Open ticket rules - Sheffield to Edale break of journey

[MissyM00]

Hi,

If I buy an open return ticket from Sheffield to Edale, on the way back to Sheffield will I be able to get on and off at other stations between edale and Sheffield ie: Hope and Hathersage.

 

[6Gman]

Hi,

If I buy an open return ticket from Sheffield to Edale, on the way back to Sheffield will I be able to get on and off at other stations between edale and Sheffield ie: Hope and Hathersage.

Yes

 

[Gaelan]

Yep. This is true for any ticket as long as:

1. it's not an Advance ticket for a specific train, obviously
2. the ticket doesn't have a "no break of journey" restriction - this is fairly rare, mostly on Transport for Wales and tickets for journeys involving a ferry. You can check if this is the case by going to the "see restrictions" URL printed on the ticket, if any, or looking at the restrictions on the website when you're buying the ticket.
3. You stay within the dates listed on the ticket.

You can break your journey in both directions (outbound and return), though on longer routes it's easier to do it on the return because the return (on longer routes) is typically valid for an entire month.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

Yep. This is true for any ticket as long as:

1. it's not an Advance ticket for a specific train, obviously
2. the ticket doesn't have a "no break of journey" restriction - this is fairly rare, mostly on Transport for Wales and tickets for journeys involving a ferry. You can check if this is the case by going to the "see restrictions" URL printed on the ticket, if any, or looking at the restrictions on the website when you're buying the ticket.
3. You stay within the dates listed on the ticket.

You can break your journey in both directions (outbound and return), though on longer routes it's easier to do it on the return because the return (on longer routes) is typically valid for an entire month.

Plus no doubling back.

 

[Watershed]

Plus no doubling back.

That's to do with permitted routes rather than break of journey rules, I suppose, but yes. It's probably also worth pointing out that you don't have to use the entire validity of your ticket - you're entitled to start late or finish short, or drop intermediate parts of a permitted route, or any combination of these.

So with a Sheffield to Edale return you could travel from Sheffield to Grindleford and from Hathersage to Bamford, for instance, before returning from Edale to Dore.

 

[yorkie]

Plus no doubling back.

There is no explicit overarching rule preventing doubling back, however most doublebacks would not be permitted anyway (and there is a no doubling back rule when tracing mapped routes).

 

[Mcr Warrior]

If I buy an open return ticket from Sheffield to Edale, on the way back to Sheffield will I be able to get on and off at other stations between edale and Sheffield ie: Hope and Hathersage.

Only "Open return" tickets from Sheffield to/from Edale are the 'Anytime Day Return' or the 'Off Peak Day Return' so if you're wanting to get back from Edale (or an intermediate station) to Sheffield you'd either have to complete your return journey the same day, or pay for an additional (appropriate) ticket if returning on another day.