There is nothing in the advance ticket terms that says you can't have another ticket to cover part of your journey, unless you know different and can find it. You clearly neither start late nor stop short because you don't get off the train.
...the passenger starts at the origin on ticket 1 and
ends their journey at the destination on ticket 2. At all points they are travelling on a route permitted by their ticket and on the compulsory reserved service when appropriate....
If @Solent&Wessex agrees it's valid, you can be pretty sure it isFrom The Fares Manual:
It doesn't say anywhere that you can't overlap!
Have you read the thread I linked to? It's all discussed in there.There seems a potential vulnerability if both Advance tickets specify a seat. Advance T&Cs require you to:
* sit in the specified seat (where a seat is specified)
* make the full journey shown on the ticket
Given that you can't sit in two seats at once, then on the overlapping part of the journey, couldn't the passenger be accused of breaking the rules on one ticket or the other?
If one wanted to be pathologically pedantic, you could argue that the passenger was breaking early/starting short on one or the other ticket. But realistically I don't foresee any TOC taking this line.I'm guessing the answer is yes, but just wondering if it's OK to hold two overlapping Advance tickets, on the same train. For example
Newcastle - Darlington, and
Durham - King's Cross
(the train in question stops at both).
If one wanted to be pathologically pedantic, you could argue that the passenger was breaking early/starting short on one or the other ticket. But realistically I don't foresee any TOC taking this line.
I guess putting your foot on the platform at both of the crossover stations would nullify even that argument.
Back when the concept of 'break of journey' was actually defined, it was defined as exiting station premises, other than for the purpose of taking a train from another station. While it remains the case that Advance fares prohibit break of journey, it is not the case that any journey is broken in this case.If one wanted to be pathologically pedantic, you could argue that the passenger was breaking early/starting short on one or the other ticket. But realistically I don't foresee any TOC taking this line.
I guess putting your foot on the platform at both of the crossover stations would nullify even that argument.
There is no practicable, good reason why not!Or as a passenger can you be in use of two tickets simultaneously?
Or as a passenger can you be in use of two tickets simultaneously?