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I've a quick query..just in case anyone knows the answer easily..

Next week I need to travel from Reading to Paddington (off peak).. I currently have First Class season ticket from Maidenhead to Paddington (it's first class as train service is sooo over full currently).. Could I buy a first class from Reading to Maidenhead but still travel on a non-stop train (Reading to Paddington) since my travelcard covers me the rest of the way? Or do I need to be on a train that stops at Maidenhead?

Or if not can I just get a non stop train and then go and sit in First class as we go (very fast) through Maidenhead?

Thanks in advance  ;D

Combining a season ticket with a non-season tickets allows you travel non-stop through the station where the tickets join. As per NRCoC (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/system/galleries/download/misc/NRCOC.pdf) Condition 19(c):

He means, "Yes."  ;D

If you have an annual gold card you may find it cheaper to do the upgrade (aslong as you travel after 10 and don't return between 4 and 7)

Thanks Justin..  :)

And in reply to the question re annual Gold Card. .I don't have one of those currently.. Just a monthly ticket from Maidenhead to London all zones..

No problem Jo.  :)

Which would've you have preferred? My answer stating the official position or CfN's "Yes"?  :P ;) ;D

both  ;D

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oh I didn't realise that! damn. I have a season ticket that starts at Newbury Racecourse all the way into London Paddington (same price as if you bought from Reading).

So if I am travelling on a fast non-stop train from Reading to Newbury - I just need to pay the fare from Newbury Racecourse to Newbury?

Yes, you are correct chineseJohn.  Provided one of the tickets you are using is a season, the train doesn't need to stop where you change tickets.

You forgot a bit. A quite important one at that:

Yes TJ is quite right. If you have two Seasons to named stations then the train does have to call at the split point.

When I tried to buy the ticket from Reading to Maidenhead I was told I could only travel on a train that stopped at Maidenhead so I was very glad I asked for advice on here first..  I mentioned that I'd been told it would be ok and eventually they agreed..

Mind you I should have just bought the ticket if I knew it was valid.. And the best bit.. There was no ticket check anyway... ::)

Cough ...

But Justin's relpy was also a yes (it was wasn't it?).. Just a longer way of saying it?  ;D ;) ::)

That was my point.  ;)

Oh good.. I did wonder.. In my defence I had a very late night last night.. and worked a long day today.. so things don't make quite so much sense as they might normally do to me  ::)