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On most train tickets you cannot hop off for a couple hours. That would require a new ticket.

• GJim 2y ago
  [citation needed] This is quite common in Blighty; there is no need for another ticket (outside some time restricted fares where the ability to stop is limited). Indeed, it can be nice hopping off at a new city for a mooch around if you have time to do so. (Only slightly off-topic; We have the phenomenon of 'split tickets', where it can be cheaper to buy two tickets from A --> B --> C rather than one ticket from A --> C even when the train stops at B anyway! You don't even need to get out of the train at B if you don't wish to do so. Our ticketing system is a mess.)
  • nh2 2y ago
    > [citation needed] All saver tickets in German (which is what most people use), and most TGV tickets (even non saver) are bound to specific trains at specific times. https://www.bahn.de/faq/was-bedeutet-zugbindung https://www.bahn.de/faq/was-bedeutet-zugbindung The UK is the odd exception here. But it also doesn't have real high speed trains, except from the one that leaves the country, where hopping off is impossible (unless you want to end up in a dark tunnel under the sea and be arrested afterwards).
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  • switch007 2y ago
    Advances are also extremely common in/to/from England and sales are on the up. The government is working hard to replace off peak singles with advances. Flexible tickets are becoming unaffordable for certain journeys such as those on the ECML with LNER (aka The Government)