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The_Primate t1_j2805np wrote

It's to show that your seat is reserved between those stops.

Previously these seats would.have had little ticket things put into a slot on the top of the seat.

Are these not standard though? Do American trains not have these? How are reserved seats identified without them?

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Sallyne1 t1_j282qf0 wrote

Only international trains in the Netherlands have the option to reserve seats at all. Regular train seats work on a "too bad, so sad" basis with seats.

Though in all my years in traveling by train i maybe didnt have a seat twice during rush hour

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Buttercup4869 t1_j280x1p wrote

Maybe they have fixed seats, like in Japan.

In many countries, you don't put in a reservation for a seat separately

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