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Originally Posted by packetswitch
Another simple solution would be that all walk-up tickets (i.e. bought at the station) come with a reservation. Hardly rocket science, and doesn't take account of return tickets or season tickets, but it would certainly reinforce the importance of the reservation system.
Virgin have an extreme policy for certain trains (which run as all-reserved); if you're in a reserved seat and don't have a reservation (or another excuse like an Irish-bought ferry/rail ticket which is a paper ticket with no possibility to reserve!), they can charge you the full open single (which is usually about £100 or something similarly ludicrous). That might sort things out  |
Good idea in theory but knowing IE, in practice it wouldn't be implemented at all or else in a half-assed fashion similar to the fining of people without tickets seen on other threads.
Will the new 22000s have the electronic names over seats like the Mk 4s? Maybe once all the network has uniform equipment, train hosts etc. the whole reservation setup might improve.