London to Grantham via Nottingham

[Hitchincommute]

Could anybody tell me if a London to Grantham (Any Permitted) valid via Nottingham?

Thanks

 

[barrykas]

Could anybody tell me if a London to Grantham (Any Permitted) valid via Nottingham?

Working through the various options:

• There are no direct trains from St Pancras to Grantham via Nottingham, so it's not automatically permitted.
• London (Kings Cross) to Grantham via the ECML is 105.25 miles in the eNRT. London (St Pancras) to Nottingham alone is 126.5 miles, so it fails the distance test.
• Mapped routes are only shown on Map ER, which doesn't include London to Nottingham, except via Grantham, ergo it's not a mapped route.

In other words, no you can't go via Nottingham on a London to Grantham ticket, but it is possible to get a London to Nottingham ticket that's routed via Grantham.

Cheers,

Barry

 

[Hitchincommute]

Many thanks. My friend has a season ticket and has had conflicting answers when enquiring so your answer comprehensively answers that one! Strangely he has been told it is valid via Stansted Airport.

 

[embers25]

That is correct as routes from London to Grantham include London Liverpool Street-Cambridge-Ely-Peterborough-Grantham and London Liverpool Street to Cambridge is allowed via Stansted Airport.

 

[nortellini]

Question folks from a new member..........hi all by the way.

If I buy return tickets from Nottingham to Grantham, Grantham to London, but the timing is such that it would be better for me to travel London to Nottingham, am I entitled to do so?

Reason being it is far cheaper to go from Nottingham via Grantham than Nottingham to London direct; it would be less hassle going from St Pancras direct to Nottingham on the way back. But I don't want to be snared along the way by an eager clippie!

Thanks in advance.

 

[cuccir]

The short answer is no, you would have to travel via Grantham. This is because a Grantham to London ticket is not valid via Nottingham (as noted above), and a Nottingham-Grantham ticket is only valid on the route between those two stations. So you don't have a ticket which covers travel from St Pancras to Nottingham.

 

[nortellini]

Many thanks for that - apologies for the daft sounding question!!!

 

[OwlMan]

Question folks from a new member..........hi all by the way.

If I buy return tickets from Nottingham to Grantham, Grantham to London, but the timing is such that it would be better for me to travel London to Nottingham, am I entitled to do so?

Reason being it is far cheaper to go from Nottingham via Grantham than Nottingham to London direct; it would be less hassle going from St Pancras direct to Nottingham on the way back. But I don't want to be snared along the way by an eager clippie!

Thanks in advance.

No A London - Grantham ticket is not valid from St Pancras - Nottingham direct. That is one of the downsides of splitting - you lose flexibility

Peter