Re: Overbooking of TGVs (Was Eurostar electrical and signalling)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rian van der Borgt) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On 27 Nov 2003 07:14:30 -0800, P.L.Guillemin wrote:
> >Phil Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >>On 26 Nov 2003 09:27:53 -0800 P.L.Guillemin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> >>said...
> >>>Yet, SNCF thinks nothing of charging normal rates to overbooked
> >>>passengers on TGV services, including those running at night...
> >>
> >>Often those overbooked passengers would end up claiming a seat left empty 
> >>by a "no show". 
> >
> >Not always. On some TGVs, it is not uncommon to have 15-20 standing
> >passengers per carriage.
> 
> If I understand correctly, there are not supposed to be more overbooked
> passengers than there are folding down seats.

There are only 3 or 4 tip-up seats per carriage, and I have seen more
than once more than 3-4 standing passengers per carriage...


 Those tickets don't
> specify a seat number but they do specify a coach number, so that the
> overbooked passengers are spread nicely along the train.

That is indeed to spread overcrowding, so that the amount of standees
will remain below the threshold of 20 per carriage.


Best regards.

Phil