Farnham to Reading Stations via Basingstoke a valid route?

[Richard Knight]

Hi All

Looking to travel on the 14th Jan, is Farnham to Reading via Basingstoke a valid route? I would like to travel with friends from Basingstoke, the ideally getting off at Reading West, the heading back later from the Town centre.
Thanks
Richard

 

[30907]

NRE seems to permit this to Reading West but not to Reading, despite the fares being the same and the ticket issued to "RDG/RDW' - I will bow out here and wait for one of our experts to arrive.

However, be aware that it's a rail replacement bus from Woking to Basingstoke on Saturday

 

[WizCastro197]

Trainsplit offers these results for 14th Jan one way journey from Reading to Farnham via Basingstoke. Likewise with NRE, SWR wouldn't show any results for the return journey via Basingstoke.

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However, I will echo what @30907 has mentioned, there is a rail replacement bus between Woking and Basingstoke .

 

[JB_B]

In general, a route:any permitted ticket from Farnham to Reading is not valid via Basingstoke.

(That's because it's not direct, not a mapped route, not within 3 miles of the shortest route and there's no relevant easement.)

However, on 14th Jan, retailers such as trainsplit.com should sell you route:any permitted tickets such as the £10 Farnham-Reading Evening Out return (after midday) with an itinerary via Basingstoke and Reading West. That's because the leg to Basingstoke is bustituted as noted above - the bus mileage is excluded so the rail mileage is less than the shortest route wholly by rail (+3 miles). You can start at Basingstoke and have the option of returning to Farnham on the faster route via Ash.