On 2008-04-20, Dan Stephenson wrote:
> On 2008-04-20 12:20:00 -0500, Jesper Lauridsen
> said:
>
>>
>> Your experience must very limited then. Trains with every seat occupied
>> is the norm on major lines around weekends and in rush hour.
>
> So... they're planning to take the commuter routes at rush hour? No
Consider the train I took this morning. It was an express train, running
on the main line here, and with a total travel time of just under 7 hours.
Very clearly not a commuter train. I managed to snatch a single seat -
mainly because the connecting bus makes me show up early - and when the
train pulled out, every single seat in this 50+ seat open compartment
was filled. Every seat was reserved, luckily my seat was only reserved
from the station where I got off.
If a family of 5 had entered that train, and tourist family going by train
in this country might very well do that, they would be unable to find seats
near each other, they would be chased from seat to seat as reservation
holders showed up and would spend parts of the journey sitting on the floor.
So, as I said:
>> The OP is travelling in a group of 5 people. If they want to sit together,
>> and they do, they must buy seat reservations.
I see you didn't comment on the point about weekend travel.
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