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We all know that break of journey is generally permitted, as is short stopping. On a route A-B-C-D-E I can therefore travel A-B, and then D-E on one ticket (within the validity of course). But what happens if a ticket allows for different routes? For example, Cambridge-London: can I travel...

BR Fares shows those fares marked as NOT UNDERGROUND - but surely, Elizabeth Line is not classed as Underground? When putting this to a journey planner, direct Thameslink train or Great Northern to King's Cross, then changing at St Pancras shows correct price of £39.70 (with 16-25 railcard). If...

Last weekend, I decided to go to Berney Arms, and then cycle to Cromer. Never having been in Berney Arms, or even travelled through it, I had a look on Greater Anglia website if there's any particular area of the train I need to be in and I saw no such information. There were also no...

I had a bit of a random shower thought the other day. Let's say I have a season ticket between stations A and B, but one day I instead travel from A to C, which is the opposite direction (i.e. it's not covered by my season ticket). I then buy a single/return ticket A-C, but instead of using it...

I have a bit of theoretical questions, although it might apply to me at some point as I finish my journeys at earlier stations fairly often. Let's say I hold a return from station A to C, travelling via B. On my return, I intend to finish my journey in B, and the cheapest way to achieve this is...

I commute Cambridge-London daily, normally with a a regular off-peak day return which costs me £18.85 with a railcard, and then walk to work near Euston. However, on days when I need to use tube in London for whatever reason, I instead get the GA-only off-peak day Z1-6 travelcard for £19 (recent...

Let's say that on a particular route, a train is off-peak if it arrives into London after 10:00. I intend to take the first off-peak train of the day, arriving London at, let's say, 10:10. However, upon arriving at the station, I notice that an earlier train has been delayed and is now expected...

I commute daily between Cambridge and London, with an off-peak return (costs me £18.85 with a railcard). I normally go to King's Cross or St Pancras, and walk to work from there (it's closer to Euston Square, but no point in taking public transport for a such a short walk). When I woke up...

I commute between Cambridge and London every day on an off-peak return ticket. This week, I might have to go to Huntingdon after work. I can of course take the busway from Cambridge, but it would be much quicker to instead just travel by train from London directly to Huntingdon. I am assuming...

Let's say I want to travel from Cambridge to Tottenham Hale. As I need to be there at a specific time in the morning, I buy an advanced ticket. However, on this particular day, a ticket to Liverpool Street is actually cheaper than to Tottenham Hale (obviously travelling and stopping at Tottenham...

I commute almost daily from Cambridge to King's Cross, and buy e-tickets every day (for convenience and Nectar points!). Last week, I accidentally purchased London-Cambridge off peak return instead of Cambridge-London. I didn't notice it until the gate in Cambridge, predictably, didn't open...

As far as I know, the regular Cambridge-London ticket allows for tube travel between Kings Cross St Pancras and Moorgate. I commute almost daily between London and either Kings Cross or St Pancras on an off-peak day return (with a railcard, so it is more affordable than season ticket). In an...

I am looking at off-peak return tickets between Cambridge and Saxmundham which normally require a change at Ipswich. However, for the return journeys it's actually 18 minutes quicker to go Saxmundham-Ipswich-Ely-Cambridge rather than Saxmundham-Ipswich-Ely (all travel is on GA). National Rail...

I am trying to understand the restrictions on this particular ticket. Outward travel is pretty clear, but return gets a little fuzzy. It says that the ticket is not valid on services from London Kings Cross after 16:28 until 19:01. It also mentions further restrictions on travelling with GA from...

I had a slightly unusual journey yesterday, which ended up being a bit problematic. I had a Cambridge-London Z1-6 off-peak day travelcard valid only on GA. I took the GA train to Tottenham Hale, transferred to the tube, and then to a Thameslink train at Finsbury Park (it's easier to transfer...

On Saturday, I was supposed to visit a friend for a BBQ. I therefore purchased a return ticket from Cambridge to Welwyn North, splitting at Meldreth (saving of £0.50!). I don't think that Cambridge ticket machines offer tickets from other destinations, I therefore purchased the tickets through...

I was going to Heathrow from Cambridge yesterday, and I had an advance GA-only ticket booked to Tottenham Hale, after which I intended to use the tube (with Oyster) to get to LHR. Due to snow, GA announced that their tickets were also permitted on Great Northern, and given the serious delays GA...

Reading many of the threads in this subforum, it seems it is a common occurrence to be penalised for carrying an expired railcard or forgetting it altogether. What I was wondering, is there any way to avoid any penalty fare/risk of prosecution in such a case? Let's say, I board a train with a...

A few years ago, I used to travel on the DLR regularly on Oyster pay-as-you-go. Given that there are no ticket barriers, I would sometimes get out of a station for a couple of minutes without touching out, only to return to the train and touch out somewhere at my final destination. Of course...

As far as I'm aware, a London Terminals-Cambridge ticket allows me to depart from Old Street, both using underground via Kings Cross or NR via Finsbury Park. However, it appears that there are no facilities for buying National Rail ticket stations, and there are regular London Underground...