Alighting at earlier train stop?

MrWalt

So as a family we have booked 4 sets of Advance Single tix up and down to Berwick for the Easter Hols

Since booking we now need to hire a car once we're there, it's a lot cheaper to get one in Newcastle en route

I wish to alight the train early to collect hire-car but Virgin say I can't do this as tix are point to point

If I book and have in-hand a Berwick to Newcastle ticket when leaving Newcastle station would be I ok despite not actually having travelled that leg?

Alter_ego

MrWalt wrote: »

Virgin say I can't do this as tix are point to point

Answered your own Q

wealdroam

Do we need this second thread?

What was wrong with your earlier thread?

[Deleted User]

Scattergun approach perhaps?

coffeehound

I'd love to help but have never worked out whether 'alight' means to get on or off

neilio

Post deleted.

Apologies, my comment was assuming you were travelling up from the south but it sounds like you are coming down from the north, so my comment made no sense. Sorry.

wealdroam

neilio wrote: »

Post deleted.

Apologies, my comment was assuming you were travelling up from the south but it sounds like you are coming down from the north, so my comment made no sense. Sorry.

The OP is travelling from the south to Berwick and is considering stopping short at Newcastle. As part of his cunning plan, he is asking whether buying an extra ticket from Berwick to Newcastle will absolve him from breaking the Advance Ticket rules.

The OP's question has been answered on his other thread.

neilio

wealdroam wrote: »

The OP is travelling from the south to Berwick and is considering stopping short at Newcastle. As part of his cunning plan, he is asking whether buying an extra ticket from Berwick to Newcastle will absolve him from breaking the Advance Ticket rules.

The OP's question has been answered on his other thread.

Oops. I just re-read again. Clearly it's been a hard week and I'm not paying attention on here. Sorry for needlessly clogging up the thread. :doh:

pendragon_arther

Has the world gone mad? You buy a ticket from A to B and if you want to get off sooner than B you can't?

Re-nationalise the railways springs to mind.

p00hsticks

pendragon_arther wrote: »

Has the world gone mad? You buy a ticket from A to B and if you want to get off sooner than B you can't?

If you buy the severely restricted cheap advance tickets, then no you can't

pendragon_arther wrote: »

Re-nationalise the railways springs to mind.

And then I suspect that those severely restricted cheap advance tickets wouldn't be available at all

JezR

pendragon_arther wrote: »

Has the world gone mad? You buy a ticket from A to B and if you want to get off sooner than B you can't?

Re-nationalise the railways springs to mind.

Not being allowed to stop short on these kinds of tickets goes back to the days of British Rail and Apex.