Colin Hinchley will travel from Derby to Southampton Airport Parkway next Friday to watch the second day of England's fourth test against India – but was left stumped when he found out a return ticket could cost him £159.40.

But Colin decided to hit back, and after searching for 'train ticket splitting' online, he found he could cut the cost to just £69.10 by buying separate tickets for different legs of the trip.

He now has separate tickets for his journeys between Derby and Coventry, Coventry and Banbury, Banbury and Oxford, Oxford and Basingstoke, and Basingstoke and Southampton Airport Parkway – and will swing by each of the stations in reverse on the way back.

Colin has 26 pieces of paper in total to show for it, including his tickets, seat reservations and collection receipts.

See a full explanation of what split-ticketing is and our round-up of ticket splitting tools.