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Multi train journeys

ccluedo
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edited 21 September 2023 at 7:10PM in Public transport & cycling
Hi, enquiry on behalf of a friend. 

They want to use the rail network to do the following journeys. 
Glasgow to Birmingham. 
Birmingham to Exeter. 
Exeter to Southampton. 
Heathrow to Glasgow..

They have a Railcard and would be travelling over the last 2 weeks of Oct. 

Is there such a thing as a roaming ticket they could purchase or is the only option to buy each journey individually? 

Tnx. 

Edit: Rail travel 12th -15thOct  and 1st Nov.

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  • la531983
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    All Line Rail Rover (14 days)

    http://www.railrover.org/pages/all-line.html

    I suspect this won't be value in the slightest though but it would allow him some level of flexibility that Advance tickets would not. 
  • ccluedo
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    edited 21 September 2023 at 7:13PM
    la531983 said:
    All Line Rail Rover (14 days)

    http://www.railrover.org/pages/all-line.html

    I suspect this won't be value in the slightest though but it would allow him some level of flexibility that Advance tickets would not. 
    Thanks, my mistake their cruise is just over 2 weeks so they need the tickets between 12th and 15th and again 1st Nov so the span is more like 3 weeks.
    Crikey, as you intimated,  those prices are eye watering versus the actual usage they need.
  • la531983
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    Yes they aren't cheap. 

    If they are joining a cruise in Southampton that seems a strange itinerary, why the need to go to Birmingham and Exeter first?. And assume it's a flight back from where the cruise ends?

    No other all line ticket exists as far as I know so advance singles are the way to be going here. 
    If they knocked off the Birmingham and Exeter visits they could look at flying to Southampton I suppose. 
  • ccluedo
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    la531983 said:
    Yes they aren't cheap. 

    If they are joining a cruise in Southampton that seems a strange itinerary, why the need to go to Birmingham and Exeter first?. And assume it's a flight back from where the cruise ends?

    No other all line ticket exists as far as I know so advance singles are the way to be going here. 
    If they knocked off the Birmingham and Exeter visits they could look at flying to Southampton I suppose. 
    Overnight with friends in B'ham and a wedding in Exeter. Cruise from Southampton and fly back to Heathrow.
  • la531983
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    ccluedo said:
    la531983 said:
    Yes they aren't cheap. 

    If they are joining a cruise in Southampton that seems a strange itinerary, why the need to go to Birmingham and Exeter first?. And assume it's a flight back from where the cruise ends?

    No other all line ticket exists as far as I know so advance singles are the way to be going here. 
    If they knocked off the Birmingham and Exeter visits they could look at flying to Southampton I suppose. 
    Overnight with friends in B'ham and a wedding in Exeter. Cruise from Southampton and fly back to Heathrow.
    Ah OK so using the trip south as an excuse to see other people, fair enough. 

    Advance singles it is then. Flying back from Heathrow to Glasgow, have they considered that as an option? 
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