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Old 4th October 2008, 07:05 AM   #91 (permalink)
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On 3 Oct, 12:47, Mike Roebuck <mike.roeb...@> wrote:
> GGF - "gegebenenfalls reserviert", which means "might be reserved".
> This is the DB system to cater for passengers who reserve seats whilst
> the train is en route.
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I only know about the Brussels-Frankfurt ICE-3 service. Seats will
show GGF while the train is being prepared for departure.
Unfortunately, by this time passengers are often embarking, and
looking for their reserved seats. After the software loads the
reservations, most of the GGF indications will be replaced by
reservation indications, or by a blank display if the seat is
unreserved. Some seats near the end of each carriage will keep
showing GGF for the entire duration of the journey. Conversely, seat
106 in coach 31 - right at the back - is never reserved and never
shows GGF. That's where I usually sit. IME - happy to be
contradicted.
 
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Old 5th October 2008, 03:48 PM   #92 (permalink)
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On Oct 4, 12:05 pm, fonn_volt_w...@m wrote:
> On 3 Oct, 12:47, Mike Roebuck <mike.roeb...@> wrote:
>
> > GGF - "gegebenenfalls reserviert", which means "might be reserved".
> > This is the DB system to cater for passengers who reserve seats whilst
> > the train is en route.

>
> I only know about the Brussels-Frankfurt ICE-3 service.   Seats will
> show GGF while the train is being prepared for departure.


Does that involve DB staff plugging in a laptop while the train is
stood at the platform? I don't know how long the unit had been in the
platform when I boarded the 17:59 at 17:52. I'm sure all the seats
still showed GGF at 17:56.
 
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