Super off-peak day returns and a question about using them

[jednick]

Please forgive me if this has been asked before, but...

I notice there are some extremely low fares, "super off-peak day returns" available in my area, in some cases costing around just a third of the price of a normal day return ticket. However, these tickets are only available after 6pm, it seems. (The cut-off time is some time between 6 to 6.30 pm, I'm not quite sure, but for the sake of this question I'll say it's 6pm).

O.K, I know I can't board a train using the ticket until it becomes valid at 6pm.

So, imagine I'm travelling from station A to station C via station B.

Station B could be either an intermediate station along the route, or a station where I would have to change.

I buy the super off-peak day return but I can't board at my starting station, station A, because the ticket's not valid just yet as it's not quite 6pm yet.

So, I walk / bike / get a lift to station B and board there. As it's now past 6pm, my ticket's now valid all the way to my destination station C. Or is it?

If I get challenged by the on-train staff, could I say the ticket allows break of outward journey / starting my journey at a station closer to my destination, or something similar, and I'm doing nothing wrong?

 

[alistairlees]

Please forgive me if this has been asked before, but...

I notice there are some extremely low fares, "super off-peak day returns" available in my area, in come cases costing around just a third of the price of a normal day return ticket. However, these tickets are only available after 6pm, it seems. (The cut-off time is some time between 6 to 6.30 pm, I'm not quite sure, but for the sake of this question I'll say it's 6pm).

O.K, I know I can't board a train using the ticket until it becomes valid at 6pm.

So, imagine I'm travelling from station A to station C via station B.

Station B could be either an intermediate station along the route, or a station where I would have to change.

I buy the super off-peak day return but I can't board at my starting station, station A, because the ticket's not valid just yet as it's not quite 6pm yet.

So, I walk / bike / get a lift to station B and board there. As it's now past 6pm, my ticket's now valid all the way to my destination station C. Or is it?

If I get challenged by the on-train staff, could I say the ticket allows break of outward journey / starting my journey at a station closer to my destination, or something similar, and I'm doing nothing wrong?

Hi

It depends whether your Super Off-Peak Day Return allows a break of journey or not. If it does then you should be fine. If not, then no.

It's impossible to tell any more without you providing details of the journey you wish to make, passengers doing it (just you?), railcards (none?) etc.