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Hi maniacmartin, We'll be having a review here to discuss all the feedback made. Were there any other particular sentences or issues that you'd like to raise? Thanks, Adam

soil - thanks for your extensive feedback, really useful. I'll ensure this goes back to our team to discuss. Re delays, we've consulted with ATOC directly, so have added in related text to ensure the user is adequately informed. Apologies for the use of "advanced" instead of "advance" -...

Thanks tractakid - we'll be feeding this back into our development process. Adam

Hi soil, Thanks for your comments. I'll leave the MSE-specific points to be discussed in another forum. In terms of the tool itself: We search specific tickets for the time set - so your request was for a Reading->Leeds ticket for 10:17. The next time train available was 10:26 which is why...

Hi Lockwood, For the journey you searched, walk-on fare provides a best split @ Basingstoke. When checking advance fares, splitting at Basingstoke causes the fare to rise from £39 to £40.50. Adam

Thanks Deerfold - this is the first iteration of our development, so enhancements like the bits you are suggesting here will likely appear in our roadmap if this tool is useful to users. And noted about advance - thanks! Adam

Hi Ian, From looking on thetrainline and national rail, I only see trains departing at 7:13 or 8:13 - both arriving at the same time - which is why you see the 8:13 selected... Adam

Hi Deerfold, Was this your search? http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/split-cheap-train-tickets/results/52b1b646806f00.52766415 I see that your request was for the 16:44 train, which is £41.80 as an advance ticket. We won't pick a later train if the price is cheaper - we simply pick the first...

Hi Deerfold, We pick a single ticket for the journey that fulfills the user's request - time & date, route and railcards. We then look at the calling stations, and calculate where the best split would be for a walk-on fare. We use this information to determine whether advance tickets...

Hi Haywain, If you're basing it upon my Ipswich -> Swindon journey, then I requested a standard class ticket. It just so happens that a first class ticket is cheaper for that particular date and time... Adam --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Thanks Alex. I'll...

Thanks bb21 and Deerfold for your comments - it's an important area for us so I will feed back appropriately.

Hi Deerfold, We try and help people to purchase split tickets, which, for the majority will be a daunting task the first time. For example take a favourite journey of mine - Ipswich to Swindon - http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/split-cheap-train-tickets/results/52b19307b62c71.69760931 When...

Hi Tony Mac, Thanks for testing. We've removed the 5 search limit today to give people the time to test. If you could share the flaws you've found, that'd be great. Thanks, MSE Adam --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Hi Oscar, We keep the idea of splitting tickets...

Hi bb21, Thanks for the feedback. Currently we pick the next suitable journey depending on the date and time requirements set by the user. Adam

Hi Deerfold, Here's the text snippet from our find out more info blurb which I'm sure will help: "Find out more Building a split ticketing tool has been a far from straightforward path. After many years trying our first version could only cope with walk-on fares. Yet everyone wanted us to...