Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Silly price is for short notice. And if you want to get a train to London from Newcastle this Saturday there are more flights with seats than trains. No trains with seats between 06.00 and 11.58.
It works out at about two thirds of the train can be reserved, a third of the train left unreserved for walk ups. Over the last few years this might have changed towards four fifths. So still seats available but on a first come first served basis.