Asking someone to move on train

I don't really care how much someone else has paid - nor would I have anyway of knowing. If I have a seat reservation I will sit in it. I've asked people to move before. They may grumble but I have a ticket with a seat number so it's tough luck.

I always ask them to move, only been an issue once where the woman and her dog were taking up the table for four we'd booked, she attempted to argue about it but ultimately moved when I very firmly told her to.

I always ask them to move. I booked the seat, they didn't.

Only time I didn't was for an elderly lady who was clearly struggling. She needed it more than me.

How would anyone know what anyone else paid?

The problem is with the train fares, there’s an inverse relationship between the cost of the ticket and chance of getting a seat (excluding first class). So sure, it’s fine to ask them to move but don’t expect the other person to be happy about having to stand for someone who has paid less.

Absolutely they should move. I’m a long term commuter and always ask people to move. It’s a bust train so people often chance their arm. I’m pretty firm about it.

I always tell people to move and I will be the one to cause a commotion if they don’t.
I have only had one person initially refuse (an old lady who simply wanted to sit in my seat) and I made them move.

Not my problem though.
If I have a seat reserved I am sitting in it no matter how many other free seats there are. You can't know how full the carriage will get further along the journey and you don't want to be moving all the time

Every single time - it's my seat! It's normally clear if the reservation system has been cancelled (other passengers tend to let you know / the digital signs advise).

The more someone kicks off, the less I think of them - all they need to do is apologise and move or not fecking sit there in the first place.

Well the person who HAS been organised enough to book early takes priority. Unless there are extreme circumstances like the other person is disabled and cannot sit anywhere else etc

You can't always book seats

Yes of course you ask someone to move if they're sitting in your reserved seat. Sometimes people don't show up or sit elsewhere so nothing wrong with chancing it, but if you're in a reserved seat you'd expect to move.

Of course they ought to move. Next time, maybe they should book in advance.

It is absolutely fine and normal to ask people to move (but also fine and normal for people to sit there until asked).

Occasionally you get people who are chancing it and will whinge about how they really wanted a seat and got there first or whatever. And occasionally you get people who genuinely have no idea about it all. I remember an American woman getting absolutely incredulously furious that she could be expected to move from a booked seat, and eventually the guard ended up saying either she could move, or she'd be asked to leave the train at the next stop. I don't know how he planned to enforce that, but she did move! With much grumbling. American friends of mine were mystified as to why she thought UK trains wouldn't have booked seats/what she thought the little message above the seat was for!

If I’ve reserved a seat I will be sitting in that seat! Yes, at times seat reservations are cancelled due to cancelled trains and then it just turns into a free for all. If seat reservations are still running then I will be using my seat. It’s not my problem if other people haven’t reserved 🤷🏼‍♀️

I have twice asked someone to move off my Reserved seat .
I;m doing a long journey I have pre-booked my seat for a reason.

There were other seats but what if they were reserved too ( they might have been, might not , I simply CBA looking , that was for the other person to check)

Be polite . Be firm
One woman asked "Oh did you book it" ?
I said yes and showed her my ticket .
She then said she wasn't a train traveller usually .

I said nothing ( obvs thanked her for shifting ) but the thought "Well here's a tip Missy , don;t take a reserved seat unless you are prepared to move when the booked passenger rolls up)

The problem is that if trains are cancelled, delayed etc, then seat reservations aren't valid. If there hasn't been any issues on that line (ha ha ha) then you can get a guard, who should move the person in your seat.

No. If there is a free seat then the person sitting in the seat you've booked should move to that one. I'd threaten to sit on top of them if they don't move, and I would do it.

You can get train staff and they will make people move.

I'm disabled, and I book the disabled space. Lots of people sit in it or put their luggage there.

People who have restricted mobility often book seats as well and if they have assistance booked then assistance will make people move if someone is in their pre-booked seat.

If you are in someone's booked seat you should move when asked - without grumbling. (I wouldn't ask if the train was super empty though). You don't know why a person has booked a seat - they may be doing a really long journey or have a condition or disability that makes standing hard.