@aj @ajsadauskas Not to be confused with high-speed-rail Spanish-style boarding, one of the only* places in Europe involving long airport-style security queues and luggage scans to board the train (usually via a single entry point to the platform, forming another bottleneck).

*The other being Eurostar international services to/from the UK. Schengen, Brexit and all that.

@jon @ajinkyapdahale That's the eternal problem with mandatory reservations. Once passengers have been stranded once they'll just book extra spots as an insurance if the fee is low, which leads to inefficient occupancy and more passengers blocked from traveling...

Similar situations arise with bicycle reservations, exacerbated by having only a handful of bicycle spots on long-distance trains. Btw, I still need to finish and publish my blog post comparing bicycle reservation systems in Europe.