'I saved 50% on train tickets using clever hack – there's an app that does it for you'

A woman has shared a simple way you can save money on train tickets – and if you use a particular app to plan your journey, it will apply the technique automatically.

Today is International Students' Day, and university attendees up and down the country may also be looking to book their journeys home for the Christmas holidays. Depending on where you study and how far away your university is from home, the cost of travelling to and from two different towns can rack up over the course of the academic year.

However, there could be a simple way to slash prices. Taking to TikTok, creator ADHD Money & me said the SplitSave feature on Trainline had saved her a staggering £50 on her journey.

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"I've got a last-minute trip to London today and I didn't buy my train ticket in advance because I didn't think I was going today, She said. "Rocking up at the train station would have cost me at least £100 to get this train journey. So I went to Trainline and I bought a ticket and I did a SplitSave.

"So I ended up paying £50 for my train ticket, which would have cost me £100. The Trainline app is amazing. You can book tickets, like, literally five or 10 minutes before you get on the train."

The Trainline website explains its 'SplitSave sorcery' saves travellers an average of £22 per journey. It works by charging for shorter, separate journeys along the same route, meaning passengers don't usually have to change trains but will get two or more separate tickets.

"If you’re looking for ways to save money when travelling by train then split tickets might be just for you," the website reads. "Splitting your train tickets with SplitSave, our new split-ticketing app feature, can be much cheaper than buying a single ticket if you’re travelling on a long journey.

"Simply put, split ticketing is when you ‘split’ your train journey into multiple tickets, instead of buying a single ticket. It may sound strange, but if you buy multiple tickets along your trip you can save a lot of money compared to having a single ticket – in most cases you don’t even have to change trains!"