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Megatrain Do you get a Seat?

rich_shot2003
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Ive got some Tickets booked on Megatain between London and Portsmouth in April and would like to know do you get a booked seat or if the train is full then would you have to stand?

I can not see anywhere on the Ticket to say if you get a booked seat or not.

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  • torikate
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    No you dont. You ticket entitles you to travel but doesn't mean youl will have a seat. Depending on time of the day you travel and how close to the start of the route you travel would effect if you did. I have done this journey several times and only once I havent had a seat. Once you get out of london the seats tend to free up though. HTH.
    Tori xXx
    Total Debt start June 09 £11,083.03
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    :footie: To dare is to do....COYS :footie:

  • rich_shot2003
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    torikate wrote: »
    No you dont. You ticket entitles you to travel but doesn't mean youl will have a seat. Depending on time of the day you travel and how close to the start of the route you travel would effect if you did. I have done this journey several times and only once I havent had a seat. Once you get out of london the seats tend to free up though. HTH.
    Tori xXx

    Can you Sit anywhere on the train?
  • jd87
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    Can you Sit anywhere on the train?

    You'll be able to sit anywhere that doesn't say reserved - and usually people just sit in the ones that are reserved anyway. You just have to move if the person with the reservation comes along.
  • dzug1
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    May not still be the case, but there used to be a coach set aside for use by megatrain passengers. If there still is, you'd be required to sit in it.
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