Re: Overnight stay on Open singles


"Mark Morton" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jorge Betancourt wrote:
> > I'm travelling on an Open single ticket on Wednesday, from Alderley
> > Edge to London via Crewe. I'd quite like to stop overnight on
> > Wednesday to meet a friend at Stafford and then get a train from
> > Stafford to London on Thursday morning.
> >
> > Is this permitted on an Open single? These are only valid for a day
> > but I'm sure I read on here a while ago that one could do an overnight
> > stop and continue the rest of the journey, provided it arrives at
> > destination before a certain time (midday?).
>
> I always thought the rule was you could continue your journey on a
> second day (and you had to restart by midday) only if it was impossible
> for it to be completed in one day (e.g. Penzance to Wick).

Presumably if you started your journey on the 2129 from Alderley Edge, which
is too late to get to Euston the same night, you could break your journey
overnight at Stafford.

Peter


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