Yes, you can break your journey while travelling with an Anytime Single or Return ticket. This means you can get off the train at any connecting stop and leave the station, before boarding a later train to complete your journey.
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Advance train tickets aren't flexible, so you must catch the train specified on your ticket. If you catch an earlier train, you may have to pay additional fees, so please check with ticket staff at the station.
Many tickets allow you to break your journey – getting off the train at a station somewhere on the route between your start and end stations before continuing your travel. Breaking your journey means you do not have to make the whole of your journey at the same time or, where allowed, on the same day.
If you miss your connecting trainThis means you'll usually be permitted to travel on the next available train free of charge if your first train is delayed. They do not entitle you to a full refund of your order. You may need to show your tickets on later services as evidence of the delay.
Changes are only allowed for a different time/date of travel, so you need to stick to the same departure and arrival stations. The simplest way to amend your tickets is online via My Booking. For eticket bookings you pay the difference between your original ticket and new ticket, plus a change fee.
Anytime Day Return: Your outward and return travel can be on any train on the date specified. Off-Peak Return: Both journeys must be on an Off-Peak train, the outward journey on the date specified. Your return travel must be within one calendar month of the outward travel date specified.
Unless you're taking the Auto Train, plan to arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled departure. If you need assistance with baggage and/or ticketing, we recommend you arrive 60 minutes early.
If canceling a non-room ticket within 24 hours prior to departure, or a private room ticket within 14 days prior to departure, an additional close-in penalty of 10% of the points redeemed will be collected (waived for Select Executive and Select Plus members).
No one is going to check your ticket and/or stop you from alighting. If you get there early and go to the ticket counter, they might be able to adjust the ticket for you, which might save you a few bucks. Aside from that, though, you should be good to go.
If you need to change the day or time that you are travelling, you can amend your ticket right up to the time your journey is due to begin. You may be charged £10 to change your ticket and you will also be charged for any difference in price between your ticket and the new ticket.
If you miss your connecting trainThis means you'll usually be permitted to travel on the next available train free of charge if your first train is delayed. They do not entitle you to a full refund of your order. You may need to show your tickets on later services as evidence of the delay.