Post by @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

Neil Brown

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk 1 hr. ago

So bikes are both allowed and not allowed on this train then?

A screenshot of the bicycle rules from a UK train company website.

Is says that reservations are required, and also that reservations are not available. — A screenshot of the bicycle rules from a UK train company website. Is says that reservations are required, and also that reservations are not available.

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Gary Hawkins

@ghawkins@mastodon.garyhawkins.uk 12 min. ago

@neil Seat reservations and cycle reservations are AIUI two different things. The (seat) "reservations compulsory" flag in the industry data is widely misused by some TOCs and can often result in journey-based planner retailers saying it a train 'sold out' even when a non-Advance ticket is being purchased which don't require a seat reservation.

Neil Brown

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk 8 min. ago

@ghawkins

This is the cycle section, so I presume that the reservations which one must have, but which are not available, are cycle reservations.

That Old Guy with the Beard

@IanAMartin@thecanadian.social 20 min. ago

@neil Until you attempt or not attempt to make a reservation, reservations both can and cannot be made. It is only by attempt to determine what the policy is that the policy is defined. Unfortunately, it will almost certainly result in the complete collapse of the tyres of your bike, as well as the injuring of a car (and we really don’t understand how).