SEATS MEAN MONEY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1933, Page 3

SEATS MEAN MONEY

Accommodation in Bulgarian -trains •will in future bo allotted according to Iho price paid 'for a ticket. Which means that "deadheads"—national representatives, railroad workers, high State officials, some- journalists, and deserving celebrities, for example—will liavc to stand ur> when the trains are crowded. Teachers, soldiers, and other functionaries in Bulgaria arc favoured by reduced rates, while "ordinary" folk pay the full price. And, heretofore, in ease of full trains, the "deadlicads" have the seats—being "important" persons —while those who paid for places have liad to stand up. Now, liowever, there is to bo justice, and scats will be given out on the following scale of preference:—Firstly, full-pay passengers are to bo considered; secondly, the folk with monthly or season tickets; thirdly, those paying half-fnxe; and, finally, those with passes. If passengers make a fuss when required to yield their scats under this arrangement, they are to be ymt oft' the train. However, distinguished foreigners with pusses are to be treated gently, and left sitting by the window, oven though the aisles are full of patient payers.