Split Ticket

[ajhard]

I am looking to book an advance ticket for next week from Bournemouth to Didcot, with a Gold Card.

The 'normal' ticket is £25.35 but by splitting at Basingstoke I can get the Journey for £16.90 - the train does stop at Basingstoke - are there any issues with this, and do I have to get off & on again?

Thanks

 

[londonbridge]

Nope, that's perfectly ok since the train calls at the split point, and no need to get off and on again.

 

[ajhard]

Thanks - that's great!

 

[ainsworth74]

Just for future reference split ticketing is governed by Condition 19 of the NRCoC:

19. Using a combination of tickets

You may use two or more tickets for one journey as long as together they cover the entire journey and one of the following applies:

(a) they are both Zonal Tickets unless special conditions prohibit their use in this way. The Ticket Seller will, if you ask, advise you whether you can use a Zonal Ticket in combination with another ticket.
(b) the train you are in calls at a station where you change from one ticket to another;

or

(c) one of the tickets is a Season Ticket (which for this purpose does not include Season Tickets or travel passes issued on behalf of a passenger transport executive or local authority) or a leisure travel pass, and the other ticket(s) is/are not.

You must comply with any restriction shown on the tickets relating to travel in the trains of a particular Train Company or Train Companies (see Condition 10).

If you do not comply with this Condition, you will be treated as having joined the train without a ticket and Condition 2 or 4 will apply, either to the entire journey, or from the last station where the train stopped at which at least one of the tickets was valid.

For the purposes of this Condition, a “leisure travel pass” means any multi-journey ticket (excluding Season Tickets) valid for:
(i) at least 7 consecutive days; or
(ii) at least 3 days in a period of at least 7 consecutive days and includes rover tickets, travel passes, flexipass tickets and BritRail passes.

In your case (b) applies and as mentioned above you're perfectly valid to do what you state in the original post.

 

[LexyBoy]

The £25.35 fare is not an Advance ticket, it's the Off Peak Day Single which would be the same price on the day, and valid on any train after 1000 (would be 0900 but the Gold Card discount is only valid after 0900).

I can't work out a combination of fares which comes to £16.90; the closest I get is £17.30 with an Advance Bournemouth-Basingstoke and an Off Peak Day Single Basingstoke-Didcot. Are you departing before 1000?

Are you returning at all? The Off Peak Day Return for the through journey is £25.40, and the Off Peak Return (valid to return within a month) is £31.35. Also, what route does your Gold Card cover?