"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 20:30:26 on Wed, 14 Oct
2009, " remarked:
There was a service a few years ago, that was running trains out of
Waterloo to Southampton for about £1.

Still is, called Megatrain.

The problem, however, was that passengers who paid that fare were confined
to one car on the train.

Didn't last long, according to reports from travellers. Now any carriage
is acceptable.

I'm under the impression that it was not the most pleasant journey.

Why's that? Many advance purchase train tickets today are issued with
compulsory reservations. What's the unpleasantness if they turn out to be
all in one carriage?

Several foreign railways fill up the seats - carriage by carriage and lock
the unused ones out of use.

It is pot luck whether you are in a completely full carriage or an almost
empty one

tim