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
Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays)
Outward Travel
Not valid to depart until 09:30 from:
London Terminals* (not until 10:00 from London Waterloo)
*(Off-Peak tickets to Didcot or Oxford are valid on the 09:23 Paddington to Oxford service)
Reading
any station between London Paddington and Langley / Greenford, including Langley and Greenford
Not valid on the following departures from London Paddington:
16:00 to Bristol Temple Meads
16:03 to Penzance
16:05 to Newbury
16:12 to Bristol Parkway
16:23 to Oxford
16:30 to Taunton
16:33 to Cheltenham
16:36 to Plymouth
16:48 to Swansea
16:50 to Didcot
16:58 to Great Malvern
17:00 to Bristol Temple Meads
17:03 to Penzance
17:05 to Newbury
17:18 to Swansea
17:20 to Didcot
17:30 to Taunton
17:32 to Cheltenham Spa
17:34 to Hereford
17:36 to Plymouth
17:48 to Carmarthen
17:50 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
Not valid to depart from the following stations after 04:29 and before the times shown below:
09:21 from Burnham (Bucks)
09:15 from Didcot Parkway
09:19 from Maidenhead
09:21 from Slough
09:21 from Taplow
09:11 from Twyford
Not valid to arrive at the following stations before the times shown below:
09:57 at London Paddington
09:57 at Reading
10:00 at London Waterloo
Not valid to arrive at any other station until 09:15
Return Travel
Not valid to depart until 09:30* from London Paddington or Reading
*(Off-Peak tickets to Didcot or Oxford are valid on the 09:23 Paddington to Oxford service)
Not valid on the following departures from London Paddington:
16:00 to Bristol Temple Meads
16:03 to Penzance
16:05 to Newbury
16:12 to Bristol Parkway
16:23 to Oxford
16:30 to Taunton
16:33 to Cheltenham
16:36 to Plymouth
16:48 to Swansea
16:50 to Didcot
16:58 to Great Malvern
17:00 to Bristol Temple Meads
17:03 to Penzance
17:05 to Newbury
17:18 to Swansea
17:20 to Didcot
17:30 to Taunton
17:32 to Cheltenham Spa
17:34 to Hereford
17:36 to Plymouth
17:48 to Carmarthen
17:50 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
Not valid to depart from other London Terminals until 10:00 (09:30 from London Victoria)
Not valid to depart from the following stations after 04:29 and before the times shown below:
09:30 from Aldermaston
09:00 from Appleford
09:30 from Banbury
08:50 from Bedwyn
09:31 from Bicester Village
09:21 from Burnham (Bucks)
09:00 from Cholsey
10:00 from City Thameslink
09:00 from Culham
09:15 from Didcot Parkway
09:00 from Goring & Streatley
09:30 from Hanwell
09:30 from Hayes & Harlington
09:30 from Heyford
08:50 from Hungerford
09:30 from Islip
09:30 from Iver
09:30 from Kings Sutton
08:50 from Kintbury
09:30 from Langley (Berkshire)
09:19 from Maidenhead
09:26 from Midgham
08:50 from Newbury
09:15 from Newbury Racecourse
09:04 from Oxford
09:31 from Oxford Parkway
09:00 from Pangbourne
08:59 from Radley
08:51 from Reading West
09:21 from Slough
09:30 from Southall
09:31 from Tackley
09:21 from Taplow
08:55 from Thatcham
09:00 from Theale
08:50 from Tilehurst
09:11 from Twyford
10:00 from Vauxhall
09:30 from West Drayton
09:30 from West Ealing
Not valid to arrive at the following stations until the times shown below:
09:57 at London Paddington
09:57 at Reading
10:00 at London Waterloo
Not valid to arrive at any other station until 09:15
Seasonal Variations
GWR Christmas and New Year Travel Restrictions 2025/26
Up to and including Friday 19 December: Usual ticket restrictions apply.
Monday 22 to Wednesday 24 December:
Off-Peak tickets valid all day.
Super Off-Peak tickets subject to normal restriction times.
Monday 29 December to Friday 02 January * No ticket restrictions apply.
Monday 05 January 2026 onwards Usual ticket restrictions apply.
Journey planners have been updated with the above information.
*Please note this only applies to journeys priced by GWR. Flows within Wales, between Cheltenham and Gloucester and long-distance routes to areas not served by GWR are priced by other train companies, who may have different Christmas travel restrictions in place. Usual restrictions will apply to CPAY and may apply to other Operators’ services. Please check retail systems if unsure.
Customers using Off-Peak travel cards and arriving at London Paddington before 09:30 on weekdays, will need to wait until 09:30 for onward travel from Paddington.
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