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Mcr Warrior
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The cheaper of the Off Peak Singles available between Luton and Liverpool priced by Avanti (= £57.90) which is routed "Not via London", presumably is available for travel via Sheffield.
Does seem to undercut the cheapest walk up tickets that I can find between Luton and Sheffield priced by EMR or LNER.
Can't see any Break of Journey restrictions on the Luton to Liverpool ticket, unless I'm mistaken. So, subject to adhering to any applicable time of travel restrictions from Luton, it would, I believe, be o.k. to break journey at Sheffield and not then re-continue it.
A possible example of less is more?!
Does seem to undercut the cheapest walk up tickets that I can find between Luton and Sheffield priced by EMR or LNER.
Can't see any Break of Journey restrictions on the Luton to Liverpool ticket, unless I'm mistaken. So, subject to adhering to any applicable time of travel restrictions from Luton, it would, I believe, be o.k. to break journey at Sheffield and not then re-continue it.
A possible example of less is more?!
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There has always been a footbridge between the current car park and the station.
Yes, that's correct. This is an unintended side effect of Avanti's "single leg pricing" initiative.
This involved Off-Peak Singles being cut to 70% of the cost of the equivalent Off-Peak Return, as opposed to the previous mixture of standalone Off-Peak Singles at ~£1 less, and Off-Peak Single (Online) tickets available for half the cost, but only as part of a return booking (i.e. in conjunction with an Advance or Anytime Single in the other direction).
As the "not via London" fare from Luton to Liverpool is, quite reasonably, valid via Sheffield (although it is clearly priced with the intention of use on the WCML), you can benefit from the "single leg pricing" policy if you are making a one-way journey.
This involved Off-Peak Singles being cut to 70% of the cost of the equivalent Off-Peak Return, as opposed to the previous mixture of standalone Off-Peak Singles at ~£1 less, and Off-Peak Single (Online) tickets available for half the cost, but only as part of a return booking (i.e. in conjunction with an Advance or Anytime Single in the other direction).
As the "not via London" fare from Luton to Liverpool is, quite reasonably, valid via Sheffield (although it is clearly priced with the intention of use on the WCML), you can benefit from the "single leg pricing" policy if you are making a one-way journey.
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