It's a mark of how absurd the trains are in this country that you can also save money by splitting up your journey. E.g. instead of buying a ticket from Birmingham to London, for instance, you buy one from Birmingham to Rugby, and one from Rugby to Birmingham. The ticket inspector will hate you, but you'll save a few quid.

Well, now the trains have hit peak absurdity. This guy was advised by his friend that he could save money by splitting his ticket.

But it turns out the only way he could save money on the ticket was to split it up into 56 individual tickets, and now he feels like a melon.

Thanks to @LeeTurnbull91 for the worst advice AV ever received. Get a split ticket to oxford he said. FIFTY SIX TICKETS ARE YOU HAVING ME ON pic.twitter.com/RuEyBBVHrz

— Jonny (@jonnyyy___) January 25, 2017

Jonny was traveling to Oxford from Newcastle, which is quite pricy.

So it's easy to see why his friend Lee advised him to split his tickets. By splitting his ticket up into 56 individual tickets, he managed to save £50, as well as piss off the train inspector.

@Aspie66 @LeeTurnbull91 bullshit? 😂 return was 88 on trainline, cost is about 56 quid a think on railsplit

— Jonny (@jonnyyy___) January 26, 2017

@MickyRutherford @LeeTurnbull91 aye 25 on each ticket so literally a wish ad paid the extra 50 to not have to carry 56 tickets like a melon

— Jonny (@jonnyyy___) January 25, 2017

By splitting his ticket he saved two thirds of his costs but stayed on exactly the same train as everyone else who paid extra.

But he says it wasn't worth it due to the embarrassment of having to carry around 56 people's worth of tickets.

@jackm1892 @LeeTurnbull91 honestly wounded mate hahaha wish a had just paid more

— Jonny (@jonnyyy___) January 25, 2017

@MickyRutherford @LeeTurnbull91 aye 25 on each ticket so literally a wish ad paid the extra 50 to not have to carry 56 tickets like a melon

— Jonny (@jonnyyy___) January 25, 2017

@MickyRutherford @LeeTurnbull91 50/55 wasn't even worth it man

— Jonny (@jonnyyy___) January 25, 2017

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So jealous of this guy.https://t.co/xRfE2DxSBE

— Student Money Saver (@studentmoneysvr) December 13, 2016