Can a Ranger-Rover ticket be joined with Return ticket at station train not at?

[cambsy]

I am looking to buy a Day Return Bristol-Bromsgrove, then a West Midlands Day Ranger, splitting at Bromsgrove where West Midlands Day ranger valid from, but train being XC does not stop there, so is it still permissible to do this?

 

[MrJeeves]

I am looking to buy a Day Return Bristol-Bromsgrove, then a West Midlands Day Ranger, splitting at Bromsgrove where West Midlands Day ranger valid from, but train being XC does not stop there, so is it still permissible to do this?

Yes, you can split without your train calling at a station with an area-based ticket (like a Ranger) or a season ticket.

From the NRCoT:

14. Using a Combination of Tickets

14.1 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.

14.2 Unless Condition 14.1 applies, you may use a combination of two or more Tickets to make a journey provided that the train services you use Call at the station(s) where you change from one Ticket to another.

14.3 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.