Liverpool Lime Street to Cleethropes off-peak day return

[Green Lane]

Hi again,

Is it possible to break the journey at Sheffield, Doncaster or Grimsby either on the outbound or return leg, with a £42.20 off-peak day return from Liverpool Lime Street to Cleethorpes, on a Saturday?

If so, then are there currently ticket barriers at Sheffield, Doncaster or Grimsby. I haven't been to these stations for about ten years or so. Would any ticket barriers give me my ticket back?

As always, thanks again for any relevant info, Cheers!

 

[northwichcat]

Ticket barriers only usually return your ticket if you have not finished with it. If you've reached the final destination shown on your ticket then the barrier eats them up.

 

[Jordy]

Sheffield, Doncaster and Grimsby don't have ticket barriers.

Avantix says:

Break of journey is not permitted except to change trains at an intermediate station or to access station facilities.

 

[Green Lane]

Thanks both for the useful replies.

I knew that there were some exceptions to being allowed to break your journey.

So it seems this route is one of them then. Indeed, I'm glad I asked this here now. Cheers.

 

[Jordy]

There should be no problem with you breaking your journey at Sheffield and Doncaster - its quite plausible that you could change trains at those locations.

 

[John @ home]

Is it possible to break the journey at Sheffield, Doncaster or Grimsby either on the outbound or return leg, with a £42.20 off-peak day return from Liverpool Lime Street to Cleethorpes, on a Saturday?

Avantix says:

Break of journey is not permitted except to change trains at an intermediate station or to access station facilities.

That quotation applies to the outward leg only:

Origin : LIVERPOOL STNS
Destination : CLEETHORPES
Route : ANY PERMITTED
SVR : OFF-PEAK RETURN
£42.20
Restriction : 8A
Available as listed below on any day.

OUTWARD TRAVEL
Valid on any train.
Break of journey is not permitted except to change trains at an intermediate station or to access station facilities.

RETURN TRAVEL
Valid on any train.

Note that the £42.20 ticket is not an off-peak day return but an off-peak return, valid a month. For a Saturday day trip, a combination of shorter off-peak day returns would be cheaper.

 

[Green Lane]

Thanks very much for the further replies and for taking the time to look this up, I really appreciate it.

I may possibly be going to Cleethorpes this Saturday. Depending on how things pan out I may have an hour or two spare in the late afternoon on the way back and I thought it'd be nice to grab some photos somewhere else on the return leg (probably Sheffield city centre) as I haven't been there for ages.

I'll see how it goes on the day, but with this further info I may well try that now.

Thanks for the ticket info too - yes I'd initially failed to notice that the ticket was in fact an open return. Agree with the advice to purchase day returns instead for this one. Cheers!