diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/utils/checkin-cutoff.utils.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/utils/checkin-cutoff.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a0fb50b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/utils/checkin-cutoff.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Resolves the booking/check-in cutoff for one boarding stop: stop-level
+ * `RouteStop.checkinMinutesBefore` override wins, else the route-level default
+ * (`Route.checkinMinutesBefore`), else a bare 30-minute fallback for routes/stops with
+ * neither configured. The basis is the stop's own estimated ARRIVAL time (the train reaching
+ * that stop), not its departure or the schedule's overall origin departure — a downstream
+ * stop's cutoff must be independent of how long ago the train left its origin. The first stop
+ * of a route has no arrival (nothing to arrive at), so it falls back to its own departure.
+ *
+ * Single source of truth for this computation — SeatsService.holdSeats and
+ * SearchService.buildScheduleResult already applied it (search results only ever showed a
+ * segment as bookable if this same cutoff hadn't passed); GuestBookingService.createGuestBooking
+ * used to independently hardcode a flat, non-configurable 30 minutes off the schedule's origin
+ * departure, which could reject a booking the search/hold steps had just accepted under the
+ * route's actual configured cutoff.
+ */
+export interface CheckinCutoff {
+  /** The stop's own estimated arrival time (or departure, for the first stop / missing data). */
+  segmentTime: Date;
+  /** Minutes before segmentTime that booking/holding closes. */
+  checkinMinutes: number;
+  /** The moment booking/holding closes for this stop. */
+  cutoffAt: Date;
+}
+
+export function resolveCheckinCutoff(
+  schedule: {
+    departureAt: Date;
+    route?: {
+      checkinMinutesBefore?: number | null;
+      stops?: Array<{ stationId: string; checkinMinutesBefore: number | null }>;
+    } | null;
+  },
+  stopTime: { plannedArrivalAt?: Date | null; plannedDepartureAt?: Date | null } | null | undefined,
+  stationId: string | null | undefined,
+): CheckinCutoff {
+  const segmentTime = stopTime?.plannedArrivalAt ?? stopTime?.plannedDepartureAt ?? schedule.departureAt;
+  const routeStop = stationId ? schedule.route?.stops?.find((s) => s.stationId === stationId) : undefined;
+  const checkinMinutes = routeStop?.checkinMinutesBefore ?? schedule.route?.checkinMinutesBefore ?? 30;
+  return {
+    segmentTime,
+    checkinMinutes,
+    cutoffAt: new Date(segmentTime.getTime() - checkinMinutes * 60_000),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/utils/segment-resolver.utils.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/utils/segment-resolver.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fcc6581b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/utils/segment-resolver.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * Resolves a booking's actual boarding/alighting station AND time for one leg from
+ * originStationId/destinationStationId (set when the booking covers only part of a
+ * longer multi-stop schedule, e.g. train runs A→D but the passenger booked B→D), via
+ * the schedule's stopTimes — falling back to the schedule's own full-route
+ * station/time when there's no segment override (older records, or a booking that
+ * covers the whole run).
+ *
+ * Single source of truth for this resolution — station-only lookups used to be
+ * duplicated ad hoc across bookings/tickets/notifications while the departureAt/
+ * arrivalAt kept being read straight off the schedule (the train's full-route span),
+ * which showed the wrong boarding/alighting time for any stop-based booking.
+ */
+export interface ResolvedSegment {
+  origin: any;
+  destination: any;
+  departureAt: any;
+  arrivalAt: any;
+}
+
+export function resolveBookingSegment(
+  schedule: any,
+  originStationId: string | null | undefined,
+  destinationStationId: string | null | undefined,
+): ResolvedSegment {
+  const stopTimes: any[] = schedule?.stopTimes ?? [];
+  const findStop = (stationId: string | null | undefined) =>
+    stationId && stopTimes.length > 0 ? stopTimes.find((st: any) => st.stationId === stationId) : undefined;
+  const originStop = findStop(originStationId);
+  const destStop = findStop(destinationStationId);
+  return {
+    origin: originStop?.station ?? schedule?.originStation ?? null,
+    destination: destStop?.station ?? schedule?.destinationStation ?? null,
+    departureAt: originStop?.plannedDepartureAt ?? schedule?.departureAt ?? null,
+    arrivalAt: destStop?.plannedArrivalAt ?? schedule?.arrivalAt ?? null,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.service.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.service.ts
index b75f1eeb4..98a54528b 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.service.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { Currency, PassengerCategory, IdDocumentType } from '@prisma/client';
 import { resolveCurrencyFromNationality } from '../fare-engine/fare-engine.dto';
 import { DeleteOperationException } from '../../common/exceptions/delete-operation.exception';
 import { AuditService } from '../../common/audit.service';
+import { resolveBookingSegment } from '../../common/utils/segment-resolver.utils';
 
 function generateRef(): string {
   const chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ export class BookingsService {
         take: pageSize,
         orderBy: { createdAt: 'desc' },
         include: {
-          schedule: { include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, train: true } },
+          schedule: { include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, train: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true } } } },
           paymentIntent: true,
           seats: { include: { seat: true } },
           priceTier: { select: { priceMinor: true } },
@@ -148,31 +149,34 @@ export class BookingsService {
       }),
       this.prisma.booking.count({ where }),
     ]);
-    
+
     return {
-      items: items.map(booking => ({
-        id: booking.id,
-        bookingRef: booking.bookingRef,
-        status: booking.status,
-        totalMinor: booking.displayTotalMinor ?? resolvePackageRoundTripTotal(booking, (booking as any).priceTier?.priceMinor, booking.adultCount, booking.childCount),
-        currency: booking.displayCurrency,
-        displayCurrency: booking.displayCurrency,
-        displayTotalMinor: booking.displayTotalMinor,
-        adultCount: booking.adultCount,
-        childCount: booking.childCount,
-        bookingType: booking.bookingType,
-        returnLegStatus: (booking as any).returnLegStatus ?? null,
-        createdAt: booking.createdAt,
-        schedule: {
-          train: booking.schedule.train,
-          originStation: booking.schedule.originStation,
-          destinationStation: booking.schedule.destinationStation,
-          departureAt: booking.schedule.departureAt,
-          arrivalAt: booking.schedule.arrivalAt,
-        },
-        paymentIntent: booking.paymentIntent,
-        seatCount: booking.seats.length,
-      })),
+      items: items.map(booking => {
+        const segment = resolveBookingSegment((booking as any).schedule, (booking as any).originStationId, (booking as any).destinationStationId);
+        return {
+          id: booking.id,
+          bookingRef: booking.bookingRef,
+          status: booking.status,
+          totalMinor: booking.displayTotalMinor ?? resolvePackageRoundTripTotal(booking, (booking as any).priceTier?.priceMinor, booking.adultCount, booking.childCount),
+          currency: booking.displayCurrency,
+          displayCurrency: booking.displayCurrency,
+          displayTotalMinor: booking.displayTotalMinor,
+          adultCount: booking.adultCount,
+          childCount: booking.childCount,
+          bookingType: booking.bookingType,
+          returnLegStatus: (booking as any).returnLegStatus ?? null,
+          createdAt: booking.createdAt,
+          schedule: {
+            train: booking.schedule.train,
+            originStation: segment.origin,
+            destinationStation: segment.destination,
+            departureAt: segment.departureAt,
+            arrivalAt: segment.arrivalAt,
+          },
+          paymentIntent: booking.paymentIntent,
+          seatCount: booking.seats.length,
+        };
+      }),
       meta: {
         page,
         pageSize,
@@ -270,7 +274,7 @@ export class BookingsService {
         take: pageSize,
         orderBy: { createdAt: 'desc' },
         include: {
-          schedule: { include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, train: true } },
+          schedule: { include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, train: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true } } } },
           paymentIntent: { select: { method: true, status: true, amountMinor: true, currency: true } },
           seats: { select: { id: true } },
           priceTier: { select: { priceMinor: true } },
@@ -294,7 +298,9 @@ export class BookingsService {
       this.prisma.packageBooking.count({ where: pkgWhere }),
     ]);
 
-    const mappedBookings = items.map(booking => ({
+    const mappedBookings = items.map(booking => {
+      const segment = resolveBookingSegment((booking as any).schedule, (booking as any).originStationId, (booking as any).destinationStationId);
+      return {
       id: booking.id,
       bookingRef: booking.bookingRef,
       status: booking.status,
@@ -309,14 +315,15 @@ export class BookingsService {
       createdAt: booking.createdAt,
       schedule: {
         train: booking.schedule.train,
-        originStation: booking.schedule.originStation,
-        destinationStation: booking.schedule.destinationStation,
-        departureAt: booking.schedule.departureAt,
-        arrivalAt: booking.schedule.arrivalAt,
+        originStation: segment.origin,
+        destinationStation: segment.destination,
+        departureAt: segment.departureAt,
+        arrivalAt: segment.arrivalAt,
       },
       payment: booking.paymentIntent ?? undefined,
       seatCount: booking.seats.length,
-    }));
+      };
+    });
 
     const mappedPkg = pkgItems.map((b: any) => ({
       id: b.id,
@@ -397,7 +404,7 @@ export class BookingsService {
         take: pageSize,
         orderBy: { createdAt: 'desc' },
         include: {
-          schedule: { include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, train: true } },
+          schedule: { include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, train: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true } } } },
           paymentIntent: true,
           seats: { include: { seat: true } },
           priceTier: { select: { priceMinor: true } },
@@ -405,9 +412,11 @@ export class BookingsService {
       }),
       this.prisma.booking.count({ where }),
     ]);
-    
+
     return {
-      items: items.map(booking => ({
+      items: items.map(booking => {
+        const segment = resolveBookingSegment((booking as any).schedule, (booking as any).originStationId, (booking as any).destinationStationId);
+        return {
         id: booking.id,
         bookingRef: booking.bookingRef,
         status: booking.status,
@@ -422,14 +431,15 @@ export class BookingsService {
         createdAt: booking.createdAt,
         schedule: {
           train: booking.schedule.train,
-          originStation: booking.schedule.originStation,
-          destinationStation: booking.schedule.destinationStation,
-          departureAt: booking.schedule.departureAt,
-          arrivalAt: booking.schedule.arrivalAt,
+          originStation: segment.origin,
+          destinationStation: segment.destination,
+          departureAt: segment.departureAt,
+          arrivalAt: segment.arrivalAt,
         },
         paymentIntent: booking.paymentIntent,
         seatCount: booking.seats.length,
-      })),
+        };
+      }),
       meta: {
         page,
         pageSize,
@@ -532,7 +542,7 @@ export class BookingsService {
           orderBy: { createdAt: 'desc' },
           include: {
             passenger: { select: { id: true, iamUserId: true } },
-            schedule: { include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, train: true } },
+            schedule: { include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, train: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true } } } },
             paymentIntent: true,
             seats: { include: { seat: true } },
             priceTier: { select: { priceMinor: true } },
@@ -554,9 +564,10 @@ export class BookingsService {
         const iam = booking.passenger?.iamUserId ? iamMap.get(booking.passenger.iamUserId) : undefined;
         const passengerDetails = booking.seats.map((s: any) => ({ name: s.passengerName, category: s.passengerCategory }));
         const uniquePassengers = Array.from(new Map(passengerDetails.map((p: any) => [p.name, p])).values());
+        const segment = booking.schedule ? resolveBookingSegment(booking.schedule, booking.originStationId, booking.destinationStationId) : null;
         return {
           id: booking.id, bookingRef: booking.bookingRef, status: booking.status,
-          totalMinor: booking.displayTotalMinor ?? resolvePackageRoundTripTotal(booking, booking.priceTier?.priceMinor, booking.adultCount, booking.childCount), 
+          totalMinor: booking.displayTotalMinor ?? resolvePackageRoundTripTotal(booking, booking.priceTier?.priceMinor, booking.adultCount, booking.childCount),
           currency: booking.displayCurrency,
           displayCurrency: booking.displayCurrency, displayTotalMinor: booking.displayTotalMinor,
           contactEmail: booking.contactEmail, contactPhone: booking.contactPhone,
@@ -567,11 +578,11 @@ export class BookingsService {
           passenger: iam ? { fullName: iam.name?.en ?? iam.name?.am ?? null, email: iam.email, phone: iam.phone_number } : null,
           passengerNames: [...new Set(booking.seats.map((s: any) => s.passengerName))],
           passengers: uniquePassengers,
-          schedule: booking.schedule ? {
+          schedule: segment ? {
             train: booking.schedule.train,
-            originStation: booking.schedule.originStation,
-            destinationStation: booking.schedule.destinationStation,
-            departureAt: booking.schedule.departureAt,
+            originStation: segment.origin,
+            destinationStation: segment.destination,
+            departureAt: segment.departureAt,
           } : null,
           paymentIntent: booking.paymentIntent,
           seatCount: booking.seats.length,
@@ -715,16 +726,15 @@ export class BookingsService {
           verifaydaVerified: s.verifaydaVerified,
           seat: s.seat ? { seatNumber: s.seat.seatNumber, coach: { number: s.seat.coach?.number ?? null } } : null,
         })),
-        schedule: {
-          train: booking.schedule.train,
-          originStation: (booking as any).originStationId
-            ? ((booking.schedule as any).stopTimes?.find((s: any) => s.stationId === (booking as any).originStationId)?.station ?? booking.schedule.originStation)
-            : booking.schedule.originStation,
-          destinationStation: (booking as any).destinationStationId
-            ? ((booking.schedule as any).stopTimes?.find((s: any) => s.stationId === (booking as any).destinationStationId)?.station ?? booking.schedule.destinationStation)
-            : booking.schedule.destinationStation,
-          departureAt: booking.schedule.departureAt,
-        },
+        schedule: (() => {
+          const segment = resolveBookingSegment(booking.schedule, (booking as any).originStationId, (booking as any).destinationStationId);
+          return {
+            train: booking.schedule.train,
+            originStation: segment.origin,
+            destinationStation: segment.destination,
+            departureAt: segment.departureAt,
+          };
+        })(),
         paymentIntent: booking.paymentIntent,
         seatCount: booking.seats.length,
       };
@@ -1850,35 +1860,6 @@ export class BookingsService {
     );
   }
 
-  // Resolves the passenger's actual boarding/alighting stations AND times for one leg
-  // from originStationId/destinationStationId (set when the booking covers only part of
-  // a longer multi-stop schedule, e.g. train runs A→D but the passenger booked B→D) via
-  // the schedule's stopTimes, falling back to the schedule's own full-route endpoints/
-  // times when there's no segment override (older records, or a booking that covers the
-  // whole run). Station resolution mirrors notifications.service.ts's
-  // resolveSegmentStations (already applied to SMS/email); the departureAt/arrivalAt
-  // resolution mirrors search.service.ts's leg construction (originStop.plannedDepartureAt
-  // / destStop.plannedArrivalAt) — this brings the booking API (voucher, detail page,
-  // confirmation) to the same behavior search results already have, instead of always
-  // showing the train's full-route span.
-  private resolveSegmentStations(
-    schedule: any,
-    originStationId: string | null | undefined,
-    destinationStationId: string | null | undefined,
-  ): { origin: any; destination: any; departureAt: any; arrivalAt: any } {
-    const stopTimes: any[] = schedule?.stopTimes ?? [];
-    const findStop = (stationId: string | null | undefined) =>
-      stationId && stopTimes.length > 0 ? stopTimes.find((st: any) => st.stationId === stationId) : undefined;
-    const originStop = findStop(originStationId);
-    const destStop = findStop(destinationStationId);
-    return {
-      origin: originStop?.station ?? schedule?.originStation ?? null,
-      destination: destStop?.station ?? schedule?.destinationStation ?? null,
-      departureAt: originStop?.plannedDepartureAt ?? schedule?.departureAt ?? null,
-      arrivalAt: destStop?.plannedArrivalAt ?? schedule?.arrivalAt ?? null,
-    };
-  }
-
   async getByRef(bookingRefOrId: string) {
     const isUuid = /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i.test(bookingRefOrId);
     const booking = await this.prisma.booking.findUnique({
@@ -1987,13 +1968,13 @@ export class BookingsService {
       if (refreshed) Object.assign(booking, refreshed);
     }
 
-    const outboundSegment = this.resolveSegmentStations(
+    const outboundSegment = resolveBookingSegment(
       (booking as any).schedule,
       (booking as any).originStationId,
       (booking as any).destinationStationId,
     );
     const returnSegment = (booking as any).returnSchedule
-      ? this.resolveSegmentStations(
+      ? resolveBookingSegment(
           (booking as any).returnSchedule,
           (booking as any).returnOriginStationId,
           (booking as any).returnDestinationStationId,
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/bookings/guest-booking.service.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/bookings/guest-booking.service.ts
index d40824c36..3e2a225e6 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/bookings/guest-booking.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/bookings/guest-booking.service.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,22 @@ import { FareEngineService } from '../fare-engine/fare-engine.service';
 import { EventEmitter2 } from '@nestjs/event-emitter';
 import { CreateGuestBookingDto, SavedPassengerProfileDto } from './guest-booking.dto';
 import { Currency, PassengerCategory, IdDocumentType } from '@prisma/client';
+import { resolveCheckinCutoff } from '../../common/utils/checkin-cutoff.utils';
 
-/** Booking cutoff: reject new bookings within this many ms of departure. */
-const BOOKING_CUTOFF_MS = 30 * 60 * 1000;
+/**
+ * Throws if the given boarding stop's own configurable check-in cutoff (route/stop
+ * checkinMinutesBefore, same mechanism the seat hold and search results already enforce) has
+ * passed. Must be checked against the actual boarding stop, not the schedule's origin — a
+ * downstream stop's cutoff is independent of how long ago the train left its origin.
+ */
+function assertWithinCheckinCutoff(schedule: any, stopTime: any, stationId: string | null | undefined): void {
+  const { cutoffAt, checkinMinutes } = resolveCheckinCutoff(schedule, stopTime, stationId);
+  if (Date.now() >= cutoffAt.getTime()) {
+    throw new BadRequestException(
+      `Bookings are not accepted within ${checkinMinutes} minute${checkinMinutes !== 1 ? 's' : ''} of departure`,
+    );
+  }
+}
 
 function generateRef(): string {
   const chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789';
@@ -107,20 +120,22 @@ export class GuestBookingService {
         originStation: true,
         destinationStation: true,
         stopTimes: { include: { station: true }, orderBy: { sequence: 'asc' } },
+        route: { include: { stops: true } },
       },
     });
     if (!schedule) throw new NotFoundException('Schedule not found');
 
-    if (Date.now() >= schedule.departureAt.getTime() - BOOKING_CUTOFF_MS) {
-      throw new BadRequestException('Bookings are not accepted within 30 minutes of departure');
-    }
-
     const originStop = schedule.stopTimes.find(s => s.stationId === dto.originStationId)
       ?? (schedule.stopTimes.length === 0 ? { stationId: schedule.originStationId, sequence: 0, station: schedule.originStation } : undefined);
     const destStop = schedule.stopTimes.find(s => s.stationId === dto.destinationStationId)
       ?? (schedule.stopTimes.length === 0 ? { stationId: schedule.destinationStationId, sequence: 1, station: schedule.destinationStation } : undefined);
     if (!originStop || !destStop) throw new NotFoundException('Origin or destination not found');
 
+    // Cut off relative to the passenger's actual boarding stop, using the same
+    // configurable per-stop/route checkinMinutesBefore that already gated the seat hold
+    // and the search result — not a separate, hardcoded 30 minutes off the train's origin.
+    assertWithinCheckinCutoff(schedule, originStop, dto.originStationId);
+
     const segmentRoute = `${originStop.station.code}-${destStop.station.code}`;
     const fullRoute = `${schedule.originStation.code}-${schedule.destinationStation.code}`;
 
@@ -391,7 +406,7 @@ export class GuestBookingService {
     const [outboundSchedule, returnSchedule] = await Promise.all([
       this.prisma.trainSchedule.findUnique({
         where: { id: dto.scheduleId },
-        include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true }, orderBy: { sequence: 'asc' } } },
+        include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true }, orderBy: { sequence: 'asc' } }, route: { include: { stops: true } } },
       }),
       this.prisma.trainSchedule.findUnique({
         where: { id: dto.returnScheduleId },
@@ -401,10 +416,6 @@ export class GuestBookingService {
     if (!outboundSchedule) throw new NotFoundException('Outbound schedule not found');
     if (!returnSchedule) throw new NotFoundException('Return schedule not found');
 
-    if (Date.now() >= outboundSchedule.departureAt.getTime() - BOOKING_CUTOFF_MS) {
-      throw new BadRequestException('Bookings are not accepted within 30 minutes of departure');
-    }
-
     const synth = (sched: any, stationId: string, seq: number) => {
       const station = sched.originStationId === stationId ? sched.originStation : sched.destinationStation;
       return { stationId, sequence: seq, station };
@@ -418,6 +429,10 @@ export class GuestBookingService {
     if (!outboundOriginStop || !outboundDestStop) throw new NotFoundException('Outbound origin or destination not found on schedule');
     if (!returnOriginStop || !returnDestStop) throw new NotFoundException('Return origin or destination not found on schedule');
 
+    // Cut off relative to the passenger's actual boarding stop, using the same configurable
+    // per-stop/route checkinMinutesBefore that already gated the seat hold and search result.
+    assertWithinCheckinCutoff(outboundSchedule, outboundOriginStop, dto.originStationId);
+
     const outboundSegmentRoute = `${outboundOriginStop.station.code}-${outboundDestStop.station.code}`;
     const outboundFullRoute = `${outboundSchedule.originStation.code}-${outboundSchedule.destinationStation.code}`;
     const returnSegmentRoute = `${returnOriginStop.station.code}-${returnDestStop.station.code}`;
@@ -690,7 +705,7 @@ export class GuestBookingService {
     const [leg1Schedule, leg2Schedule] = await Promise.all([
       this.prisma.trainSchedule.findUnique({
         where: { id: dto.scheduleId },
-        include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true }, orderBy: { sequence: 'asc' } } },
+        include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true }, orderBy: { sequence: 'asc' } }, route: { include: { stops: true } } },
       }),
       this.prisma.trainSchedule.findUnique({
         where: { id: dto.leg2ScheduleId },
@@ -700,10 +715,6 @@ export class GuestBookingService {
     if (!leg1Schedule) throw new NotFoundException('Leg-1 schedule not found');
     if (!leg2Schedule) throw new NotFoundException('Leg-2 schedule not found');
 
-    if (Date.now() >= leg1Schedule.departureAt.getTime() - BOOKING_CUTOFF_MS) {
-      throw new BadRequestException('Bookings are not accepted within 30 minutes of departure');
-    }
-
     const leg1OriginStop = leg1Schedule.stopTimes.find(s => s.stationId === dto.originStationId);
     const leg1DestStop = leg1Schedule.stopTimes.find(s => s.stationId === dto.transitStationId);
     const leg2OriginStop = leg2Schedule.stopTimes.find(s => s.stationId === dto.transitStationId);
@@ -711,6 +722,10 @@ export class GuestBookingService {
     if (!leg1OriginStop || !leg1DestStop) throw new NotFoundException('Leg-1 origin or transit station not found on schedule');
     if (!leg2OriginStop || !leg2DestStop) throw new NotFoundException('Transit or leg-2 destination not found on leg-2 schedule');
 
+    // Cut off relative to the passenger's actual boarding stop, using the same configurable
+    // per-stop/route checkinMinutesBefore that already gated the seat hold and search result.
+    assertWithinCheckinCutoff(leg1Schedule, leg1OriginStop, dto.originStationId);
+
     // Process passengers (verify identity once)
     const passengersData: any[] = [];
     let adultCount = 0, childCount = 0;
@@ -894,7 +909,7 @@ export class GuestBookingService {
     if (!retL2Hold || retL2Hold.expiresAt < now) throw new BadRequestException('Return leg-2 hold expired');
 
     const [obL1Sched, obL2Sched, retL1Sched, retL2Sched] = await Promise.all([
-      this.prisma.trainSchedule.findUnique({ where: { id: dto.scheduleId }, include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true }, orderBy: { sequence: 'asc' } } } }),
+      this.prisma.trainSchedule.findUnique({ where: { id: dto.scheduleId }, include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true }, orderBy: { sequence: 'asc' } }, route: { include: { stops: true } } } }),
       this.prisma.trainSchedule.findUnique({ where: { id: dto.leg2ScheduleId }, include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true }, orderBy: { sequence: 'asc' } } } }),
       this.prisma.trainSchedule.findUnique({ where: { id: dto.returnScheduleId }, include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true }, orderBy: { sequence: 'asc' } } } }),
       this.prisma.trainSchedule.findUnique({ where: { id: dto.returnLeg2ScheduleId }, include: { originStation: true, destinationStation: true, stopTimes: { include: { station: true }, orderBy: { sequence: 'asc' } } } }),
@@ -904,10 +919,6 @@ export class GuestBookingService {
     if (!retL1Sched) throw new NotFoundException('Return leg-1 schedule not found');
     if (!retL2Sched) throw new NotFoundException('Return leg-2 schedule not found');
 
-    if (Date.now() >= obL1Sched.departureAt.getTime() - BOOKING_CUTOFF_MS) {
-      throw new BadRequestException('Bookings are not accepted within 30 minutes of departure');
-    }
-
     const obL1Origin = obL1Sched.stopTimes.find(s => s.stationId === dto.originStationId);
     const obL1Dest = obL1Sched.stopTimes.find(s => s.stationId === dto.transitStationId);
     const obL2Origin = obL2Sched.stopTimes.find(s => s.stationId === dto.transitStationId);
@@ -921,6 +932,10 @@ export class GuestBookingService {
     if (!retL1Origin || !retL1Dest) throw new NotFoundException('Return leg-1: origin or transit stop not found');
     if (!retL2Origin || !retL2Dest) throw new NotFoundException('Return leg-2: transit or destination stop not found');
 
+    // Cut off relative to the passenger's actual boarding stop, using the same configurable
+    // per-stop/route checkinMinutesBefore that already gated the seat hold and search result.
+    assertWithinCheckinCutoff(obL1Sched, obL1Origin, dto.originStationId);
+
     // Process passengers (verify once)
     const passengersData: any[] = [];
     let adultCount = 0, childCount = 0;
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts
index a1678d131..12f549e9f 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { PushAdapter, NotificationChannel } from './notification.adapters';
 import { EmailClientService } from './email-client.service';
 import { SmsClientService } from './sms-client.service';
 import { CreateTemplateDto, UpdateTemplateDto } from './notifications.dto';
+import { resolveBookingSegment } from '../../common/utils/segment-resolver.utils';
 
 export type NotificationChannelType = 'EMAIL' | 'SMS' | 'PUSH' | 'IN_APP';
 
@@ -353,27 +354,6 @@ export class NotificationsService {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Resolves the user's actual boarding/alighting stations from the booking's originStationId /
-   * destinationStationId via stopTimes, falling back to the schedule's full-route endpoints when
-   * the booking has no segment override (e.g. older records or packages).
-   */
-  private resolveSegmentStations(booking: any): { originStation: any; destinationStation: any } {
-    const s = booking?.schedule ?? {};
-    const stopTimes: any[] = s.stopTimes ?? [];
-    const findStation = (stationId: string | null | undefined, fallback: any) => {
-      if (stationId && stopTimes.length > 0) {
-        const stop = stopTimes.find((st: any) => st.stationId === stationId);
-        if (stop?.station) return stop.station;
-      }
-      return fallback ?? null;
-    };
-    return {
-      originStation: findStation(booking?.originStationId, s.originStation),
-      destinationStation: findStation(booking?.destinationStationId, s.destinationStation),
-    };
-  }
-
   /**
    * Builds the interpolation context for the `booking.created` template. `trainSeatLines` is a
    * pre-joined block of one "Train/Seat: …" line per booked seat (multi-passenger bookings get
@@ -400,17 +380,17 @@ export class NotificationsService {
     // Lead passenger (leg-1 seat). Booking has no contactName; the traveller name lives on the seat.
     const passengerName = seats[0]?.passengerName ?? 'Passenger';
     const payLink = `${process.env.PORTAL_URL ?? 'http://localhost:5174'}/booking/detail?ref=${ref}`;
-    const { originStation: originSt, destinationStation: destSt } = this.resolveSegmentStations(booking);
+    const segment = resolveBookingSegment(s, booking?.originStationId, booking?.destinationStationId);
 
     return {
       passengerName,
       bookingRef: ref,
-      origin: originSt?.name ?? '',
-      destination: destSt?.name ?? '',
+      origin: segment.origin?.name ?? '',
+      destination: segment.destination?.name ?? '',
       trainSeatLines,
-      travelDate: fmtDate(s.departureAt),
-      departureTime: fmtTime(s.departureAt),
-      arrivalTime: fmtTime(s.arrivalAt),
+      travelDate: fmtDate(segment.departureAt),
+      departureTime: fmtTime(segment.departureAt),
+      arrivalTime: fmtTime(segment.arrivalAt),
       payLink,
     };
   }
@@ -509,12 +489,12 @@ export class NotificationsService {
 
   private buildTicketEmailText(booking: any, amount: string, currency: string, url: string): string {
     const s = booking.schedule ?? {};
-    const dep = s.departureAt ? new Date(s.departureAt).toLocaleString('en-GB') : 'TBD';
+    const segment = resolveBookingSegment(s, booking?.originStationId, booking?.destinationStationId);
+    const dep = segment.departureAt ? new Date(segment.departureAt).toLocaleString('en-GB') : 'TBD';
     const passengers = (booking.seats ?? []).map((bs: any) => bs.passengerName).filter(Boolean).join(', ');
-    const { originStation: originSt, destinationStation: destSt } = this.resolveSegmentStations(booking);
     return [
       `Booking ${booking.bookingRef} confirmed.`,
-      `${originSt?.name ?? ''} -> ${destSt?.name ?? ''}`,
+      `${segment.origin?.name ?? ''} -> ${segment.destination?.name ?? ''}`,
       `Train: ${s.train?.name ?? s.train?.number ?? ''}`,
       `Departs: ${dep}`,
       passengers ? `Passengers: ${passengers}` : '',
@@ -527,7 +507,9 @@ export class NotificationsService {
     const s = booking.schedule ?? {};
     const fmt = (d: any) =>
       d ? new Date(d).toLocaleString('en-GB', { dateStyle: 'medium', timeStyle: 'short' }) : 'TBD';
-    const { originStation: originSt, destinationStation: destSt } = this.resolveSegmentStations(booking);
+    const segment = resolveBookingSegment(s, booking?.originStationId, booking?.destinationStationId);
+    const originSt = segment.origin;
+    const destSt = segment.destination;
     const seatRows = (booking.seats ?? [])
       .map((bs: any) => {
         const coach = bs.seat?.coach?.number ?? '-';
@@ -568,11 +550,11 @@ export class NotificationsService {
           </tr>
           <tr>
             <td style="padding:8px 0;color:#666;">Departs</td>
-            <td style="padding:8px 0;text-align:right;">${fmt(s.departureAt)}</td>
+            <td style="padding:8px 0;text-align:right;">${fmt(segment.departureAt)}</td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
             <td style="padding:8px 0;color:#666;">Arrives</td>
-            <td style="padding:8px 0;text-align:right;">${fmt(s.arrivalAt)}</td>
+            <td style="padding:8px 0;text-align:right;">${fmt(segment.arrivalAt)}</td>
           </tr>
         </table>
 
@@ -636,12 +618,12 @@ export class NotificationsService {
     const fmt = (d: any) =>
       d ? new Date(d).toLocaleString('en-GB', { dateStyle: 'medium', timeStyle: 'short' }) : 'TBD';
     const legLabel = leg ? ` (${leg.replace(/_/g, ' ')})` : '';
-    const { originStation: originSt, destinationStation: destSt } = this.resolveSegmentStations(booking);
-    const origin = originSt?.name ?? '';
-    const dest = destSt?.name ?? '';
+    const segment = resolveBookingSegment(s, booking?.originStationId, booking?.destinationStationId);
+    const origin = segment.origin?.name ?? '';
+    const dest = segment.destination?.name ?? '';
     const train = s.train?.name ?? s.train?.number ?? '';
-    const dep = fmt(s.departureAt);
-    const arr = fmt(s.arrivalAt);
+    const dep = fmt(segment.departureAt);
+    const arr = fmt(segment.arrivalAt);
 
     const seats: { name: string; coach: string; seat: string; cls: string }[] = (booking.seats ?? []).map((bs: any) => ({
       name:  bs.passengerName ?? '',
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/search/search.service.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/search/search.service.ts
index 78fbcb955..0c905acdd 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/search/search.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/search/search.service.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { CurrencyService } from "../currency/currency.service";
 import { FareEngineService } from "../fare-engine/fare-engine.service";
 import { SegmentsService } from "../segments/segments.service";
 import { resolveCurrencyFromNationality } from "../fare-engine/fare-engine.dto";
+import { resolveCheckinCutoff } from "../../common/utils/checkin-cutoff.utils";
 import { Currency, Prisma } from "@prisma/client";
 
 const POINTS_TO_MINOR = 10;
@@ -554,23 +555,11 @@ export class SearchService {
 
     // Segment-level cutoff: use the origin stop's own estimated arrival time, not the
     // schedule's overall departureAt (which is station A's time). This lets
-    // B→D remain bookable even after A→D closes. The first stop has no arrival (nothing
-    // to arrive at), so it falls back to its own departure.
-    // Cutoff resolution: stop-level override → route default → 30 min fallback.
-    const now = new Date();
-    const segmentDepartureAt =
-      originStop.plannedArrivalAt ?? originStop.plannedDepartureAt ?? schedule.departureAt;
-    const routeStop = schedule.route?.stops?.find(
-      (s) => s.stationId === originStationId,
-    );
-    const checkinMinutes =
-      routeStop?.checkinMinutesBefore ??
-      schedule.route?.checkinMinutesBefore ??
-      30;
-    if (
-      segmentDepartureAt.getTime() - now.getTime() <=
-      checkinMinutes * 60 * 1000
-    )
+    // B→D remain bookable even after A→D closes. Stop-level checkinMinutesBefore override →
+    // route default → 30 min fallback — same resolution GuestBookingService applies at
+    // booking-creation time, so a segment shown as bookable here stays bookable through
+    // checkout instead of being rejected against a different, hardcoded cutoff.
+    if (Date.now() >= resolveCheckinCutoff(schedule, originStop, originStationId).cutoffAt.getTime())
       return null;
 
     // Collect all valid seat IDs upfront for a single batch availability check
@@ -682,8 +671,11 @@ export class SearchService {
       nationality,
       availabilityByClass,
     );
-    const legDepartureAt = schedule.departureAt;
-    const legArrivalAt = schedule.arrivalAt;
+    // Use the selected stop's own planned time, not the schedule's full-route span —
+    // for stop-based (mid-route) boarding/alighting these differ from the train's
+    // overall origin departure / final destination arrival.
+    const legDepartureAt = originStop.plannedDepartureAt ?? schedule.departureAt;
+    const legArrivalAt = destStop.plannedArrivalAt ?? schedule.arrivalAt;
 
     const displayCurrency =
       faresByClass[0]?.displayCurrency ??
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/tickets/tickets.service.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/tickets/tickets.service.ts
index 736b781bd..684c65880 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/tickets/tickets.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/tickets/tickets.service.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { PrismaService } from '../../common/prisma.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../notifications/notifications.service';
 import { SystemConfigService, CONFIG_KEYS } from '../system-config/system-config.service';
 import { AuditService } from '../../common/audit.service';
+import { resolveBookingSegment } from '../../common/utils/segment-resolver.utils';
 import * as QRCode from 'qrcode';
 
 interface OfflineValidation {
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ export class TicketsService {
           : { fullName: 'Guest', email: guestEmail, phone: guestPhone };
         
         
+        const segment = resolveBookingSegment(t.booking?.schedule, t.booking?.originStationId, t.booking?.destinationStationId);
         return {
           id: t.id,
           ticketNumber: t.barcodePayload,
@@ -152,20 +154,14 @@ export class TicketsService {
             contactPhone: t.booking?.contactPhone,
             returnSchedule: t.booking?.returnSchedule ?? null,
             seats: t.booking?.seats ?? [],
-            originStation: (() => {
-              const id = t.booking?.originStationId;
-              if (!id) return t.booking?.schedule?.originStation ?? null;
-              const stop = t.booking?.schedule?.stopTimes?.find((st: any) => st.stationId === id);
-              return stop?.station ?? t.booking?.schedule?.originStation ?? null;
-            })(),
-            destinationStation: (() => {
-              const id = t.booking?.destinationStationId;
-              if (!id) return t.booking?.schedule?.destinationStation ?? null;
-              const stop = t.booking?.schedule?.stopTimes?.find((st: any) => st.stationId === id);
-              return stop?.station ?? t.booking?.schedule?.destinationStation ?? null;
-            })(),
+            originStation: segment.origin,
+            destinationStation: segment.destination,
           },
-          schedule: t.booking?.schedule,
+          schedule: t.booking?.schedule ? {
+            ...t.booking.schedule,
+            departureAt: segment.departureAt,
+            arrivalAt: segment.arrivalAt,
+          } : null,
           seat: t.seat ? {
             id: t.seat.id,
             seatNumber: t.seat.seatNumber,
@@ -643,11 +639,14 @@ export class TicketsService {
         throw new NotFoundException('No ticket found for this booking');
       }
 
-      // Check if ticket date matches today
+      // Check if ticket date matches today. Boarding window is relative to the
+      // passenger's actual boarding stop, not the train's origin — for a mid-route
+      // boarding these differ.
       const today = new Date();
-      
-      if ((booking as any).schedule?.departureAt) {
-        const departureTime = new Date((booking as any).schedule.departureAt);
+      const boardingSegment = resolveBookingSegment((booking as any).schedule, (booking as any).originStationId, (booking as any).destinationStationId);
+
+      if (boardingSegment.departureAt) {
+        const departureTime = new Date(boardingSegment.departureAt);
         const boardingWindowHours = await this.systemConfig.getNumber(CONFIG_KEYS.BOARDING_WINDOW_HOURS_BEFORE_DEPARTURE);
         const boardingOpenTime = new Date(departureTime.getTime() - boardingWindowHours * 60 * 60 * 1000);
 
@@ -673,18 +672,6 @@ export class TicketsService {
       // Send notifications after successful boarding
       await this.sendBoardingNotifications(booking, ticket, result.leg || 'OUTBOUND');
 
-      // Resolve user-selected segment rather than the full schedule route
-      const _schedStops = (booking as any).schedule?.stopTimes ?? [];
-      const _resolveStation = (id: string | null | undefined, fallback: any) => {
-        if (id) {
-          const found = _schedStops.find((st: any) => st.stationId === id)?.station;
-          if (found) return found;
-        }
-        return fallback;
-      };
-      const boardingOrigin = _resolveStation((booking as any).originStationId, (booking as any).schedule?.originStation);
-      const boardingDest = _resolveStation((booking as any).destinationStationId, (booking as any).schedule?.destinationStation);
-
       return {
         success: true,
         message: `Passenger boarded successfully (${result.leg || 'OUTBOUND'} leg)`,
@@ -693,11 +680,11 @@ export class TicketsService {
           ticketNumber: ticket.barcodePayload,
           bookingRef: booking.bookingRef,
           passengerName: seatInfo?.passengerName || ticket.passengerName || 'N/A',
-          route: `${boardingOrigin?.name || 'N/A'} → ${boardingDest?.name || 'N/A'}`,
+          route: `${boardingSegment.origin?.name || 'N/A'} → ${boardingSegment.destination?.name || 'N/A'}`,
           seat: seatNumber,
           coach: coachNumber,
           trainName: (booking as any).schedule?.train?.name || (booking as any).schedule?.train?.number || 'N/A',
-          departureTime: (booking as any).schedule?.departureAt,
+          departureTime: boardingSegment.departureAt,
           boardedAt: result.validatedAt,
           leg: result.leg || 'OUTBOUND',
           bookingType: booking.bookingType,
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/test/checkin-cutoff.e2e-spec.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/test/checkin-cutoff.e2e-spec.ts
index 8cbc7d8f8..93c0386b6 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/test/checkin-cutoff.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/test/checkin-cutoff.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -33,20 +33,13 @@ async function createTestSchedule(
   const train = await harness.prisma.train.create({
     data: { number: opts.trainNumber, name: `Test ${opts.trainNumber}` },
   });
-  const schedule = await schedules.createSchedule({
-    trainId: train.id,
-    routeId: IDS.route,
-    departureAt: opts.departureAt.toISOString(),
-    arrivalAt: opts.arrivalAt.toISOString(),
-  } as any);
 
-  // Give the schedule a bookable coach so holdSeats has real seats to work with.
+  // createSchedule now rejects a schedule with zero coaches (see schedules.service.ts's
+  // "must have at least one coach assigned" guard) — the coach has to exist and be passed
+  // via coachIds BEFORE creation, not attached afterward.
   const coach = await harness.prisma.coach.create({
     data: { coachTypeId: IDS.coachType, number: `${opts.trainNumber}-C1`, capacity: 4, sequence: 1, status: "ACTIVE" },
   });
-  await harness.prisma.coachAssignment.create({
-    data: { scheduleId: schedule.id, coachId: coach.id, positionNumber: 1, isOperational: true },
-  });
   const seats = await Promise.all(
     ["1A", "1B", "1C", "1D"].map((seatNumber, i) =>
       harness.prisma.seat.create({
@@ -55,6 +48,14 @@ async function createTestSchedule(
     ),
   );
 
+  const schedule = await schedules.createSchedule({
+    trainId: train.id,
+    routeId: IDS.route,
+    departureAt: opts.departureAt.toISOString(),
+    arrivalAt: opts.arrivalAt.toISOString(),
+    coachIds: [coach.id],
+  } as any);
+
   return { schedule, seats };
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/test/stop-based-booking-segment.e2e-spec.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/test/stop-based-booking-segment.e2e-spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfcc298fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/test/stop-based-booking-segment.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+/**
+ * Stop-based (mid-route) booking — segment correctness suite.
+ *
+ * Regression coverage for three bugs reported against live stop-based bookings:
+ *
+ *   1. Search results (SearchService.buildScheduleResult) showed the train's overall
+ *      departure/arrival instead of the selected origin/destination stop's own time — e.g.
+ *      searching B→C on a A→B→C schedule showed A's departure time, not B's. Rooted in
+ *      resolving the boarding/alighting STATION correctly for a mid-route segment while still
+ *      reading TIME off the schedule's full-route span. Fixed via resolveBookingSegment() (also
+ *      used by BookingsService, TicketsService, NotificationsService) — see
+ *      src/common/utils/segment-resolver.utils.ts.
+ *   2. GuestBookingService's 30-minute booking cutoff was computed off the train's origin
+ *      departure regardless of where the passenger actually boards, so a schedule whose origin
+ *      had already departed >30min ago wrongly blocked booking a downstream segment that
+ *      hadn't closed yet.
+ *   3. Even after (2), GuestBookingService still enforced a hardcoded, non-configurable 30
+ *      minutes — ignoring RouteStop/Route.checkinMinutesBefore, the SAME configurable cutoff
+ *      that SeatsService.holdSeats and the search step already enforce. A passenger who passed
+ *      the earlier steps under a shorter (or longer) CONFIGURED cutoff could still be wrongly
+ *      rejected — or wrongly allowed — at /booking/review with "not accepted within 30 minutes
+ *      of departure". Fixed by having GuestBookingService use the same resolveCheckinCutoff()
+ *      utility as SeatsService.holdSeats and SearchService — see
+ *      src/common/utils/checkin-cutoff.utils.ts.
+ *
+ * Uses the slim harness (real Nest DI) for SchedulesService — this exercises the actual
+ * cumulative travel-time interpolation in SchedulesService.createSchedule, same as
+ * checkin-cutoff.e2e-spec.ts. SeatsService/SearchService/BookingsService/GuestBookingService
+ * are NOT in the slim harness's DOMAIN_MODULES (they pull in NotificationsModule → RabbitMQ),
+ * so they're instantiated directly with a real Prisma + stubbed collaborators, mirroring the
+ * Tier-2 pattern in money-integrity.e2e-spec.ts.
+ */
+import { IdDocumentType } from "@prisma/client";
+import { SchedulesService } from "../src/modules/schedules/schedules.service";
+import { SeatsService } from "../src/modules/seats/seats.service";
+import { SegmentsService } from "../src/modules/segments/segments.service";
+import { SearchService } from "../src/modules/search/search.service";
+import { CurrencyService } from "../src/modules/currency/currency.service";
+import { FareEngineService } from "../src/modules/fare-engine/fare-engine.service";
+import { SystemConfigService } from "../src/modules/system-config/system-config.service";
+import { BookingsService } from "../src/modules/bookings/bookings.service";
+import { GuestBookingService } from "../src/modules/bookings/guest-booking.service";
+import { createServiceHarness, ServiceHarness } from "./setup/slim-app";
+import { IDS, resetAndSeedCore } from "./fixtures/seed-core";
+
+/** A Proxy whose every property is an async no-op — satisfies unused collaborator method calls. */
+function asyncStub(): any {
+  return new Proxy({}, { get: () => async () => undefined });
+}
+
+/** Formats a Date as a YYYY-MM-DD string in the process's local timezone (EAT on this host —
+ * matches search.service.ts's "+03:00" date-matching window). */
+function localDateStr(d: Date): string {
+  const y = d.getFullYear();
+  const m = String(d.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, "0");
+  const day = String(d.getDate()).padStart(2, "0");
+  return `${y}-${m}-${day}`;
+}
+
+describe("Stop-based booking — segment time & cutoff correctness", () => {
+  let harness: ServiceHarness;
+  let schedulesService: SchedulesService;
+  let seatsService: SeatsService;
+  let searchService: SearchService;
+  let bookingsService: BookingsService;
+  let guestBookingService: GuestBookingService;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    harness = await createServiceHarness();
+    schedulesService = await harness.moduleRef.resolve(SchedulesService);
+    const currencyService = harness.moduleRef.get(CurrencyService);
+    const fareEngine = harness.moduleRef.get(FareEngineService);
+    const segmentsService = new SegmentsService(harness.prisma as any);
+    const systemConfig = new SystemConfigService(harness.prisma as any);
+
+    searchService = new SearchService(harness.prisma as any, currencyService, fareEngine, segmentsService);
+    // holdSeats() itself never touches segmentsService (only getSeatMap/availability-map
+    // callers do), so stubbing it here is safe — mirrors checkin-cutoff.e2e-spec.ts.
+    seatsService = new SeatsService(harness.prisma as any, asyncStub(), systemConfig, asyncStub(), asyncStub());
+    bookingsService = new BookingsService(
+      harness.prisma as any,
+      asyncStub(), // dataSource
+      seatsService,
+      { emit: () => true } as any, // eventEmitter
+      asyncStub(), // verifaydaService
+      currencyService,
+      fareEngine,
+      asyncStub(), // auditService
+    );
+    guestBookingService = new GuestBookingService(
+      harness.prisma as any,
+      seatsService,
+      asyncStub(), // verifaydaService — never reached: test passengers use PASSPORT, not NATIONAL_ID
+      currencyService,
+      asyncStub(), // passengerAuthService — never reached: no createAccount in these DTOs
+      fareEngine,
+      { emit: () => true } as any, // eventEmitter
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await harness?.close();
+  });
+
+  /** Creates a fresh Train + TrainSchedule on the seed-core route, coach assigned at creation
+   * (createSchedule now rejects a schedule with zero coaches). */
+  async function createTestSchedule(opts: { trainNumber: string; departureAt: Date; arrivalAt: Date }) {
+    const train = await harness.prisma.train.create({
+      data: { number: opts.trainNumber, name: `Test ${opts.trainNumber}` },
+    });
+    const coach = await harness.prisma.coach.create({
+      data: { coachTypeId: IDS.coachType, number: `${opts.trainNumber}-C1`, capacity: 4, sequence: 1, status: "ACTIVE" },
+    });
+    const seats = await Promise.all(
+      ["1A", "1B", "1C", "1D"].map((seatNumber, i) =>
+        harness.prisma.seat.create({
+          data: { coachId: coach.id, seatNumber, row: 1, col: seatNumber.slice(-1), isWindow: i === 0, isAisle: i === 1 },
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+    const schedule = await schedulesService.createSchedule({
+      trainId: train.id,
+      routeId: IDS.route,
+      departureAt: opts.departureAt.toISOString(),
+      arrivalAt: opts.arrivalAt.toISOString(),
+      coachIds: [coach.id],
+    } as any);
+    return { schedule, seats };
+  }
+
+  function foreignPassenger(seatId: string) {
+    return {
+      seatId,
+      passengerName: "Test Passenger",
+      dateOfBirth: "1990-01-01",
+      idDocumentType: IdDocumentType.PASSPORT,
+      passportNumber: "X123456",
+      passportCountry: "Djibouti",
+      nationality: "Djiboutian",
+    };
+  }
+
+  describe("search results (SearchService.searchTrips)", () => {
+    it("shows the boarding stop's own departure time, not the schedule's full-route (station A) departure", async () => {
+      await resetAndSeedCore(harness.prisma);
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 2 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 60 } });
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 3 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 40 } });
+
+      const dep = new Date(Date.now() + 3 * 60 * 60_000); // A's departure, 3h out
+      const arr = new Date(dep.getTime() + 100 * 60_000); // C's arrival
+      const { schedule } = await createTestSchedule({ trainNumber: `SEG-DEP-${Date.now()}`, departureAt: dep, arrivalAt: arr });
+
+      const result: any = await searchService.searchTrips({
+        originStationId: IDS.stationB,
+        destinationStationId: IDS.stationC,
+        date: localDateStr(dep),
+        adultCount: 1,
+      } as any);
+
+      const found = result.outbound.find((o: any) => o.scheduleId === schedule.id);
+      expect(found).toBeTruthy();
+
+      const expectedBDeparture = new Date(dep.getTime() + 60 * 60_000);
+      expect(new Date(found.departureAt).getTime()).toBe(expectedBDeparture.getTime());
+      // Would equal A's departure (`dep`) under the old (buggy) schedule.departureAt fallback.
+      expect(new Date(found.departureAt).getTime()).not.toBe(dep.getTime());
+    });
+
+    it("shows the alighting stop's own arrival time, not the schedule's full-route (station C) arrival", async () => {
+      await resetAndSeedCore(harness.prisma);
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 2 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 60 } });
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 3 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 40 } });
+
+      const dep = new Date(Date.now() + 3 * 60 * 60_000);
+      const arr = new Date(dep.getTime() + 100 * 60_000); // C's arrival
+      const { schedule } = await createTestSchedule({ trainNumber: `SEG-ARR-${Date.now()}`, departureAt: dep, arrivalAt: arr });
+
+      const result: any = await searchService.searchTrips({
+        originStationId: IDS.stationA,
+        destinationStationId: IDS.stationB,
+        date: localDateStr(dep),
+        adultCount: 1,
+      } as any);
+
+      const found = result.outbound.find((o: any) => o.scheduleId === schedule.id);
+      expect(found).toBeTruthy();
+
+      const expectedBArrival = new Date(dep.getTime() + 60 * 60_000);
+      expect(new Date(found.arrivalAt).getTime()).toBe(expectedBArrival.getTime());
+      // Would equal C's arrival (`arr`) under the old (buggy) schedule.arrivalAt fallback.
+      expect(new Date(found.arrivalAt).getTime()).not.toBe(arr.getTime());
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("guest booking cutoff (GuestBookingService.createGuestBooking)", () => {
+    it("does NOT block booking a downstream segment whose own boarding stop is still far out, even though the schedule's origin already departed", async () => {
+      await resetAndSeedCore(harness.prisma);
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 2 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 150 } });
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 3 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 40 } });
+
+      // A departs in 5min (already inside a naive 30-min-before-departure cutoff), but B — the
+      // passenger's actual boarding stop — is A+150min out (~2.5h), comfortably clear.
+      const dep = new Date(Date.now() + 5 * 60_000);
+      const arr = new Date(dep.getTime() + 190 * 60_000);
+      const { schedule, seats } = await createTestSchedule({ trainNumber: `CUTOFF-OK-${Date.now()}`, departureAt: dep, arrivalAt: arr });
+
+      const hold = await seatsService.holdSeats({
+        scheduleId: schedule.id,
+        originStationId: IDS.stationB,
+        destinationStationId: IDS.stationC,
+        passengers: [{ passengerId: "66666666-6666-4666-8666-666666666666", seatId: seats[0].id }],
+      } as any);
+
+      const booking: any = await guestBookingService.createGuestBooking({
+        scheduleId: schedule.id,
+        holdId: (hold as any).holdId,
+        originStationId: IDS.stationB,
+        destinationStationId: IDS.stationC,
+        seatClassId: IDS.seatClassLocal,
+        passengers: [foreignPassenger(seats[0].id)],
+      } as any);
+
+      expect(booking.bookingRef).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(booking.originStationId).toBe(IDS.stationB);
+      expect(booking.destinationStationId).toBe(IDS.stationC);
+    });
+
+    it("still blocks booking when the passenger's own boarding stop is itself within 30 minutes of its departure", async () => {
+      await resetAndSeedCore(harness.prisma);
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 2 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 10 } });
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 3 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 40 } });
+
+      // B departs at dep+10min (~15min from now) — inside the 30-min cutoff. Hold is created
+      // directly (bypassing SeatsService.holdSeats' own, separately-tested arrival-based
+      // cutoff — see checkin-cutoff.e2e-spec.ts) to isolate GuestBookingService's own check.
+      const dep = new Date(Date.now() + 5 * 60_000);
+      const arr = new Date(dep.getTime() + 50 * 60_000);
+      const { schedule, seats } = await createTestSchedule({ trainNumber: `CUTOFF-BLOCK-${Date.now()}`, departureAt: dep, arrivalAt: arr });
+
+      const hold = await harness.prisma.seatHold.create({
+        data: {
+          scheduleId: schedule.id,
+          seatIds: [seats[0].id],
+          passengerId: "77777777-7777-4777-8777-777777777777",
+          expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 10 * 60_000),
+        },
+      });
+
+      await expect(
+        guestBookingService.createGuestBooking({
+          scheduleId: schedule.id,
+          holdId: hold.id,
+          originStationId: IDS.stationB,
+          destinationStationId: IDS.stationC,
+          seatClassId: IDS.seatClassLocal,
+          passengers: [foreignPassenger(seats[0].id)],
+        } as any),
+      ).rejects.toThrow(/not accepted within 30 minutes/i);
+    });
+
+    it("honors a stop-level checkinMinutesBefore override SHORTER than 30 minutes — booking succeeds inside the old hardcoded window", async () => {
+      // Regression for the reported bug: /booking/review still rejected a booking with
+      // "not accepted within 30 minutes of departure" even after the passenger passed the
+      // earlier steps under a shorter CONFIGURED cutoff — because createGuestBooking used to
+      // enforce its own separate, hardcoded 30 minutes regardless of RouteStop/Route
+      // .checkinMinutesBefore. B's own configured cutoff here is 10 minutes.
+      await resetAndSeedCore(harness.prisma, { B: { checkinMinutesBefore: 10 } });
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 2 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 20 } });
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 3 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 40 } });
+
+      // B departs at dep+20min (~25min from now) — inside the OLD hardcoded 30-min cutoff,
+      // but outside B's own configured 10-min cutoff.
+      const dep = new Date(Date.now() + 5 * 60_000);
+      const arr = new Date(dep.getTime() + 60 * 60_000);
+      const { schedule, seats } = await createTestSchedule({ trainNumber: `CUTOFF-CFG-${Date.now()}`, departureAt: dep, arrivalAt: arr });
+
+      const hold = await seatsService.holdSeats({
+        scheduleId: schedule.id,
+        originStationId: IDS.stationB,
+        destinationStationId: IDS.stationC,
+        passengers: [{ passengerId: "88888888-8888-4888-8888-888888888888", seatId: seats[0].id }],
+      } as any);
+
+      const booking: any = await guestBookingService.createGuestBooking({
+        scheduleId: schedule.id,
+        holdId: (hold as any).holdId,
+        originStationId: IDS.stationB,
+        destinationStationId: IDS.stationC,
+        seatClassId: IDS.seatClassLocal,
+        passengers: [foreignPassenger(seats[0].id)],
+      } as any);
+
+      expect(booking.bookingRef).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it("honors a stop-level checkinMinutesBefore override LONGER than 30 minutes — still blocks past the old hardcoded window", async () => {
+      await resetAndSeedCore(harness.prisma, { B: { checkinMinutesBefore: 90 } });
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 2 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 40 } });
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 3 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 40 } });
+
+      // B departs at dep+40min (~45min from now) — outside the OLD hardcoded 30-min cutoff
+      // (would have wrongly been allowed), but inside B's own configured 90-min cutoff.
+      const dep = new Date(Date.now() + 5 * 60_000);
+      const arr = new Date(dep.getTime() + 80 * 60_000);
+      const { schedule, seats } = await createTestSchedule({ trainNumber: `CUTOFF-CFG2-${Date.now()}`, departureAt: dep, arrivalAt: arr });
+
+      const hold = await harness.prisma.seatHold.create({
+        data: {
+          scheduleId: schedule.id,
+          seatIds: [seats[0].id],
+          passengerId: "99999999-9999-4999-8999-999999999999",
+          expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 10 * 60_000),
+        },
+      });
+
+      await expect(
+        guestBookingService.createGuestBooking({
+          scheduleId: schedule.id,
+          holdId: hold.id,
+          originStationId: IDS.stationB,
+          destinationStationId: IDS.stationC,
+          seatClassId: IDS.seatClassLocal,
+          passengers: [foreignPassenger(seats[0].id)],
+        } as any),
+      ).rejects.toThrow(/not accepted within 90 minutes/i);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("booking detail & list segment resolution (BookingsService)", () => {
+    it("getByRef and findByPassengerId show the boarding stop's own time and station, not the schedule's full-route span", async () => {
+      await resetAndSeedCore(harness.prisma);
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 2 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 60 } });
+      await harness.prisma.routeStop.update({ where: { routeId_sequence: { routeId: IDS.route, sequence: 3 } }, data: { travelMinutesToStop: 40 } });
+
+      const dep = new Date(Date.now() + 3 * 60 * 60_000);
+      const arr = new Date(dep.getTime() + 100 * 60_000);
+      const { schedule } = await createTestSchedule({ trainNumber: `SEG-DETAIL-${Date.now()}`, departureAt: dep, arrivalAt: arr });
+
+      const passenger = await harness.prisma.passenger.create({ data: {} });
+      const booking = await harness.prisma.booking.create({
+        data: {
+          bookingRef: `SEGDET${Date.now()}`,
+          passengerId: passenger.id,
+          scheduleId: schedule.id,
+          originStationId: IDS.stationB,
+          destinationStationId: IDS.stationC,
+          status: "CONFIRMED",
+          totalMinor: 10000,
+          displayCurrency: "ETB",
+        },
+      });
+
+      const expectedBDeparture = new Date(dep.getTime() + 60 * 60_000);
+
+      const detail: any = await bookingsService.getByRef(booking.bookingRef);
+      expect(new Date(detail.schedule.departureAt).getTime()).toBe(expectedBDeparture.getTime());
+      expect(detail.schedule.origin.id).toBe(IDS.stationB);
+      expect(detail.schedule.destination.id).toBe(IDS.stationC);
+
+      const list: any = await bookingsService.findByPassengerId(passenger.id);
+      expect(list.items).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(new Date(list.items[0].schedule.departureAt).getTime()).toBe(expectedBDeparture.getTime());
+      expect(list.items[0].schedule.originStation.id).toBe(IDS.stationB);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-web/backoffice/src/app/routes/page.tsx b/apps/edr-passenger-web/backoffice/src/app/routes/page.tsx
index 6b310d137..251d034b1 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-web/backoffice/src/app/routes/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-web/backoffice/src/app/routes/page.tsx
@@ -308,7 +308,12 @@ export default function RoutesPage() {
   };
 
   const addStop = () => {
-    setStops([...stops, { stationId: '', sequence: stops.length + 1, distanceFromOrigin: 0 }]);
+    // distanceKm must be cumulative and strictly increasing (enforced server-side) — defaulting
+    // every new stop to 0 made each one collide with the previous, so simply clicking "Add
+    // Intermediate Stop" a few times and saving without hand-editing every distance always failed
+    // validation. Default each new stop's distance a step past whatever precedes it instead.
+    const lastDistance = stops.length > 0 ? (stops[stops.length - 1].distanceFromOrigin ?? 0) : 0;
+    setStops([...stops, { stationId: '', sequence: stops.length + 1, distanceFromOrigin: lastDistance + 10 }]);
   };
 
   const removeStop = (index: number) => {