Birmingham to York via Manchester - valid route ?

[General Zod]

Hi,
I'm planning to buy a BHM-YRK Off Peak Return and would like confirmation that the ticket is valid via Manchester Piccadilly and that I can break my journey there ( for lunch with friends) before continuing on to York using TPE. The various journey planners do allow for this route in their itineraries.
Thanks,

 

[Starmill]

Yes that is definitely valid.

 

[yorkie]

Hi,
I'm planning to buy a BHM-YRK Off Peak Return and would like confirmation that the ticket is valid via Manchester Piccadilly and that I can break my journey there ( for lunch with friends) before continuing on to York using TPE. The various journey planners do allow for this route in their itineraries.
Thanks,

Yes, it is valid by a wide range of routes, which includes via Manchester; the journey planners are correct.

It is possible to do outward & return journeys by completely different routes, with no miles of track covered twice.

 

[xotGD]

In my student days I would do Brum - Newcastle via Stockport / Stalybridge or via Carlisle to avoid getting an HST. Plus nicer scenery!

 

[Gareth Marston]

In my student days I would do Brum - Newcastle via Stockport / Stalybridge or via Carlisle to avoid getting an HST. Plus nicer scenery!

Presumably you'd sell your grandmother for a HST now!

 

[General Zod]

Yes, it is valid by a wide range of routes, which includes via Manchester; the journey planners are correct.

It is possible to do outward & return journeys by completely different routes, with no miles of track covered twice.

Great news ! Plan to travel outbound via Manchester and return via Sheffield. It's a shame that I cannot travel Birmingham - Sheffield - Manchester - York as the Hope Valley line is particularly scenic.

 

[yorkie]

Great news ! Plan to travel outbound via Manchester and return via Sheffield. It's a shame that I cannot travel Birmingham - Sheffield - Manchester - York as the Hope Valley line is particularly scenic.

You can if you split your ticket at Manchester, but that wouldn't allow you to travel back via Derby.

 

[xotGD]

Presumably you'd sell your grandmother for a HST now!

Erm, no! If I was making the journey now then it would be a case of changing at Doncaster for a 91, but once the TPE loco-hauled are up and running then via Manchester becomes the best option again.

 

[gray1404]

Tpe loco hulled?

 

[Starmill]

See : http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=124132

New rolling stock for locomotive haulage (by class 68s, at least initially) is on order.

There is also likely, but not certainly, to be a period of hauling some existing (mark 3) rolling stock.