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the outward leg is the problem with the break of journey

Here^s one that I think falls outside the Handy Hints.

I have to travel to Ellesmere Port in a couple of weeks, up Friday return Sunday, the fly in the ointment is the outward leg where I have to break the journey in Stoke and finish the journey on the Saturday morning. Start and finish will be Filton, albeit I^ll be returning eventually to Trowbridge.

The return leg appears cheap if I come back via Newport, the outward leg is the problem with the break of journey, will that have to be 2 separate tickets or is there a single ticket option? I do appreciate that I will have to get back to BTM on the Friday.

Any thoughts?

16. Starting, breaking or ending a journey at intermediate stations
You may start, or break and resume, a journey (in either direction in the case of a
return ticket) at any intermediate station, as long as the ticket you hold is valid for
the trains you want to use. You may also end your journey (in either direction in
the case of a return ticket) before the destination shown on the ticket. However,
these rights may not apply to some types of tickets for which a break of journey is
prohibited, in which case the relevant Train Companies will make this clear in their
notices and other publications.
[quote/]


I assume it also applies to singles as I'll not be buying a return. Interestingly the advertised fares from Ellesmere to Newport start at ^10, those to Filton via Newport start at ^32.  ??? ??? ???

They changed the conditions of the old Savers when they renamed them, and you can now break your journey on the outward leg of an off-peak return.

Except where TOCs have retained the restriction. NXEC, Virgin, and AXC still have blanket bans on outward legs of Offpeak.
Shown here for AXC, http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/Ticket_options/Fares/Off-peak.aspx (http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/Ticket_options/Fares/Off-peak.aspx) in the summary of conditions, lower down the page.