Andy

On Jul 15, 8:13 pm, wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams)
wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:06:48 +0100, Roland Perry <rol...@perry.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >Why are people with interavailable tickets not allowed ot use GC? It is,
> >after all, claimed by some to be merely a giant ORCATS raid, so
> >interavailable tickets *must* be valid.
>
> They are.
>
> Neil
>

I've come across this before (with Hull trains). The Hull Trains
services were for people with reservations only and every one else was
being directed to the buses. This was advertised on their website and
at Doncaster beforehand. I'd made sure that I had a reservation for
the service that I was travelling on.

I think that doing this is fairer than a free for all for the handful
of (small) through trains that were running. Making trains reservation
only is also used at Christmas, certainly for Virgin trains from
Euston. What is needed, however, is clear notices and maybe a method
of having any unreserved seats available on the day.