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Southerns Super off peak returns do not allow break of journey on either leg outside of the London Travelcard area. This was news to me. I checked on Southern's site and this is what it said for a Super Off Peak Day Return to Victoria: Other than to change trains, a break of journey at...

My suggestion, if paying quite a lot more money is acceptable, is to purchase a season ticket from Horley to Wanborough. This permits the routing "Not London" and travelling from East Croydon becomes possible either on maps CS or LB+WW. Horley has Gatwick or Redhill as routing points. Using...

I've been following this thread and wondering to myself ... In a situation like that of the OP, supposing for whatever reason I arrive at a penalty fare station and faced with the choice of buying a ticket and waiting (in many cases 30 minutes or even 1 hour) or boarding the train, I decide...

Here’s a downloadable program - complete SNCF timetables and train connections for the whole of France. It even offers a complete list of arrivals or departures – every train to or from every station. Yet very few people, even in France, know about it. I was formerly using it with Windows...

So, if I read you right, you think that if a restriction says valid at or after 0930, it is still valid before 0930? You really should look more closely! I did look more closely. The problem was that in my recent searches for valid trains at the fare I had travelled on I was using departures...

The point I was trying to make was that on the one hand my off peak SVR return was clearly accepted as valid by two operators (GWR wording, using the words "any off peak train") and Chiltern Railways (willing to sell me a Senior Railcard discounted ticket for an 8:35 departure) yet the...

I believe you are wrong. I would not have said that a few days ago but just completed a long planned journey from the south coast to Bicester Town (via Oxford) on a 1 month SVR return with senior railcard discount, code 5K. Now I'm totally familiar with all this "9:30" stuff and was a...

How I see it, having travelled on railways in many countries around the world: ►The UK suffers from a complete lack of infrastructure capacity in many areas, for example passenger numbers into London terminals are expected to increase way beyond the capacity. This is a direct result of decades...

BE don't seem to offer any through fares to Lerwick (LSI). What you can do is fly from Gatwick to Aberdeen (£114 return leaving 14th returning 16th, for example) or Southampton to Aberdeen via Manchester for more money. Or there are various other combinations all on BE that might be possible...

Having some interest in making this journey, I enquired at a local station whether they could issue the ticket. This station is on Southern and not so far from Eastbourne. I was informed that they could issue the ticket and the best thing was to purchase a ticket from the local station to...

See attached comparison of trains with & without the "via Three Bridges" option. National Rail should offer passengers the choice of trains, including those where journey times are slightly longer but less changes are required. This is particularly important for those with children or...

Travel from Bridgend to Aberystwyth is only allowed via map BD, i.e. Hereford and Shewsbury. This allows travel via Cardiff but not via Birmingham and break of journey is permitted on a 1 month off peak return, so I suggest a side trip. If you only need to visit Birmingham for several...

I've read and re-read this thread, including the question asked by the OP, several times. I find myself confused by some of the advice, particularly regarding how much to pay when purchased a PTT. Summing up, it seems to me: By paying any amount (yes, even as little as 5p) one then has a...

The underlying reason (in the end, threatening passengers with the possibility of a court case leading to a criminal record) is profit. The ideal situation for TOCs would be to eliminate all ticket purchasing facilities except at major stations or online, threatening passengers that if they...

I believe this is a situation not contemplated in the NRCOC. I remember long ago travelling to & from school when occasionally some ancient rolling stock had (as everyone understood it) declassified first class and it was possible to sit in any compartments marked either '1' or '3'. No 2nd...

I believe this is an extremely important principle. I had been thinking the very same thing myself and actually drafted a posting then doubting myself thought better of it. It affects not just SWT but lots of other routes where there are restrictions and the train calls at stations within the...

It's been pointed out to me by one of the experts that some of what I posted in my last message was incorrect. I can't remove or edit the posting so let me post a correction. The complete answer to the OP's question is to purchase an Off Peak return from Sheffield not to Leuchars but to...

The OP wants to travel the scenic route; I was assuming in my reply that going via Dundee to Leuchars would be interesting because that allows him another different route through Scotland at a small extra cost as well as going via Manchester. I looked at the cost and said to myself, were I...

You can't travel via Dundee on the Sheffield - Leuchars return. Or via Manchester, it seems. If you want to go from Sheffield via Dundee, it would cost you an extra £17.20 ... buy a £113.10 Off Peak Return to Dundee then a £4.30 single to Leuchars (or v.v.) as you'd only travel via Dundee...

You do this at your peril. It could prove expensive. National Rail Inquiries is showing fares from £81.70 on this routing. I don't know when you plan to travel exactly, but study the attachment and see what you think!