A man saved £360 on his train journey by buying nine separate tickets.
Kieran Maguire, 60, has been using the money saving trick for three years to save hundreds on his commute, reports Manchester Evening News.
The lecturer was stunned to learn that his work commute from Haywards Heath to Liverpool Lime Street would cost him a whopping £441.20. However, the 60-year-old quickly devised a smart plan to save him serious money by splitting his journey into multiple tickets.
After buying nine tickets (five to Liverpool and four to go home) Kieran only spent £81.70 on the trip. He says he has been using this split tickets hack for years on his three hour and 48 minutes commute.
Kieran said: "I have been doing this trip for a few years now - over three years. I am an old man and I have got a senior railcard and it saves me around £350 a journey as opposed to a standard return ticket.
"There are some very good split ticketing websites that you can now use and that is fine for someone like me who knows their way around the train system. I am a regular commuter but if you are a tourist or don't usually travel the price will come as a shock."
Kieran says that despite relaxing on his trips knowing he has saved money, he has been left "frustrated" by the current state of the railway. He said: "Today I had to get to London to catch a train at 6.38am as I couldn't catch the train 40 minutes later as it was very expensive to then join the train at Crewe.
"It is supposed to be a network and the nature of a network is that they are joined up but this is the opposite of a network as this causes you to take a disjointed way to work. The strikes have added additional stress to travel.
"I think there has got to be greater emphasis on the greater need of passengers. From a business point of view it creates that level of uncertainty and people will drive which is not good for you and good for the environment.
"Commuters want a fair price and a reliable system."
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