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Restriction Code

Some tickets may require you to travel at specific times of the day, days of the week or on a specific route. Our Journey Planner takes ticket restrictions into account with the selection that you have made and will only have shown tickets that are valid for the selected trains.

Restrictions

Applicable Days

Monday to Friday

Mondays to Fridays

Outward Travel

Not valid on trains timed to arrive:

  • London Terminals after 04:29 and before 10:00;

  • Stratford (London) after 04:29 and before 09:50.

Not valid on trains timed to depart:

  • London Terminals (except those below) after 04:29 and before 09:30;

  • London Liverpool St or London Kings Cross after 04:29 and before 09:30 or after 16:28 and before 18:35;

  • London Euston after 04:29 and before 08:45 and after 16:43 and before 19:01;

  • Moorgate or pass through London St Pancras International after 04:29 and before 09:30 or after 17:29 and before 18:31;

  • Stratford (London) after 04:29 and before 09:38 and after 16:34 and before 18:42;

  • London Paddington after 04:29 and before 09:20 or on the following departures:

  • 16:02 to Bristol Temple Meads

  • 16:04 to Penzance

  • 16:18 to Swansea

  • 16:36 to Plymouth 

  • 16:48 to Swansea

  • 17:02 to Bristol Temple Meads

  • 17:04 to Penzance

  • 17:18 to Swansea

  • 17:34 to Hereford

  • 17:36 to Plymouth

  • 17:48 to Carmarthen

  • 17:57 to Worcester Foregate Street

  • 18:01 to Bristol Temple Meads

  • 18:04 to Penzance

  • 18:18 to Swansea

  • 18:30 to Cheltenham Spa

  • 18:34 to Weston-Super-Mare

  • 18:33 to Plymouth 

  • 18:48 to Swansea

  • 18:58 to Hereford

Return Travel

Not valid on trains timed to arrive:

  • London Terminals after 04:29 and before 10:00;

  • Stratford (London) after 04:29 and before 09:50.

Not valid on trains timed to depart:

  • London Terminals (except those below) after 04:29 and before 09:30;

  • London Liverpool St or London Kings Cross after 04:29 and before 09:30 or after 16:28 and before 18:35;

  • London Euston after 04:29 and before 08:45 and after 16:43 and before 19:01;

  • Moorgate or pass through London St Pancras International after 04:29 and before 09:30 or after 17:29 and before 18:31;

  • Stratford (London) after 04:29 and before 09:38 and after 16:34 and before 18:42;

  • London Paddington after 04:29 and before 09:20 or on the following departures:​​​​​​​

    • 16:02 to Bristol Temple Meads

    • 16:04 to Penzance

    • 16:18 to Swansea

    • 16:36 to Plymouth 

    • 16:48 to Swansea

    • 17:02 to Bristol Temple Meads

    • 17:04 to Penzance

    • 17:18 to Swansea

    • 17:34 to Hereford

    • 17:36 to Plymouth

    • 17:48 to Carmarthen

    • 17:57 to Worcester Foregate Street

    • 18:01 to Bristol Temple Meads

    • 18:04 to Penzance

    • 18:18 to Swansea

    • 18:30 to Cheltenham Spa

    • 18:34 to Weston-Super-Mare

    • 18:33 to Plymouth 

    • 18:48 to Swansea

    • 18:58 to Hereford

Easement

  • 08:11 Clacton-on-Sea to London Liverpool Street service - from stations Clacton to Hythe (Essex), to all destinations.

  • 08:02 Walton-on-the-Naze to Colchester service - from Walton-on-the-Naze, Frinton-on-Sea and Kirby Cross to all destinations.

  • 08:28 Harwich Town to Manningtree service - from all stations to all destinations

  • 09:02 London Liverpool Street to Ipswich service - from London Liverpool Street and Stratford (London) to Chappel & Wakes Colne, Bures and Sudbury (Suffolk) only, changing at Marks Tey.

  • 09:18 London Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea service - from London Liverpool Street and Stratford (London) to Wivenhoe, Thorpe-le-Soken, Clacton-on-Sea, Kirby Cross, Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze.

  • 09:28 London Liverpool Street to Cambridge service - from London Liverpool Street to all destinations.

  • 16:32 London Liverpool Street to Colchester Town service - from London Liverpool Street and Stratford (London) to Hatfield Peverel, Kelvedon and Marks Tey only

  • 16:34 London Liverpool Street to Braintree service - from London Liverpool Street and Stratford (London) to  White Notley, Cressing, Braintree Freeport and Braintree only.

  • 16:42 London Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea service - from London Liverpool Street and Stratford to Alresford, Great Bentley and Weeley only

  • 18:32 London Liverpool Street to Colchester Town service - from London Liverpool Street and Stratford (London) to Hatfield Peverel, Kelvedon and Marks Tey only