Waiters and stewards have perfected the art of backing into doorwaysandcupboardswheneverguests approach down thelongcorridors linking cabins to the dining and bar cars or the reading room.
Backing onto railway tracks, the brick-lined bar's communal tables are usually lined with plaid-shirted hipsters and diehard ale fans working their way through a menu of around 25 mostly regional microbrews.
The President of the Edinburgh Bar Association, the organisation which represents defence lawyers, said the action had the full backing of the Law Society of Scotland.