Booking Engines vs Route Restrictions

[LordCreed]

Hi all,

I've found that you can get a Off-Peak Day Return between Exeter St Davids and Weymouth for £20.05 with a 16-25 Railcard. Details of the ticket can be found: HERE

Now, as you'll see, the route for this ticket is via Honiton and Thornford.

Using the South West Trains booking engine, it will give you the following route using this ticket:

So, the question is, is this ticket actually valid using this route? As it certainly won't go through Thornford?

The ticket is also valid for a break of journey, so does this mean you could theoretically end your journey at a station such as Salisbury or Southampton?

Lucas

 

[455driver]

I cant get the GWR website to show me the same details, all I get is Exeter to Yeovil jn, bus to Yeovil Pen Mill and train to Weymouth.

Whose site were you using to get that route?

 

[LordCreed]

That's using South West Trains site. I was hoping that I could get a route via Basingstoke using their £15 promo, but no luck there.

 

[shyanthony]

£15 promotion doesn't cover Exeter to Salisbury I believe

 

[FenMan]

£15 promotion doesn't cover Exeter to Salisbury I believe

This is not correct - the area of validity includes both main Exeter stations

Prices for a Waterloo - Exeter St. Davids day return for travel tomorrow:
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/servi...omorrow/1115/dep/tomorrow/1315/dep?directonly

 

[KatieLouLou]

But since some of the journey in the example shown uses another TOC then the £15 promo fare is not valid.

Presumably if you can find a journey using SWT from Salisbury to Southampton then a £15 fare is OK.