On Aug 7, 7:59*pm, "
wrote:
I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during
off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any
split-ticketing from London Victoria.

I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that
there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly
surprising.

Can anybody advise on this, please?

I dunno about split ticketing, but there's a number of options on the
London to Brighton route...

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(1) Until 20 August as a special offer Southern are offering a 25%
discount on their off-peak fares *but* only if you buy them direct
from the Southern website (no need to choose specific trains though) -
this means an Off-peak Day Return from London to Brighton, normally
priced at £21.70, is now £16.30. Note that you need to use Southern
services, so that limits you to travelling from (and back to) Victoria
(unless you want to use the stopping service between London Bridge and
East Croydon!).

More info about the offer:
http://www.southernrailway.com/offers/save-25-off-peak/

Also this 25% discount applies on top of Railcard discounts, so with a
Railcard the fare drops to £10.75. The T&Cs don't list the Network
Railcard as offering a further discount, but when you put it in the
booking engine it seems to work anyway! T&Cs:
http://www.southernrailway.com/offers/save-25-off-peak/223/

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(2) FCC's regular Off-Peak Day Return fare is £17 - this limits you to
travel down and back on FCC Thameslink trains, so your departure point
will be one of the central London Thameslink stations (St Pancras down
to London Bridge). This isn't a special offer, and as a regular fare
all Railcard discounts are available as normal. You can buy this

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(3) Southern's DaySave or Downlander tickets.

DaySave costs £10 and is essentially an off-peak rover for the
Southern network (though check the restrictions), alas you need to buy
it at least seven days in advance...
http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/daysave/

*But* Southern offers something called the "Downlander", the all
network version of which costs £12.50 - it's basically an off-peak
rover too plus it provides bus travel across the South Downs - note
that you need to buy this at least two days in advance, but it's
actually a print at home ticket - see:
http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/downlander/

(Perhaps best not to expect everyone who checks your ticket to know
what it is though... ;-)

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(4) Alternatively on the Southern website enter "London Victoria" as
your origin station (doesn't work it it's just "London") and then look
for cheap Advance tickets, which are priced at £3.75, £5.65 or £7.50
(this includes the 25% discount for buying them direct from Southern).
If you do this you will of course limit yourself to travelling on the
chosen train (as with any Advance ticket).

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