skicat wrote:I don't think that is correct. I booked a cycle reservation on the ScotRail site about 4 months ago, and another on the First Great Western site more recently. They both appear to use the same system, which I think is the same one as East Coast.monxton wrote:although there are many websites where you can buy train tickets, there is only a small number of different train booking software systems behind the scenes. All of the train booking websites use one of these systems with their own branding. The reason this is interesting is that only one of these systems has the facility to let you book a bicycle place at the same time as your journey and seat reservation
You've muddled up the two things I was trying to distinguish. I think we're agreeing: the East Coast reservation system is rebranded and used behind the scenes by other train operating companies as well as by East Coast Trains. You can recognise it by the "Mixing Desk" term. I guess which system is used may depend on the current operator of the franchise. I'm glad to hear its being used by ScotRail and FGW for their reservation systems too, because that makes things better for cyclists. It's also to be found at RedSpottedHanky, which used to be the cheapest of the UK-wide booking sites, but is now no better than the others.