[Edit password is treehouse] I've gone for return prices, as that's normally what I buy. For splitting to be valid, your train must stop at the station at which you are splitting your ticket. You don't actually have to get off, though!
| Journey | Split at | Normal price | Split price | Saving | Notes |
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| Cheltenham - Manchester | Wolverhampton | £54.60 Saver Return | £42.90 Saver Returns | 21% | Obviously, if there's a SuperSaver, get that |
| Ipswich-London (R) | Colchester | £62.40 Anytime | £49.10 Anytime (x2) | ~22% | Almost every train from Ipswich to London stops at Colchester |
| Penzance - Bristol | Exeter | £54 Saver Return | £49.50 Saver Returns | 8% |
| Penzance - Taunton | Plymouth | £42 Saver Return | £38 Saver Returns | 10% |
| Penzance - Exeter | Plymouth | £29.50 Saver Return | £27.50 Saver Returns | 7% |
| Penzance - Birmingham | Cheltenham | £106 Saver Return | £76.50 Saver Returns | 28% |
| Plymouth - Birmingham | Cheltenham | £84.30 Saver Return | £67.50 Saver Returns | 20% |
| Exeter – Birmingham | Bristol | £63.90 Saver Return | £58.10 Saver Returns | 9% |
| Bristol – Birmingham | Cheltenham | £38.10 Saver Return | £31.50 Saver Returns | 17% |
| Bristol – Birmingham | Cam and Dursley | £38.10 Saver Return | £27.70 (£10.20 (two Standard Day Singles) + £17.50 Saver Return) | 27% | Not all trains go to C&D, will have to change at Cheltenham |
| Plymouth - Bristol | Exeter | £41 Saver Return | £33.50 Saver Returns | 18% |
| Exeter - Cheltenham | Weston-super-mare | £42.10 Saver Return | £34 Saver Returns | 19% |
| Taunton - Birmingham | Cheltenham | £53.10 Saver Return | £47.90 Saver Returns | 10% |
| Taunton - Cheltenham | Bristol | £30.40 Saver Return | £29 Saver Returns | 5% |
| Bath Spa – Birmingham | Cheltenham | £40.60 Saver Return | £34.50 Saver Returns | 15% |
| Birmingham - Oxford | Banbury | £26 Saver Return | £17.40 (£9.60 Chiltern Metro, £7.80 Cheap Day Return) | 33% | Off-peak, going for the day only |
| Birmingham - Oxford | Banbury | £42 Open Return | £19.30 (£11 Chiltern Metro, £8.30 Standard Day Return) | 54% | Peak, going for the day only |
| York - Edinburgh | Berwick-upon-Tweed | £69.30 Saver Return | £65.70 Saver Returns | 5% |
| Oxford – Birmingham | Banbury | £25.90 Saver Return | £17.30 (£6 Saver Return + £11.30 ) | 33% | £22.30 if you buy Oxford - Coventry instead and go via Solihull, £24.70 if you change at Leamington and get two Singles from there) |
| Oxford – Birmingham | Banbury | £51 Anytime Return | £9.70 + £15.70 Anytime Returns | 50% |
| Oxford – Birmingham NS | Leamington Spa | £21 Open Single | £16.10 (£10.40 Open Single + £5.70 Open Single) | 23% |
| Oxford – Coventry | Leamington Spa | £22.30 Saver Return | £19.50 (£13.30 Saver Return + £6.20 (two Standard Day Singles) | 13% |
| Oxford – Exeter | Swindon | £57 Saver Return | £46.50 Saver Returns | 18% |
| Oxford – Stone | Banbury – Leamington Spa – Wolverhampton | £87 Open Return | £39.90 Day returns (£9.70 Oxford to Banbury, £7.90 Banbury to Leamington Spa, £14.8 Leamington Spa to Wolverhampton, £7.50 Wolverhampton to Stone Off Peak Return) | 54% | This makes a day return. If leaving after 9pm, both the standard and the split ticket would be cheaper |
| Oxford – Taunton | Reading,Newbury | £128 Standard | £73.70 (£18.90 Awaybreak or £20ish singles to Reading, £12.80 singles to Newbury, £42 saver return to Taunton) | 42% | Peak travel only, otherwise get the £44 Saver Return |
| Oxford – Liverpool Lime Street | Banbury,Wolverhampton | £106 Standard (leaving Oxford 7:43am) | £69.90 (Oxford to Banbury single £8.70, Banbury to Wolverhampton peak return £27.50, Woverhampton to Liverpool Lime Street off-peak return £28.50, Banbury to Oxford single £4.90) | 34% | Off-peak the normal ticket is much better value |
| London – Newcastle | Peterborough | £224 Standard Open | £144.90 (£68 Standard Open, £76.90 Saver Return) | 35% | Peak travel only, otherwise get the £95.30 Saver Return direct |
| Bristol – Nottingham | Cheltenham | £53.10 Saver Return | £47.80 Saver Returns | 10% |
| Birmingham - Manchester | Stoke | £29.10 Saver Return | £26.50 Saver Returns | 9% |
| Reading - Birmingham | Banbury | £38.20 Saver Return | £33.70 (£20.10 Network AwayBreak + £13.60 Saver Return) | 12% |
| Oxford – Cardiff | Swindon | £43 Saver Return | £23 (£13 Saver Return + 2x£5 Advanced Single) | 47% | Avoid saver returns Swindon-Cardiff: bizarrely expensive |
| Bournville – Charlbury | Birmingham | £51 | £34.20 (£30.40 + 2x£1.90 day single) | 33% | When travelling on peak/off-peak border |
| Bournville – Charlbury | Birmingham | £51 | £28 (split at Banbury, £14 and £14) | 45% | When travelling on peak/off-peak border |
| Cardiff – Reading | Swindon | £50 | £35.70 | 29% |
| Cardiff – Reading | Swindon | £20/£50 | £25ish | 50% | The £20 advance tickets go months in advance, but buying separately via Swindon are generally available much closer and don't cost that much more |
| Preston – Nottingham | Crewe + Long Eaton | | | 30% | Crewe–Long Eaton (priced as Derby) is very cheap) |
| ECML–Finsbury Park | stop of KX | | | £4ish | Route NOT LONDON! |
| Southampton – London | Southampton–Brighton via Clapham Junction | 30 | 20 | 33% | Remember the train must stop at Clapham Junction (the ones leaving Southampton & Waterloo near the hour, not the half hour) and you need a CJ to Waterloo ticket too. |
| Nottingham – Lincoln | Bulwell – Swinderby (– Lincoln) | | | 50% (20%) | local Tickets to/from the Robin Hood Line are subsidised; Swinderby is priced as Newark. |
| Swansea – Pontypridd | Bridgend | £13.70 Off-Peak Return | £10.50 Off-Peak Return | 23% | |
| Birmingham – Hull | Derby | £62.90 Off-Peak Return | £13.60/£38.20 off-peak returns | 18% | |
| Birmingham – Hull for the day | Derby and Sheffield | £62.90 Off-Peak Return | £13.60/£8.80/£23.80 = £46.20 | 27% | |
