Split ticketing

[Waddon]

On the FGW service Paddington to Bristol on Tuesday, the announcer kept repeating 'split ticketing is not valid on this service' but there was no explanation as to what this means, anyone able to clarify?

 

[DaveNewcastle]

I think you might have to be more specific about which service.
If, for example, it was a non-stop train, then 'splits' involving two Singles would not be possible (as the regulations require a service to stop at the point where one ticket ends and the other commences), though this explanation wouldn't apply to any passnger using a mix of a Season ticket and an Advance.

If you can be more precise, please, then you might get a more helpful response.

 

[stut]

It's quite common to split day trips at Didcot or Reading on that route. If you're returning on a peak hour service, you can't use the return half of a Didcot-London return on a certain number of trains (unusually, restricted by negative easement, IIRC) - only on the ex-Thames services.

Could be something to do with that.

 

[LexyBoy]

The usual, and well known, split on this route is at Didcot, however only half of trains stop there and I'm guessing this was one of them. If the announcement really just said that "split ticketing is not valid" then this is clearly wrong.
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It's quite common to split day trips at Didcot or Reading on that route. If you're returning on a peak hour service, you can't use the return half of a Didcot-London return on a certain number of trains (unusually, restricted by negative easement, IIRC) - only on the ex-Thames services.

Could be something to do with that.

The restricted trains are now (since last year) defined in the ticket restrictions, and would be the same from Bristol as from Didcot.

The ex-Thames Trains services are not restricted in the evening.

 

[tannedfrog]

Any more details on this mysterious negative easement?!