Split ticketing - is this the ultimate split?

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[grahame]

Berwick-upon-Tweed ... Morpeth ... Newcastle ... (?) York ... Sheffield ... Derby ... Birmingham

I was told quickly - so York may be wrong!   A classic illustration of shorter distance fares being cheaper per mile because they're priced for commuters and 'inferior' trains.   I suspect there's also a saving on using day return rather than period returns.

Any advance on this number of splits, anyone??

[johnneyw]

Bridge, Split Ticket rules?

[Worcester_Passenger]

How much did that save?

[rower40]

Mornington Crescent

[grahame]

From the hand behind that spread of tickets.

The usual fare is about £88, but I got it for £69, so worth doing. I sometimes have to move around the train because split ticketing doesn't carry a reservation forwards, but often the seat I'm sitting in is not reserved, so I can just stay still. This doesn't apply on Scotland where the lowest price always comes up on searches for Scotrail tickets as the Scottish Govt did away with the need for split ticketing some years ago.

New member - I hang my head in shame at not noticing the valid registration request to join the forum for a direct answer.  Sorry about that - it got missed in a fog of spam on 24th November and I have just been reminded.

[FenMan]

A couple of years ago I made a day trip from Blackwater to Totnes (when there was an early morning direct service via Westbury and a corresponding early evening return service that both stopped at the splitting points listed below).

Tickets purchased:-
Blackwater - Newbury: Anytime Day Return
Newbury - Pewsey: Anytime Day Return
Pewsey - Westbury: Anytime Day Return
Westbury - Taunton: Off Peak Return
Taunton - Totnes: Off Peak Day Return

I could have shaved off a few more pennies by also splitting at Wokingham.

Using today's prices, splitting tickets costs £18.00 + £9.80 + £9.70 + £21.50 + £17.40, totalling to £76.40.

Through ticket prices:-
Anytime Return - £252
or an Anytime Day Single - £126 plus a Super Off Peak Single - £47.30, totalling to £173.30.

In others words, splitting saved £175.60 (69%) compared with the Anytime Return, or a still substantial £96.90 (56%) when compared with the two Singles.