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Well, the last two times I traveled by train, coaches were not available since they just went part of the train, so my reservations basically disappeared into thin air. No delays, no cancellation - just a train with missing coaches. But I have to say a concurrency issue is similar frustrating, didn't happen to me (yet).
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Another option is that when a race condition double-booking happens, it is no big deal. Just something that is quickly and easily worked out on the train as happened in the article. Both passengers were happy they got to they were going with an amusing story to tell, so they never reported a bug.