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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 or Kensington Olympia after 04:29 and before 10:00. Not valid to arrive at London Paddington after 04:29 and before 10:03

Not valid on the following departures from London Paddington:

  • 16:00 to Bristol Temple Meads

  • 16:03 to Penzance

  • 16:13 to Newbury

  • 16:18 to Swansea

  • 16:23 to Oxford

  • 16:28 to Taunton 

  • 16:31 to Cheltenham Spa

  • 16:35 to Plymouth 

  • 16:48 to Swansea

  • 16:50 to Didcot Parkway

  • 16:58 to Great Malvern

  • 17:00 to Bristol Temple Meads

  • 17:03 to Penzance

  • 17:08 to Newbury

  • 17:18 to Swansea

  • 17:20 to Didcot Parkway

  • 17:38 to Taunton

  • 17:31 to Cheltenham Spa

  • 17:34 to Hereford

  • 17:36 to Plymouth

  • 17:48 to Carmarthen 

  • 17:53 to Didcot Parkway

  • 17:57 to Worcester Foregate Street

  • 18:01 to Bristol Temple Meads

  • 18:03 to Penzance

  • 18:08 to Frome

  • 18:18 to Swansea

  • 18:20 to Didcot Parkway

  • 18:23 to Banbury

  • 18:30 to Weston Super Mare

  • 18:34 to Cheltenham Spa

  • 18:36 to Plymouth

  • 18:48 to Swansea

  • 18:57 to Great Malvern

  • 19:02 to Bristol Temple Meads 

  • 19:04 to Plymouth (Monday to Thursday Only)

  • 19:18 to Swansea

Not valid on trains timed to arrive at the following stations before the time shown:

  • 09:33 at Balham

  • 10:00 at Barbican Underground

  • 11:06 at Bedford (also valid to arrive at 09:21 and 10:41)

  • 08:44 at Bourne End

  • 09:52 at Brixton

  • 09:47 at Clapham High Street

  • 09:51 at Clapham Junction (also valid to arrive at 09:43)

  • 08:44 at Cookham

  • 09:48 at Ealing Broadway

  • 09:41 at East Croydon

  • 09:53 at Elephant and Castle

  • 10:00 at Farringdon

  • 09:41 at Finsbury Park

  • 10:33 at Flitwick

  • 08:44 at Furze Platt

  • 09:46 at Hackney Downs

  • 10:29 at Harlington (Bedfordshire)

  • 10:12 at Harpenden

  • 09:36 at Harrow & Wealdstone

  • 09:41 at Highbury & Islington

  • 09:51 at Kentish Town

  • 10:23 at Leagrave

  • 10:20 at Luton

  • 10:18 at Luton Airport Parkway

  • 08:44 at Maidenhead

  • 08:44 at Marlow

  • 09:48 at New Cross

  • 09:49 at New Cross Gate

  • 09:31 at Reading

  • 09:46 at Seven Sisters

  • 10:07 at St Albans City

  • 08:44 at Taplow

  • 09:41 at Tottenham Hale

  • 09:32 at Watford Junction

  • 09:51 at West Brompton

  • 09:41 at West Hampstead Thameslink

  • 09:46 at Wimbledon

  • 08:44 at Bourne End

Not valid to arrive at Didcot between 18:25 and 18:28 or between 19:25 and 19:28

Not valid to depart after 04:29 and before the times shown at the following stations:

  • 08:41 from Brighton

  • 09:31 from Elstree and Borehamwood

  • 09:19 from Harrow and Wealdstone

  • 07:41 from Heyford  (also not valid between 00:01 and 04:29)

  • 09:36 from Luton Airport Parkway

  • 08:43 from Maidenhead

  • 09:15 from Oxford (also valid at 09:09 and 09:10)

  • 08:20 from Portsmouth and Southsea (also not valid between 00:01 and 04:29)

  • 08:15 from Portsmouth Harbour (also not valid between 00:01 and 04:29)

  • 09:00 from Reading Green Park

  • 09:00 from Reading West

  • 08:33 from Southampton Central  (also not valid between 00:01 and 04:29)

  • 07:41 from Tackley  (also not valid between 00:01 and 04:29)

  • 09:13 from Watford Junction (also not valid between 00:01 and 04:29

  • 09:24 from Wembley Central (also not valid between 00:01 and 04:29)

Return Travel

Not valid on trains timed to depart London Paddington after 04:29 and before 09:20 or on the following departures from London Paddington (times shown in brackets are from Reading station):                                                                                     

  • 16:00 to Bristol Temple Meads

  • 16:03 to Penzance

  • 16:13 to Newbury

  • 16:18 to Swansea

  • 16:23 to Oxford

  • 16:28 to Taunton 

  • 16:31 to Cheltenham Spa

  • 16:35 to Plymouth 

  • 16:48 to Swansea

  • 16:50 to Didcot Parkway

  • 16:58 to Great Malvern

  • 17:00 to Bristol Temple Meads

  • 17:03 to Penzance

  • 17:08 to Newbury

  • 17:18 to Swansea

  • 17:20 to Didcot Parkway

  • 17:38 to Taunton

  • 17:31 to Cheltenham Spa

  • 17:34 to Hereford

  • 17:36 to Plymouth

  • 17:48 to Carmarthen 

  • 17:53 to Didcot Parkway

  • 17:57 to Worcester Foregate Street

  • 18:01 to Bristol Temple Meads

  • 18:03 to Penzance

  • 18:08 to Frome

  • 18:18 to Swansea

  • 18:20 to Didcot Parkway

  • 18:23 to Banbury

  • 18:30 to Weston Super Mare

  • 18:34 to Cheltenham Spa

  • 18:36 to Plymouth

  • 18:48 to Swansea

  • 18:57 to Great Malvern

  • 19:02 to Bristol Temple Meads 

  • 19:04 to Plymouth (Monday to Thursday Only)

  • 19:18 to Swansea

Not valid after 04:29 and before the times shown from the following stations:

  • 08:30 from London Marylebone

  • 09:20 from London Waterloo

  • 08:41 from Brighton

  • 08:44 from Maidenhead

  • 09:00 from Reading Green Park

  • 09:00 from Reading West

  • 09:22 from Vauxhall

Not valid to depart from London Euston between 15:59 and 18:16

Not valid to arrive before the times shown at the following stations:

  • 08:44 at Bourne End

  • 10:00 at City Thameslink

  • 08:44 at Cookham

  • 10:00 at Farringdon

  • 08:44 at Furze Platt

  • 10:00 at London Bridge

  • 08:44 at Maidenhead

  • 08:44 at Marlow

  • 08:44 at Taplow

Not valid to arrive at Didcot Parkway at 18:26 or 18:27