In message , at 11:45:06 on
Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Jo Lonergan remarked:
From the National Conditions of Carriage:

"16. Starting, breaking or ending a journey at intermediate stations
You may start, or break and resume, a journey (in either direction in

[...]

But really, how can you know? I'm sure such details aren't in the Help
text you can access when buying from the machine. When you enter the
details of your journey in the machine and are offered 8 different
fares, is it reasonable to expect you to note down all their names and
consult a copy of the NCC before return to make your choice?

You are indeed supposed to consult such reference as the Conditions of
Carriage eg:

http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/en/pj/...etTypeCode=SVR

If you want to do something that's "unusual". Where breaking a journey
is clearly regarded as unusual. It (breaking a journey) is also
something that's quite difficult to do on a cheap air ticket as well; so
it's not just the railways who make breaks of journey one of the reasons
to buy a more flexible (and higher priced) tickets.
--
Roland Perry