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York - Leeds - Blackburn - Manchester V

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Cletus

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I am taking the following journey on Tuesday 3rd July:-
York (dep 9.10am) to Leeds (arr 10.22am) (via Harrogate line)
Leeds (dep 10.53am) to Blackburn (arr 12.14pm)
Blackburn (dep 1.03pm) to Manchester Victoria (arr 1.52pm)

I have individual ticket prices of:-
£11.80
£14.80
£8.80
Total £35.40
(no railcards)

I was wondering if anyone with local knowledge can tell me if there is a way to reduce this cost?

Thank you very much.
 
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Will you be making more journeys that day, or in the days immediately before/after that? If you are, and can provide the details, some sort of Rover ticket from Northern might be the best choice.
 

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York - Blackburn SDR (Anytime Day Return) Rte: via Burnley £21.10

Change of route excess on return portion only to Rte: Any Permitted. This is priced at HALF the difference between the appropriate fare (£31.50 SVR off Peak Return) and the fare paid (£21.10), and is therefore £5.20.

You can finish short at Manchester.

York station should be able to do the excess no problem at all (they are very good with excesses) as should Blackburn (but I have no idea if they are good with excesses or not!) but if not, the price is the same on board the train on the return journey.

Total = £26.30


Edit: It can be done for not much more than that, without excesses, by getting a SDR York - Entwistle via Burnley (£21.10) and an Entwistle - Manchester CDS (£5.90). This may be more convenient (e.g. if buying online using RSH vouchers) and only costs 70p more.
 

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Thanks for the info.

No return journey, those are my only journies that day.

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Can I ask a few other questions?
There is a 3/4 hour waiting time in Blackburn. Can I leave the station to go into town?
If I want to finish my journey at Salford Crescent, is that a problem?
I presume it’s easy enough to buy these tickets online ahead of time (from Southeastern’s website for example)?
 
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If only a single one way journey then I would suggest a York - Manchester Stns Anytime Day Single priced at £24.70.

This ticket has no restrictions, and you are fine to break your journey as many times as you wish as long as you are on a permitted route.

Travelling via Harrogate, Blackburn & Bolton is permitted.

To define a permitted route we have to look at the routeing guide.

So we look at the permitted routes from York - Manchester Group.

The following are ALWAYS Permitted routes:

Any direct trains advertised from YORK to MANCHESTER PIC in the current timetable

The shortest route with a regular train service, not including walks and transfers is 67.72, the route is shown below.

  • YORK
  • Leeds Group
  • Huddersfield Group
  • STALYBRIDGE
  • GUIDE BRIDGE
  • Manchester Group

The following are Permitted unless there is an easement preventing them:

Any route 70.72 miles or less (i.e. within 3 miles of the shortest route above).

Mapped routes from YORK to MANCHESTER Group

TP
LY
TP+MH


Any additional route allowed by an easement.

For the journey you wish to take the maps TP + MH would be applicable.

Map TP : York - Harrogate - Leeds - Bradford - Blackburn
MAP MH : Blackburn - Bolton - Manchester Victoria

Hope this helps.
 

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What's wrong with an Anytime Day Single (SDS) from York to Manchester Stations at £24.70? You're on a Permitted Route all the way using maps TP and MH?
 

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What's wrong with an Anytime Day Single (SDS) from York to Manchester Stations at £24.70? You're on a Permitted Route all the way using maps TP and MH?

I've just suggested that to the OP :)
 

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There is a 3/4 hour waiting time in Blackburn. Can I leave the station to go into town?

Yes you can although you have suggested only a 45 minute wait in your original post.

If I want to finish my journey at Salford Crescent, is that a problem?

No, you can finish your journey there if you wish.

I presume it’s easy enough to buy these tickets online ahead of time (from Southeastern’s website for example)?

Yes that's fine. You would just need to purchase a York to Salford Crescent Anytime Day Single priced at £24.70.
 

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The following are ALWAYS Permitted routes:

Any direct trains advertised from YORK to MANCHESTER PIC in the current timetable

And any from York to Manchester Victoria (there are a couple eastbound at least).
 
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