Re: URGENT Re: [VIC] V/line timetables on the net

[mk@netstra.com.au (Michael Kurkowski)]

daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au (Dave Proctor) wrote in
<O9cT4.2020$M61.884087@news0.optus.net.au>: 

>Serious question.
>
>Is VLP offering optional reservations? Just about every other train that
>it is possible to book on is compulsory reservations, the last optional
>res trains being the mail trains in NSW (IIRC).
>
>So, if you have booked, are bookings optional? If not, then James would
>be better off booking.

Most trains are non-bookable. On top of that, some intercity services like 
Albury, Swan Hill, Sale, etc have optional booking. 

Tomorrow afternoon I have opted for a different way home to most railfans 
from the V set transfer. Most people as far as I know, to save time, are 
alighting at Castlemaine and getting an up Bendigo local to Melbourne. I 
will sit at Bendigo for the hour and a bit and get the up Swan Hill, which 
has optional booking (and first class - no way you'll get me down there in 
econ from Bendigo to Melbourne).

Regards

Michael