Often there are multiple valid ways to use a ticket, so the product you are being sold is something of the form “choose one of Pushchair Bundle, Powerbank, or Handbag” rather than just being a Pushchair Bundle. Railways need to price the tickets based on all the various available routes, and some routes end up containing parts that travel a longer/more valuable distance then the other routes, making it difficult to give fares that make logical sense with your definition. The rail industry sometimes has ways to fix this for specific journeys, but given the over 6 million origin destination pairs, this is not a winnable game of whack a mole.
Removing break of journeys turns the products the railways are selling from a choice of bundles into a single unified thing, making it much easier for the railway companies to deal with.
Often there are multiple valid ways to use a ticket, so the product you are being sold is something of the form “choose one of Pushchair Bundle, Powerbank, or Handbag” rather than just being a Pushchair Bundle. Railways need to price the tickets based on all the various available routes, and some routes end up containing parts that travel a longer/more valuable distance then the other routes, making it difficult to give fares that make logical sense with your definition. The rail industry sometimes has ways to fix this for specific journeys, but given the over 6 million origin destination pairs, this is not a winnable game of whack a mole.
Removing break of journeys turns the products the railways are selling from a choice of bundles into a single unified thing, making it much easier for the railway companies to deal with.