I'M NOT a frequent traveller on trains, but can appreciate the frustrations outlined in Alex Wynick’s report (‘We should get a better service for the price we pay, August 11).

When buying a coach ticket everyone is guaranteed to have a seat. Rail companies are allowed to sell expensive rail tickets for a journey that does not include provision of a seat, resulting in lots standing where they can.

It is frustrating that train providers can get away with making fat profits in this way by failing to put on enough carriages.

Briony Newport, Stanley Close, North Hinksey, Oxford

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