Ticket Splits - What are the best UK ticket splits?

[VisualAcid]

Keynsham is always a good place to start for splitting when I'm heading from Oldfield Park towards anywhere via Bristol, although it often takes longer than Oldfield to Bristol to convince the guard so I have to do it at Temple Meads

 

[Perns1972]

Thanks for your responses so far - I have one more related question:

Which ticket split sites would you recommend? And what are their shortcomings?

 

[northwichcat]

And what are their shortcomings?

You may be restricted to trains which go a certain way or that call at a certain station.

 

[Buttsy]

Thanks for your responses so far - I have one more related question:

Which ticket split sites would you recommend? And what are their shortcomings?

You might get a pedantic guard that will make you get off and on again at the split stations.

 

[bb21]

You might get a pedantic guard that will make you get off and on again at the split stations.

... which you don't have to comply with, courtesy of NRCoC Condition 19(b).

 

[Deerfold]

You might get a pedantic guard that will make you get off and on again at the split stations.

To be pedantic that's not being pedantic, that's being wrong (or, arguably, out of date).

 

[Buttsy]

To be pedantic that's not being pedantic, that's being wrong (or, arguably, out of date).

As a pedant, I've been out pedanted...

 

[scarby]

Making some assumptions as to what qualifies, I think the "best" I can come up with is York - Derby day return departing at 0826 or 0845. Cross Country want you to pay £89.50 for an Anytime Return (there is no Anytime Day Return)

However all trains call at Sheffield, so you get a York - Sheffield Anytime Day Return £19.80 and a Sheffield - Derby off-peak Day Return £10.80 totalling £30.60. Valid any train on the way back.

This reduces the price to around 1/3 of the fare with a simple split.

Thanks for this info, Yorkie.

I kept this info in mind and I am travelling one way from York to Derby at the end of the month.

While the saving is not as big, I am purchasing a York to Sheffield Anytime Day Single for £17.70 and a Sheffield-Derby Off-Peak Day Single for £10.70 - a saving of £12.20 on the Off-Peak Day Single price of £40.60.

(I did not want to buy an advance ticket as while I know the day I am unsure of which train I will catch on the day).