| Split tickets - rule details Posted by grahame at 10:10, 9th February 2026 |     |
From National Rail - Conditions of Travel / latest edition of 23rd November 2025
Unless Condition 14.1 applies, if you are using a Season Ticket, daily Zonal Ticket, or another area based Ticket such as a concessionary pass, ranger, or rover, in conjunction with another Ticket and the last station at which one Ticket is valid and the first station that the other Ticket is valid are the same, then the train does not need to Call at that station for your combination to be valid.
1. How are "first" and "last" stations defined?
If I am travelling from Melksham to Chester, am I allowed to use a Melksham to Severn Tunnel Junction ticket and transfer there to an Explore Wales ticket even if the train coming through the tunnel from the Pilning direction does not call until Newport? Does STJ count as the "first" station on the rover, even though it's valid from Cheltenham Spa, or do I need to drop back at Temple Meads off the Trowbridge to Cardiff service onto the Exeter to Cardiff service?
2. The NRCOT these days has a clause about pick up and set down only stops at ticket split stations - as I understand it, you can't do a split at such stops. It has still not clarified in my mind the status of splits at request stops such as Sugar Loaf - do you need to ask the train crew to stop to make your split valid?
Some Tickets specifically exclude their use in conjunction with other Tickets. This will be made clear in the terms and conditions when buying such Tickets.
3. Scratching my head looking for examples. Probably missing the obvious ... and does that mean that if you have such a ticket from - say - London to Pewsey - that you could still carry on travel on the same train if you get off and get straight back on again?
4. NRCoT has a start date but no expiry date. How does the customer know whether or not the version quoted above if the current one?
| Re: Split tickets - rule details Posted by ChrisB at 12:18, 9th February 2026 | |
1. yes
2. Not all stations are splitting stations, so unless you find one, don't worry about it.
3. Probably there for future use too enable a ticket T&Cs 'simplification'
4. Looking for them on the National Rail website - only the current version will feature
