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I have a ticket from A to D via B and C.  Breaks of journey, joining at a later station and leaving at a later station allowed. May I travel from A to B, make my way by other means to C, then conclude my journey to D.   To be clear, yes, ticket is within validity on the A to B leg and on the C to D leg, and I'm not doubling back - I'm missing out using the central bit.

No problem whatsoever doing that. Provided your ticket allows break of journey, and you resume later further up the line on the same route.

Thanks - that worked (or I think it did - minimal ticket checks!).   A to B and C to D on the return half of my off peak return from D to A, with B to C on a very busy train via single tickets by a split ticket combination that was much cheaper than upgrading my ticket as a whole to peak.   Well - that was a new one even for me.   Thanks for the confirmation.

As an aside, I read
as disallowing travel on the 18:45 and 19:16 from Swindon to Chippenham as they are trains that had departed from Reading in the blackout period, but allowing the 18:52 as that hasn't come from Reading.

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