Split tickets

[jojo1010]

Hi all

I'm looking to travel from Boston to Liverpool, but I'm not clued-up on the split tickets thing. Can someone explain it to me in dummy form, I'm not the brightest spark !

 

[yorkie]

If you look on our site, we will calculate the splits for you, and you will get one PDF file* with all the tickets, so it's nice and easy.

Is there a particular part of Liverpool you're travelling to?

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TrainSplit is a free service that makes it easy to find the cheapest train tickets for your journey.

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Image shows an example of a single journey from Boston to Liverpool Stations, with an itinerary of 08:52 -> 13:29 with 1 change, which is priced at £38.50 on our site, or £87.80 on the EMR website.

If you have any particular requirements, e.g. only one change, or allowing extra interchange time, or anything like that, you can specify this at the time of booking.

(* assuming e-tickets are available, which is generally the case)

 

[transportphoto]

If you look on our site, we will calculate the splits for you, and you will get one PDF file* with all the tickets, so it's nice and easy.

I’ve seen the various iterations of your post; I’m in agreement that the RailUK Tickets website could be helpful to the OP in finding tickets for their journey. What you haven’t done is answer their direct question - what is a split ticket in dummy form?

@jojo1010 - welcome to the forum In as few words as I can, the concept is to use more than one ticket for a single journey. This often works out cheaper but there are things to be aware of (these are explained to you as you buy the ticket, e.g. any train taken must stop at…, or you must travel on the exact trains… etc.).

 

[yorkie]

I’ve seen the various iterations of your post; I’m in agreement that the RailUK Tickets website could be helpful to the OP in finding tickets for their journey. What you haven’t done is answer their direct question - what is a split ticket in dummy form?

It's another phrase for a combination of two or more tickets, if the question was simply that.

 

[Belperpete]

Using split tickets, you still have many of the rights that you would have had if you had bought one ticket for the whole journey. So if you are delayed, for example, you can claim delays repay compensation based on how much you paid for the full journey, not just on the price of one of those tickets. If you are delayed, and so miss your connection, you similarly have the same rights as if you had bought one through ticket.

Note that split ticketing does not always give a cheaper fare. However, it is worth looking into, as for longer journeys in particular, there can be significant savings to be made.