SEAT RESERVATIONS
Sir,—l travelled in "R" car, first class, on the Wellington-Auckland Limited Express on Monday night, May 31. Being an experienced traveller, I had booked my seat beforehand. Some 15 minutes before the train was due to leave I boarded the car ana noticed that every seat had a reserved" notice on it,, mostly "Reserved to Auckland* Several people entered the car and seeing it all reserved went out again. After the departure of the train I noticed the guard removing 18 of the reserved notices out of the 31 seats in the car. There were nine people seated only, otherwise the car was empty. Can the Railway Departs ment explain this bungle?—l.am, etc., X>ISGUSTED TRAVELLER. [The Railway Department states that unoccupied reserved seats are invariably the result of changed plans on the part of ticket-holders. Timely cancellation of reservations not required would permit their reallocation to other passengers and obviate seats being vacant unnecessarily. In the instance referred to, the seats were reserved for a special group of servicemen who were subsequently regrouped and dispatched by other trains, the Department receiving no advice of the transfer or intimation that the earlier reservations would not be required.]
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 3, 3 July 1943, Page 4
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198SEAT RESERVATIONS Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 3, 3 July 1943, Page 4
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