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You 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
by elnatro 4y ago
You 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.)