You can&#x27;t do that even in London. Unless you&#x27;re luck and you&#x27;re getting on at a terminus station and there&#x27;s seat available.<p>If you absolutely need a seat you can always let the first train got if there&#x27;s no seats depends on haw important it is to get a seat for you.<p>Of course if you avoid peak hours which we can it&#x27;s a different story.