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 depart after 04:29 and before 08:33, unless travel is from a station listed below, where tickets are valid on all services timed to depart from time shown:
09:30 from Avoncliff
09:30 from Avonmouth
08:30 from Barnstaple
09:00 from Bath Spa
09:15 from Bedminster
08:15 from Bradford-on-Avon
08:25 from Bridgwater
09:11 from Bristol Parkway
08:30 from Bruton
08:30 from Bugle
09:00 from Camborne
08:38 from Castle Cary
08:30 from Chapleton
08:50 from Cheltenham Spa
08:50 from Chippenham
08:05 from Clifton Down
09:00 from Colwall
08:30 from Coombe Junction Halt
08:30 from Copplestone
08:15 from Crediton
08:30 from Crewkerne
09:00 from Dawlish
08:45 from Dawlish Warren
08:30 from Dean
08:30 from Devonport
08:11 from Digby and Sowton
08:30 from Dilton Marsh
08:30 from Dockyard (Devonport)
09:00 from Dorchester West
08:30 from Eggesford
08:20 from Exeter Central
08:41 from Exeter St Davids
08:50 from Exeter St Thomas
07:50 from Exmouth
08:00 from Exton
08:11 from Falmouth Docks
08:11 from Falmouth Town
09:30 from Filton Abbey Wood
09:00 from Freshford
08:30 from Frome
08:45 from Great Malvern
09:00 from Gunnislake
08:45 from Hayle
08:00 from Highbridge and Burnham
08:45 from Ivybridge
09:05 from Kemble
08:30 from Keyham
08:30 from Kings Nympton
08:30 from Lapford
08:15 from Lawrence Hill
08:45 from Ledbury
07:56 from Lympstone Commando
07:56 from Lympstone Village
08:45 from Malvern Link
08:10 from Menheniot
08:10 from Montpelier
08:28 from Nailsea and Backwell
08:25 from Newton Abbot
08:00 from Newton St Cyres
09:00 from Par
08:26 from Penryn
09:00 from Pewsey
09:00 from Plymouth
08:15 from Polsloe Bridge
08:06 from Redland
09:00 from Redruth
08:10 from Saltash
08:00 from Sea Mills
07:40 from Severn Beach
07:55 from Shirehampton
07:45 from St Andrews Road
09:11 from St Austell
08:32 from St Budeaux Ferry Road
08:15 from St Germans
08:20 from St James Park (Exeter)
08:10 from Stapleton Road
09:20 from Swindon
08:30 from Taunton
08:30 from Tiverton Parkway
08:05 from Topsham
08:20 from Westbury
08:20 from Weston-super-Mare
08:05 from Worcester Shrub Hill
08:05 from Worcestershire Parkway
Not valid on trains timed to arrive at Bath Spa before 09:13
Return Travel
Not valid on trains timed to depart after 04:29 and before 08:33, unless travel is from a station listed below, where tickets are valid on all services timed to depart from time shown:
09:30 from Avoncliff
09:30 from Avonmouth
08:30 from Barnstaple
09:13 from Bath Spa
09:15 from Bedminster
08:15 from Bradford-on-Avon
08:25 from Bridgwater
09:11 from Bristol Parkway
08:30 from Bruton
08:30 from Bugle
09:00 from Camborne
08:38 from Castle Cary
08:30 from Chapleton
08:50 from Cheltenham Spa
08:50 from Chippenham
08:05 from Clifton Down
09:00 from Colwall
08:30 from Coombe Junction Halt
08:30 from Copplestone
08:15 from Crediton
08:30 from Crewkerne
09:00 from Dawlish
08:45 from Dawlish Warren
08:30 from Dean
08:30 from Devonport
08:11 from Digby and Sowton
08:30 from Dilton Marsh
08:30 from Dockyard (Devonport)
09:00 from Dorchester West
08:30 from Eggesford
08:20 from Exeter Central
08:41 from Exeter St Davids
08:50 from Exeter St Thomas
07:50 from Exmouth
08:00 from Exton
08:11 from Falmouth Docks
08:11 from Falmouth Town
09:30 from Filton Abbey Wood
09:00 from Freshford
08:30 from Frome
08:45 from Great Malvern
09:00 from Gunnislake
08:45 from Hayle
08:00 from Highbridge and Burnham
08:45 from Ivybridge
09:05 from Kemble
08:30 from Keyham
08:30 from Kings Nympton
08:30 from Lapford
08:15 from Lawrence Hill
08:45 from Ledbury
07:56 from Lympstone Commando
07:56 from Lympstone Village
08:45 from Malvern Link
08:10 from Menheniot
08:10 from Montpelier
08:28 from Nailsea and Backwell
08:25 from Newton Abbot
08:00 from Newton St Cyres
09:00 from Par
08:26 from Penryn
09:00 from Pewsey
09:00 from Plymouth
08:15 from Polsloe Bridge
08:06 from Redland
09:00 from Redruth
08:10 from Saltash
08:00 from Sea Mills
07:40 from Severn Beach
07:55 from Shirehampton
07:45 from St Andrews Road
09:11 from St Austell
08:32 from St Budeaux Ferry Road
08:15 from St Germans
08:20 from St James Park (Exeter)
08:10 from Stapleton Road
09:20 from Swindon
08:30 from Taunton
08:30 from Tiverton Parkway
08:05 from Topsham
08:20 from Westbury
08:20 from Weston-super-Mare
08:05 from Worcester Shrub Hill
08:05 from Worcestershire Parkway
Not valid on trains timed to arrive at Bath Spa before 09:13
Notes
Off-Peak tickets from stations not listed are valid for connections into trains departing as shown above.
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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