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Security concerns. I’m case of an accident you can sit and maybe survive. Edit: keep in mind that the Madrid-Barcelona high speed railway line reaches almost 2
by elnatro 4y ago
Security concerns. I’m case of an accident you can sit and maybe survive.
Edit: keep in mind that the Madrid-Barcelona high speed railway line reaches almost 250kph. That’s more than the double maximum speed of a car in Spain.
- blibble 4y agowhy does the speed of a train affect its security?
- Symbiote 4y agoStanding is allowed on Japanese Shinkansen trains or German ICE trains.
- sofixa 4y agoBut isn't on TGVs, AVE and Frecciarossa trains, so more networks disallow it than allow it.
- elnatro 4y agoIt’s not the same to travel standing up (i.e. not having an assigned seat) than to be able to stand up (i.e. have an assigned seat).
- lutoma 4y agoBut you don't have assigned seats on German high-speed trains. It certainly happens (although rarely) that trains are so full that some people need to stand
- elnatro 4y agoYou can buy a ticket for a non-assigned seat but not for long routes like the one that goes to Paris. I’d say that having to buy a ticket with an assigned seat in high-speed trains in Spain has been always been that way. However, short-route trains (Cercanías) don’t have assigned seat, but they are not high-speed trains.
- Symbiote 4y agoThe point is that it's not due to safety or security that Spain and France require a seat reservation. It will be to keep the quality of the service high, reduce boarding times, or something like that.
- fomine3 4y agofyi it's possible to buy Tokyo to Hakata (over 1000km, takes 5hr, max 300km/h) ticket without reserved sheet. (Though eventually free sheet will be available at the middle stations.)