Can I get an earlier train with an advance single ticket?
Advance train tickets aren't flexible, meaning they can only be used on the specific route and time shown on the ticket.
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If your train is cancelled, you can use your existing ticket to travel on the next available service... Advance Singles – hop on the next available train with the same train operator.
If the conductor discovers the error, then your chances of a fine increase. Bottom line is that getting on the wrong train is your mistake and you'll incur the cost of any changes. The type of ticket you hold will determine whether you can exchange it at full or partial value or whether you'll need to buy new tickets.
This depends on the ticket type. Can be used on a different time train providing the earlier or later train is also within the terms of conditions of the ticket. View full Off-Peak and Super Off-Peak terms and conditions first. Advance tickets are our cheapest tickets and are only valid for the booked train.
If a train is cancelled (and that's what's happened here) you're entitled to take the next train that matches any restrictions on your ticket. So if your ticket is routed via a certain place, you must go that way, or if it's only valid on a certain train company, you must use that companies services.
No, your ticket is not valid for any other train and you would most likely be kicked off the train at the next stop once they try to scan your ticket. Or make you buy a new ticket on the spot of course.
Advance Single ticketAdvance Single tickets cannot be refunded but they can be changed. Changes are only allowed for a different time/date of travel, so you need to stick to the same departure and arrival stations.
Anytime tickets have no restrictions on what time you can travel. Anytime Singles allow you to travel within 2 days of the date shown on your ticket. Most Anytime Returns are valid for 5 days from the date shown on the 'outward' portion, and the for 1 calendar month on the 'return' portion.
Normally when talking about journeys or buying tickets (e.g. for a bus or train) you have single or return, when return means there and back again. If you want to just go home, you can buy a single ticket in the other direction.
If overcrowding becomes intense, first class can be “declassified”, i.e. opened up to all passengers, regardless of their tickets. But there is no automatic right to occupy first class. Ad hoc declassification typically happens after other trains have been cancelled or seriously delayed.
Off-Peak Day Return tickets are valid for travel on the date shown on the ticket and until 04:29 the following morning. All travel must be completed by this time.