What ticket combination for Bournemouth - Waterloo via Salisbury and Basingstoke?

[antharro]

I'm considering making a journey from Bournemouth to London Waterloo, but via Salisbury and Basingstoke. Return would be direct from Waterloo to Bournemouth.

I'm thinking the the best combination of tickets would be an open return BMH-WAT, then a SOU-SAL single and a SAL-BSK single, with the journey being Bournemouth -> Southampton Central, Southampton Central -> Salisbury, Salisbury -> Waterloo. All of these can be Network Railcard discounted.

I came up with this after a look through the routing guide... my understanding is that BMH-WAT is not valid via SAL-BSK (changing at SOU). Also, a Southampton Central -> Basingstoke ticket would only be valid on the SWML, not via Salisbury.

Assuming all of that is correct, would I also be safe to assume that with a SAL-BSK single, I could then use the outbound portion of the BMH-WAT ticket for the BSK-WAT segment, and I could do that without needing to change at Basingstoke - so get on the train at Salisbury and stay on it?

 

[JB_B]

Assuming all of that is correct, would I also be safe to assume that with a SAL-BSK single, I could then use the outbound portion of the BMH-WAT ticket for the BSK-WAT segment, and I could do that without needing to change at Basingstoke - so get on the train at Salisbury and stay on it?

That combination of tickets should certainly work for your intended journey (there may be cheaper approaches - I haven't checked) and yes, you can stay on the train.

Your Bournemouth to Waterloo ticket would be valid via Romsey (on XR+RG ) so a Romsey-Basingstoke route:Any Permitted single would cover your journey via Salisbury instead buying two singles.

 

[miklcct]

There is a classical split on this route at Basingstoke and Southampton Airport.

So maybe a return between Bournemouth and Romsey, Basingstoke and Waterloo, and singles for the remainder?

Or maybe use a local bus between Bournemouth and Salisbury instead, then two single plus a Basingstoke - Waterloo return?