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Originally Posted by John.
If anyone could explain the principle of "Reserved Seating" and what it intends to achieve in the long run, I would be very obliged, and this from a company who regularly up until recently sent a Saturday evening Arrow out to Maynooth with no working toilets........
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I've never seen a toilet on the 66 bus either. Is the bus much quicker than the train getting to Maynooth?
For inter-city services, it makes sense to have reserved seating. It prevents "ryanair syndrome" and "french queing" where old people and children are shoved out of the way in queues by people trying to get seats.
It also allows, subject to Irish Rail having sufficient rolling stock, to have proper efficient planning of train services.
It would also make things quicker if ticket checkers only had to check the unreserved seats.
Also, if you get on at an intermediate station you should be able to book your seats instead of being the equivalent of being at the end of the queue (or turning up at Heuston 2 minutes before the train leaves .
