Re: Booked out Melb XPTs

["WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

tony bailey wrote in message <3793a045.0@pink.one.net.au>...
>
>WhaleOilBeefHooked wrote in message <7ACk3.29
>>Would be much better if they operated the way the airlines do (and
>>coaches) - allocate seats prior to departure. It would be a bit more
labour
>>intensive, and they would need a few more staff, but if done properly,
they
>>could get far more passengers per train, and the increased revenue would
>pay
>>for those staff.
>>
>>DaveP
>>
>>
>
>I have seen a Countrylink manifest on a busy day - and there was absolutely
>nothing wrong with the loading - the train was probably as full as it was
>possible to be - there were very few seats empty for more than a few
>stations and all where journeys were very unlikely

I saw one once where a seat was booked SYD-TRO and another seperate seat was
booked KPS-BNE. What probably happened was that the SYD-TRO was booked when
the seat was booked TRO-BNE, the TRO-BNE cancelled leaving the seat free.
But the KPS-BNE was booked before the cancellation.

DaveP