I'm taking a day trip to Bedford tomorrow from my home station, travelling via London.
From my home station to London there are various "sensible" route options, which can be completely different. All the various routes are permitted for most journeys beyond London, but not always.
For the journey to Bedford, NRE only offers a route to London that I do not want to use, so I added a via point to get the preferred itinerary.
Now here's the thing, as Robert Peston is fond of saying:-
NRE reports that no return tickets are available via my preferred route i.e. it is not permitted.
But, when I repeat the query (including the preferred via point) as a single journey, NRE happily reports I can make the journey using one ticket (the Anytime Single). I checked BRFares and it is the correct price, so NRE is not adding two Single tickets together.
So, can I buy a day return ticket and travel on my preferred route?
From my home station to London there are various "sensible" route options, which can be completely different. All the various routes are permitted for most journeys beyond London, but not always.
For the journey to Bedford, NRE only offers a route to London that I do not want to use, so I added a via point to get the preferred itinerary.
Now here's the thing, as Robert Peston is fond of saying:-
NRE reports that no return tickets are available via my preferred route i.e. it is not permitted.
But, when I repeat the query (including the preferred via point) as a single journey, NRE happily reports I can make the journey using one ticket (the Anytime Single). I checked BRFares and it is the correct price, so NRE is not adding two Single tickets together.
So, can I buy a day return ticket and travel on my preferred route?