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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 travel on trains timed to depart:  

  • London Paddington after 04:29 and before 10:10 and after 15:01 and before 19:01

  • Reading after 04:29 and before 10:30 and after 15:29 and before 19:01

  • London Marylebone after 04:28 and before 08:31 and after 15:59 and before 19:01

Return Travel

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

  • Ascott-under-Wychwood 10:30

  • Charlbury 10:30

  • Colwall 09:00

  • Combe (Oxon) 10:30

  • Evesham 10:20

  • Finstock 10:30

  • Great Malvern 09:10

  • Hanborough 10:30

  • Hereford 08:00

  • Honeybourne 10:25

  • Kingham 10:30

  • Ledbury 08:45

  • London Marylebone 08:31 (also not valid between 16:00 and 19:00)

  • Malvern Link 09:06

  • Moreton-in-Marsh 10:30

  • Pershore 10:00

  • Shipton 09:50

  • Worcester Foregate Street 09:55 

  • Worcester Shrub Hill 10:00

  • Worcestershire Parkway 10:00

Notes

For travel on CrossCountry please use 2V.

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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