Mick F wrote:What about the Glasgow to Edinburgh then all the way down through Berwick, Newcastle, Darlington, York, Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, and to Plymouth train?
What happens if someone books a bike Glasgow to Berwick and doesn't turn up?
Nothing happens, the space remains booked, there's nothing to tell the booking system that it's become available, no one else can book it.
What happens if someone wants to book Birmingham to Bristol on the same train but doesn't book until the train has left Berwick?
I don't understand what the question is? The booking from Glasgow to Berwick isn't going to effect the availability from Birmingham to Bristol whether it's used or not. Or did you think that by booking a portion of the journey you'd booked the lot? This certainly isn't the case, I've been on long train journeys where you can't get on without a reservation, yet there might have been 6 or 7 bikes over the course of the trip without there ever being more than 3 at a time.