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Train companies affected:London Overground, Southern, Thameslink

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 Euston before 11:30 (Restrictions do not apply on Fridays)

  • London Kings Cross after 04:29 and before 11:17;

  • London Liverpool Street before 10:00;

  • London Marylebone before 11:30;

  • London Paddington before 10:10;

  • London St Pancras International before 11:29;

  • London Waterloo before 10:00;

  • Kensington Olympia before 11:00;

  • Bedford before 09:30;

  • Luton or Luton Airport Parkway before 10:04;

  • Milton Keynes Central after 06:38 and before 10:54 (Restrictions do not apply on Fridays)

  • Reading before 09:40;

  • Stevenage after 03:59 and before 10:55;

  • Stratford before 10:15;

  • Watford Junction after 06:43 and before 10:45 (Restrictions do not apply on Fridays)

Return Travel

Not valid on trains timed to depart:

  • London Euston after 04:29 and before 09:26 or after 15:00 and before 18:45 (Restrictions do not apply on Fridays)

  • London Kings Cross after 02:59 and before 09:06 or after 14:59 and before 18:59 (18:15 on Fridays);

  • London Liverpool Street before 09:31 or after 16:28 and before 18:35;

  • London Marylebone after 06:29 and before 09:00 or after 16:00 and before 19:00;

  • London Paddington after 04:29 and before 08:10 and after 16:40 and before 18:31;

  • London St Pancras International before 10:26 or after 15:15 and before 18:59;

  • London Waterloo before 08:15;

  • Kensington Olympia before 09:15 or after 15:14 and before 18:12;

  • Bedford after 04:29 and before 09:01;

  • Luton or Luton Airport Parkway before 09:01 or after 16:29 and before 18:59;

  • Milton Keynes Central after 04:29 and before 09:51;(Restrictions do not apply on Fridays)

  • Reading after 04:29 and before 08:35 and after 17:10 until 19:01;

  • Stevenage after 02:59 and before 09:19 or after 15:06 and before 19:01 (18:35 on Fridays);

  • Stratford after 17:04 and before 18:55;

  • Watford Junction after 04:29 and before 09:38 or after 15:00 and before 18:38.(Restrictions do not apply on Fridays)

Notes

For Off-Peak travel via Hereford, Oxford & Newport see Restriction GK/GO/GN.

For Super Off-Peak travel via Hereford, Oxford & Newport see Restriction 2Q/GQ/GP.

For journeys to/via Birmingham on Cross Country see restriction code 2V.

Journeys between London and Liverpool are not valid via Manchester

Easement

  • Restrictions do not apply on services into/out of London Euston on Fridays

  • 17:03 London Paddington to Penzance service for those travelling to Menheniot and beyond on Fridays only.

  • 17:32 Reading to Penzance service for those travelling to Menheniot and beyond on Fridays only.

  • 17:45 London Paddington to Carmarthen service for those travelling to Gowerton and beyond.

  • 18:03 London Paddington to Penzance service for those travelling to Newton Abbot and beyond or all stations Newton St Cyres to Barnstaple.

  • 18:12 Reading to Carmarthen service for those travelling to Gowerton and beyond.

  • 18:30 Reading to Penzance service for those travelling to Newton Abbot and beyond or all stations Newton St Cyres to Barnstaple.

Seasonal Variations

  • Peak Restrictions will be lifted from Friday 20th Dec through to Friday 3rd Jan

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