East Croydon to Eastbourne, returning via Brighton with BoJ

[mirodo]

The plan is to leave East Croydon (ECR) on a Friday morning after the morning peak (10:30?), direct to Eastbourne (EBN).

Then on Sunday, going from Eastbourne to Brighton, breaking the journey for several hours, and returning Brighton to East Croydon.

Is this possible on an ECR-EBN off peak return? And if not, what are my best options?

Thanks!

 

[sonic2009]

Perfectly valid - going via Brighton has always been allowed coming from Eastbourne - London i believe.

 

[mirodo]

Perfectly valid - going via Brighton has always been allowed coming from Eastbourne - London i believe.

Thanks! I suspected as much but wanted to be 100%.

 

[AlbertBeale]

Since Eastbourne to London is via Lewes, and Lewes-London has always (in my experience) been allowed via Brighton, then surely no problem. And I've many times, over the years, used a ticket to/from London, and an intermediate station between Brighton and Lewes, and gone via Brighton or Lewes at will.

 

[paul1609]

Nobody will be bothered. All London to coast way fares are heavily clustered. Eastbourne is pence more than Brighton, Rye is pence more than Eastbourne.

 

[jfollows]

Map LB in the routeing guide covers this (https://data.atoc.org/routeing-maps):