside the wider false 'reservations compulsory' claims, is there any legal basis for prioritising passengers in a queue if all have tickets valid for the given journey?

There's no legal basis for a queue I know of. But there is one in the Byelaws for occupying reserved seats, so letting everyone with one board first then cramming on as many others as safely possible is certainly not illegal and is a sensible way to do it.

 

[Bletchleyite]

In answer to @TUC there appears to be legal basis for the whole of that operation, yes.