Anytime: London to/from Newton Abbot via...?

[pendolino]

Quick question: with an Anytime return from Paddington to Newton Abbot can I travel out via Bristol (and break my journey there), and return via Westbury or Salisbury or Bristol, whichever takes my fancy on the day? It seems to be, looking at the routing guide and maps, but confirmation from someone with more experience of the ins and outs of routing would be useful.

Thanks.

 

[yorkie]

Yes, any of those stations are on permitted routes. Just make sure you are always on a permitted route & not "doubling back".

If you were to travel London - Salisbury - Honiton - Newton Abbot and return Newton Abbot - Bristol - London, then you could get the cheaper "Route: via Honiton" fare, and pay half the difference on the other leg.

 

[pendolino]

Thanks Yorkie. I've found cheaper ways to do it, but I'll be using a Priv as my plans are a bit vague and I don't want to be tied down to any particular route/day so there won't be a huge cost difference.

 

[yorkie]

You aren't tied to a route as such, if you bought the rte: via Honiton fare then you'd pay £45.60 and if you upgraded (change of route excess) to the rte: via Any Permitted fare, you'd be charged half the difference (for one direction) on the train.

However, as you say there may well be cheaper ways to do it other than a through ticket, for example using a combination of day singles and/or a Day Ranger or a Rover. Some Day Rangers & many Rovers have PRIV discounts, but not all. As these are leisure products, where they do give PRIV discounts they can be very cheap indeed.

 

[pendolino]

I need to travel out via Bristol, and may well end up going back that way, so I think I'll stick with the Anytime this time round. Thanks for the advice though, I'll bear it in mind for the future as I'll probably do a similar journey in the future, at which time I might be more organised. Possibly.