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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 for trains timed to depart from London Paddington after 04:29 and before 09:17 and after 16:40 and before 18:32

Not valid for trains timed to depart from London Marylebone after 04:29 and before 08:31 

Not valid for travel on trains timed to depart after 04:29 and before the times shown from the following stations:

  • Ascott-under-Wychwood 09:01

  • Charlbury 08:45

  • Colwall 07:16

  • Combe (Oxon) 09:00

  • Evesham 08:16

  • Finstock 09:00

  • Great Malvern 07:30

  • Hanborough 09:00

  • Hereford 06:56

  • Honeybourne 08:21

  • Kingham 08:45

  • Ledbury 07:11

  • Malvern Link 07:30

  • Moreton-In-Marsh 08:31

  • Pershore 08:15

  • Shipton 09:00

  • Worcester Foregate Street 07:45

  • Worcester Shrub Hill 08:00

  • Worcestershire Parkway 08:00

Return Travel

Not valid on trains timed to depart:

  • London Paddington after 04:29 and before 09:12 and after 16:40 until 18:32

  • Reading after 04:29 and before 09:39 and after 17:10 until 18:56

  • London Marylebone after 04:29 and before 08:31

  • Acton Mainline after 04:29 and before 08:15 and after 16:39 until 17:31

  • Burnham (Bucks) after 04:29 and before 09:15 and after 16:59 until 18:01

  • Ealing Broadway after 04:29 and before 08:55 and after 16:39 until 18:01

  • Hayes and Harlington after 04:29 and before 09:10 and after 16:39 until 18:01

  • Iver after 04:29 and before 09:15 and after 16:39 until 18:01

  • Langley after 04:29 and before 09:20 and after 16:39 until 18:01

  • Maidenhead after 04:29 and before 09:25 and after 16:59 until 18:31

  • Slough after 04:29 and before 09:10 and after 16:59 until 18:01

  • Southall after 04:29 and before 09:05 and after 16:39 until 18:01

  • Taplow after 04:29 and before 09:20 and after 16:59 until 18:01

  • Twyford after 04:29 and before 09:25 and after 16:59 until 18:31

  • West Drayton after 04:29 and before 09:10 and after 16:39 until 18:01

  • West Ealing after 04:29 and before 09:00 and after 16:39 until 18:01

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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