Split Ticketing With Train Routes
What is Split Ticketing? and how can this great technique save you mega money on train fares. Split ticketing is a clever way to save money on train fares, you’ll be shocked at how much money can be saved with this simple technique you can apply to all train travel routes. Don’t worry this method isn’t illegal as It’s all within the National Rail Conditions of Carriage, and has been confirmed by the Association of Train Operating Companies.
Split Ticketing Example
For this split ticketing example we will use the following train route Manchester -> Edinburgh which would cost you £169.00 on the 30th of October 2009, this is a direct and an open return with Virgin Trains.
Now we could travel the same route Manchester -> Edinburgh but instead of buying the ticket direct from train A(Manchester) station to train station D(Edinburgh), we could go from train station A -> B, B -> C, C -> D, and potentiality save bags loads of mulla. And by this I dont mean leave the train at each stop you can stay on. And yes Split Ticketing is allowed and this has been confirmed by Network Rail for more info check this bbc article The only rule is that you must call at the stations you bought the tickets from.
So instead of going direct we would go the following route, below is a break down of each stop.
BreakDown:
Manchester -> Preston
Preston -> Oxenholme
Oxenholme -> Carlisle
Carlisle -> Lockerbie
Lockerbie -> Edinburgh
Believe it or not the total ticket price for this method is £97.40 which is £71.60 cheaper than the direct route Manchester -> Edinburgh.
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You may now be thinking why would I spend my time looking for all the stops along my normal route, well you don’t have to, dont forget to check the automated split ticketing tool http://splityourticket.co.uk/ this great site does all the work.
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I am trying to find a cheaper ticket between Carlisle and London. I tried you ’split ticket’ tool and it said the journey was too long to calculate!
Suggestions would be gratefully received!
Do you know any train stations along the Carlisle to London route? Just try the split ticketing tool half way then from there on. Theirs just to many stops along the route you chose to calculate, you could do Carlisle to Manchester then Manchester To London.
Time consuming but worth it. Get a rail timetable list, look at journey stops and then use some eg we use Sheffild to Derby, Derby to Birmingham, Birmingham to cheltenham, Cheltenham to Bristol , Bristol to Taunton, Taunton to Newton Abbot. UseTrainline you just keep pressing “add another journey” key then pay the total cost and they deliver to you. You can even usually book the same reserved seat It can save you loads also it can get you over the problem of peak time fares as subsequent journeys can be in cheaper fare periods.