Split Ticketing

[jamboree]

I regularly buy split tickets for my train journeys as it works out alot cheaper than the advertised prices on the internet. Now i've found a website that finds split tickets for you. www.splitfare.co.uk. I bought a edinburgh to leeds ticket for £31.40 and it was £75.60 on trainline and national rail websites.

definitely worth looking at this website before you book your next tickets.

 

[A60K]

Just tried Glasgow Central to Preston: "Error - there is a problem. Please check your search details."

 

[jamboree]

Just tried Glasgow Central to Preston: "Error - there is a problem. Please check your search details."

Hi,

I have used the website again this morning. let me know your journey details and I'll have a look.

 

[Max]

It's a great step forward, but it's certainly not as effective as it could be. Using Hull-Birmingham as an example:

Departure Train on 13 Jul Calls At :-

07:36 Hull Paragon Interchange
07:43 Hessle
07:48 Ferriby
07:53 Brough
07:58 Broomfleet
08:03 Gilberdyke
08:08 Saltmarshe
08:13 Goole
08:22 Thorne North
08:28 Hatfield & Stainforth
08:33 Kirk Sandall
08:51 Doncaster *
09:23 Sheffield
09:53 Derby
10:27 Birmingham New Street
* - denotes a change of leg

Journey Time 2:51

Returning Train on 13 Jul Calls At :-

17:30 Birmingham New Street
18:11 Derby
18:54 Sheffield
19:51 Doncaster *
19:57 Kirk Sandall
20:02 Hatfield & Stainforth
20:08 Thorne North
20:17 Goole
20:25 Gilberdyke
20:33 Brough
20:37 Ferriby
20:42 Hessle
20:55 Hull Paragon Interchange
* - denotes a change of leg

Journey Time 3:25

Normal Price = £109.00
SplitFare Price = £82.50

Buy these tickets here

Hull Paragon Interchange - Sheffield (Anytime/Open) £22.50
Sheffield - Birmingham New Street (Anytime/Open) £60.00

SplitFare Price
£82.50

Saving you £26.50, that's 24.31% off
SplitFare found in 36.9100 seconds.

However, you can do this for a much lower price using walk-on tickets:

Hull - Sheffield (Anytime Day) £22.50
Sheffield - Derby (Off-Peak Day - Valid after 0900) £8.20
Derby - Birmingham Stations (Off-Peak) £13.60

Max Split Price = £44.30

That's a saving of 60%!

 

[ikorodu]

http://www.splityourticket.co.uk/ is another website that tries to do the splitting thing automatically.

ikorodu

 

[jamboree]

splityourticket returns no splits for the majority of the searches i tried whereas splitfare returns a split everytime

 

[ikorodu]

splityourticket returns no splits for the majority of the searches i tried whereas splitfare returns a split everytime

To be honest, I find both a bit patchy on searches I have tried. Better than nowt, but not as good as some of the experts on this board.

Ikorodu

 

[ChrisTheRef]

Wow!!!!


Departure Train on 12 Jul Calls At :-

09:22 Liverpool Lime Street
09:44 Warrington Central
09:49 Birchwood
10:07 Manchester Oxford Road
10:11 Manchester Piccadilly
10:24 Stalybridge
10:43 Huddersfield
11:12 Leeds
11:53 York *
13:35 Newark North Gate *
13:43 Collingham
14:02 Lincoln Central
* - denotes a change of leg

Journey Time 4:40

Returning Train on 12 Jul Calls At :-

19:35 Lincoln Central
19:45 Saxilby
19:57 Gainsborough Lea Road
20:11 Retford
20:23 Worksop
20:26 Shireoaks
20:32 Kiveton Park
20:35 Kiveton Bridge
20:41 Woodhouse
20:46 Darnall
21:11 Sheffield *
22:50 Manchester Piccadilly *
22:53 Manchester Oxford Road
23:00 Eccles (Manchester)
23:13 Newton-le-Willows
23:16 Earlestown
23:21 St Helens Junction
23:24 Lea Green
23:28 Rainhill
23:31 Whiston
23:35 Huyton
23:37 Roby
23:40 Broad Green
23:43 Wavertree Technology Park
23:54 Liverpool Lime Street
* - denotes a change of leg

Journey Time 4:19

Normal Price = £45.40
SplitFare Price = £44.90

Buy these tickets here

From

To
Fare Type Cost
Liverpool Lime Street Manchester Oxford Road Off Peak £9.90
Manchester Oxford Road Lincoln Central Off Peak £35.00
SplitFare Price

£44.90

Saving you £0.50, that's 1.1% off

 

[csilke]

It's a great step forward, but it's certainly not as effective as it could be. Using Hull-Birmingham as an example:



However, you can do this for a much lower price using walk-on tickets:

Hull - Sheffield (Anytime Day) £22.50
Sheffield - Derby (Off-Peak Day - Valid after 0900) £8.20
Derby - Birmingham Stations (Off-Peak) £13.60

Max Split Price = £44.30

That's a saving of 60%!

Is it that it's limited to one split? If you try Sheffield to Birmingham using the same trains as your Hull to Birmingham journey it does give a split at Derby.

Departure Train on 13 Jul Calls At :-

09:23 Sheffield
09:53 Derby
10:27 Birmingham New Street
* - denotes a change of leg

Journey Time 1:04

Returning Train on 13 Jul Calls At :-

17:30 Birmingham New Street
18:11 Derby
18:49 Sheffield
* - denotes a change of leg

Journey Time 1:19

Normal Price = £60.00
SplitFare Price = £19.90

Sheffield Derby Off Peak £8.20
Derby Birmingham New Street Off Peak £11.70
SplitFare Price £19.90

Saving you £40.10, that's 66.83% off
SplitFare found in 9.4100 seconds.

It does however appear to think the Derby Off-Peak Day Return (£11.70) is valid on the 17:30 from Birmingham.
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Anyone worked out what the asterisks next to the stations mean yet? I did an enquiry on Aberdeen to Kyle of Lochalsh and got:

Departure Train on 27 Jul Calls At :-

06:14 Aberdeen
06:24 Dyce
06:46 Inverurie
06:58 Insch
07:19 Huntly
07:33 Keith
07:59 Elgin
08:13 Forres
08:24 Nairn
09:00 Inverness *
09:14 Beauly
09:20 Muir of Ord
09:31 Dingwall
09:53 Garve
10:02 Lochluichart *
10:08 Achanalt *
10:19 Achnasheen
10:36 Achnashellach *
10:46 Strathcarron
10:51 Attadale *
11:04 Stromeferry
11:12 Duncraig *
11:16 Plockton
11:19 Duirinish *
11:28 Kyle of Lochalsh
* - denotes a change of leg

Journey Time 5:14

Returning Train on 27 Jul Calls At :-

13:26 Kyle of Lochalsh
14:42 Duirinish *
14:47 Plockton
14:49 Duncraig
14:58 Stromeferry
15:09 Attadale
15:20 Strathcarron
15:29 Achnashellach
15:48 Achnasheen
15:58 Achanalt
16:04 Lochluichart
16:14 Garve
16:37 Dingwall
16:46 Muir of Ord
17:11 Inverness *
17:28 Nairn
17:39 Forres
17:58 Elgin
18:19 Keith
18:40 Huntly
18:56 Insch
19:09 Inverurie
19:21 Dyce
19:32 Aberdeen
* - denotes a change of leg

Journey Time 6:06

Normal Price = £62.30
SplitFare Price = £59.10

Aberdeen Inverness Anytime/Open £40.00
Inverness Kyle of Lochalsh Anytime/Open £19.10
SplitFare Price £59.10

Saving you £3.20, that's 5.14% off
SplitFare found in 106.2300 seconds.

The fare is split at Inverness and you change trains there - but what about all the other places with asterisks?

I'm also struggling to find any other website that thinks there is a 13:26 departue from Kyle.

 

[dan_atki]

As it says, * means a change of leg - i.e. a station where you change trains.

The system is limited to dealing with only one split and doesn't seem to fully understand tickets restricted by time as shown above.

 

[csilke]

As it says, * means a change of leg - i.e. a station where you change trains.

At Lochluichart and Achanalt and Achnashellach and Attadale and Duncraig and Duirinish?!

 

[will1337]

I think they might be request stops, although it's a bit silly using asterisks for both. Or maybe the Kyle Line has been upgraded to 24tph ATO and doubled in the last week or so which would explain how it's possible to change that much and keep to time...

 

[me123]

Could be a bus replacing a train? Won't be request stop; there's more than one of these on the Kyle line.

 

[krus_aragon]

NRE shows it (outbound at least) as a two-leg journey, changing at Inverness. The others are shown as request stops.

 

[OwlMan]

Of course the problem with thse sites is that that they only split a journey once, which is fairly easy to program, the problem comes with multiple splits & multiple routes - a much more powerful program is needed for this.

Peter

 

[anthony263]

I have split my journey for when i head up to London for the tube challenge on 23rd july, even with the advance fares the total cost from Bridgend to London would have been £40.00.

However by doing what i have done below i have managed to save my self a bit of money.

21:00 Bridgend - Cardiff Central (Arr 21:22) - £3.90
21:30 Cardiff Central- Bristol TM (Arr 22:22) - £2.65
23:30 Bristol TM - Taunton ( Arr 00:30) - £2.00
02:30 Taunton - London Paddington ( Arr 05:30) - £14.50
21:15 London Paddington - Bridgend (Arr 23:59) -£7.90

Total cost £29.00 compared to £40.00 so thats a saving of £11.00

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Of course the problem with thse sites is that that they only split a journey once, which is fairly easy to program, the problem comes with multiple splits & multiple routes - a much more powerful program is needed for this.

I tried a few journeys I intend to make soon -
splityourticket managed 5 splits on the simple Newcastle-London journey (and returned about 30% reduction!) whereas splitfare (which does seem to be limited to one split) couldn't find a reduction.
But the downside of splityourticket is that it didn't even recognise 2 of my intended journeys ! - Newcastle to Slough and Newcastle to Leicester.

Based on this (very limited) review, one site tries multiple splits but can't find some routes (perhaps its the cross-London link that fails), while the other only tries with a single split but can find more routes?
Both useful, in their own ways.