Split Your London Waterloo East Train Tickets

Split ticketing is the smartest way for you to pay less for London Waterloo East train tickets.

Split London Waterloo East Train Tickets

By splitting your London Waterloo East train ticket you can save money and still travel on the same London Waterloo East train, in the same seat and at the same time that you will have had you purchased a single more expensive ticket for that same journey.

Split Ticketing entails finding you the cheapest London Waterloo East train tickets by splitting that journey across two or more separate train tickets. Thousands of people are doing just that now and enjoying rail travel that's up to 40% cheaper and you can too!

Use this split train ticket journey planner to see just how much you could save by splitting your London Waterloo East train ticket, especially on longer distance rail routes.

Split London Waterloo East Train Tickets Save You Money

Split train tickets currently save rail comuters an average of £21.60 per journey

Splitticketing is when, instead of buying a one train ticket for the same journey, you ‘split’ your London Waterloo East train journey into multiple tickets.

It may seem unusual, but if you buy multiple tickets for your trip you can save a lot of money compared to having just a single ticket, especially on longer rail journeys.

Split Ticketing can seem complicated so, using traveling from London Liverpool Street to Norwich as an example basic but accurate information on how train travel with split train tickets works is:

Instead of buying one ticket from London Liverpool Street to Norwich, you buy three rail tickets – one from London Victoria to Colchester Town, another from Colchester Town to Ipswich and another one from Ipswich to Norwich.
You will not have to change trains between stations, the train simply only needs to stop at Colchester and Ipswich stations along the way.
You will still travel on the same train, at the same time and in the same seat but just pay less for your journey.

If you know at which stations you London Waterloo East train will stop between your departure and arrival station you could do the split ticketing exercise yourself. It is however a lot easier and safer, for you to use a specialist split train ticket booking engine like this service that is saving commuters an average of £21.60 per journey.

The money saving split train ticketing example above applies to all train journeys, including from London Waterloo East to Wanstead Park.

London Waterloo East Train Station Services

The following is a summary of London Waterloo East train station services:

Southeastern operates 10+ trains per hour to Southeast London and Kent using Class 375/376/707 EMUs, with direct connections to Charing Cross.
First train 5am, last train 1am.
Adjacent to Waterloo main station with covered walkway connection.
Basic facilities with ticket machines.
Step-free access via Waterloo main station.
Serves 15+ million passengers annually.
Future service improvements planned under Southeastern upgrades.
Popular with South Bank visitors and commuters.
No ticket office - use main station facilities.
Important interchange for Thameslink services via short walk to Blackfriars.

For more detailed information on split train ticketing and how splitting your London Waterloo East train ticket can save save you money see the information on this page.