This is a followon from another thread where I thought I'd ask a quick question but I'd rather not drag the other thread OT.
I'd like to travel from Liskeard to Dublin and back by rail, but due to the times I'd like to arrive and depart in Dublin it isn't possible to do this in one go.
So, would my following proposed itiniery be permitted on two SailRail singles (They don't do returns now)?
Outward:
12/12: 15:31 Liskeard, arrive Birmingham New Street 19:56
13/12: 09:24 Birmingham New Street to Holyhead, 14:10 Holyhead to Dublin Ferryport, arrive 17:25
Return:
16/12: 14:40 Dublin to Holyhead, 17:30 Holyhead to Crewe, 20:01 Crewe to Birmingham New Street, 21:12 Birmingham New Street to Cheltenam Spa, arrive 21:50
17/12: 09:52 Cheltenham Spa to Exeter St Davids, 12:08 EXD to Liskeard.
Would this be valid under the 'Not reasonable to complete journey in a day' rule or do I need to get onto the first available train the following day even if its at 5am?
The above timings would be the most convenient, at least - and for my required arrival and departure time from Dublin it is not possible to complete either the outward or the return journey in one day.
This seems to come in at £91 return all in for non-advance tickets.
Is it as simple as just buying the tickets I want and travelling as per the itiniery above? Surely they will query why I am on a train from Birmingham to Holyhead the day after the date on my ticket?
Thanks!
An overnight stop is not a break of journey when you cannot reasonably complete your journey within one day.
It is therefore permitted to start your journey in the west country in the afternoon, leave any station en route in the evening to stay in overnight accommodation because you cannot complete your journey that day, resume your journey the following morning and catch a lunchtime ferry from Holyhead.
But finding someone with the experience and skill to issue all the reservations and travel ticket bearing the correct dates has sometimes been challenging.
I'd like to travel from Liskeard to Dublin and back by rail, but due to the times I'd like to arrive and depart in Dublin it isn't possible to do this in one go.
So, would my following proposed itiniery be permitted on two SailRail singles (They don't do returns now)?
Outward:
12/12: 15:31 Liskeard, arrive Birmingham New Street 19:56
13/12: 09:24 Birmingham New Street to Holyhead, 14:10 Holyhead to Dublin Ferryport, arrive 17:25
Return:
16/12: 14:40 Dublin to Holyhead, 17:30 Holyhead to Crewe, 20:01 Crewe to Birmingham New Street, 21:12 Birmingham New Street to Cheltenam Spa, arrive 21:50
17/12: 09:52 Cheltenham Spa to Exeter St Davids, 12:08 EXD to Liskeard.
Would this be valid under the 'Not reasonable to complete journey in a day' rule or do I need to get onto the first available train the following day even if its at 5am?
The above timings would be the most convenient, at least - and for my required arrival and departure time from Dublin it is not possible to complete either the outward or the return journey in one day.
This seems to come in at £91 return all in for non-advance tickets.
Is it as simple as just buying the tickets I want and travelling as per the itiniery above? Surely they will query why I am on a train from Birmingham to Holyhead the day after the date on my ticket?
Thanks!