advance ticket from a TVM?

[truckman060473]

ok just wondering if this can be done. here's the scenario. I want to go from Carmarthen to Bristol Parkway. The ticket I want to buy is an anytime day return from Carm to Cardiff = £16. On NRE there are advance tickets from Cardiff to Bristol PW for £3. Can you buy this ticket at the Carmarthen TVM or will I need to get off at Cardiff and buy it there? I'm just thinking to do this so I can stay on the train at Cardiff and continue my journey with the advance ticket.

 

[transportphoto]

You have to buy Advance tickets in Advance so they won't be available at all on the day.

Another name for them are Advance Purchase

HTH

Edit: Also Advance Purchase tickets are usually only available at stations, online or through telesales - TVM's won't do them unless it is via TOD

 

[Flamingo]

ok just wondering if this can be done. here's the scenario. I want to go from Carmarthen to Bristol Parkway. The ticket I want to buy is an anytime day return from Carm to Cardiff = £16. On NRE there are advance tickets from Cardiff to Bristol PW for £3. Can you buy this ticket at the Carmarthen TVM or will I need to get off at Cardiff and buy it there? I'm just thinking to do this so I can stay on the train at Cardiff and continue my journey with the advance ticket.

Just remember that the CDF-BPW ticket is for one train only.

 

[truckman060473]

sorry I should have been clearer. I want to buy the advance tickets on the NRE site and the code they send you is punched into the TVM to get your tickets I think is it? so my question is, will the TVM at Carmarthen issue me with a ticket between two other stations, i.e. Cardiff to BPW? I do know that I must buy two £3 tickets out/return

 

[transportphoto]

When you go further through the booking process it will take you to a page where you can select where you want to pick them up - AFAIAA Carmarthen is on the list.

Side Note: Even if you specify a station, you can pick it up at any TOD station on the network.

HTH

 

[Flamingo]

sorry I should have been clearer. I want to buy the advance tickets on the NRE site and the code they send you is punched into the TVM to get your tickets I think is it? so my question is, will the TVM at Carmarthen issue me with a ticket between two other stations, i.e. Cardiff to BPW? I do know that I must buy two £3 tickets out/return

AFAIK you will be able to collect the tickets from any TVM with the relevant reference number / card.

 

[W-on-Sea]

Yes, that's surely right. (e.g. I once picked up an advance ticket for the journey Shrewsbury to Swansea from a TVM at Southend Central)

 

[Mojo]

Yes, you can collect the ticket from any station equipped with ToD, full list here: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/tods/