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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

This is a temporary restriction used on dates when engineering work is taking place, for routes where restriction WV usually applies. Validity will match WV unless stated in the easement text.

Outward Travel

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

  • 07:40 from Bridgend (also valid between 02:00 and 04:45); 

  • 08:56 from Bristol Parkway (also valid between 02:00 and 05:30); 

  • 08:26 from Bristol Temple Meads (also valid between 02:00 and 05:10);

  • 08:10 from Cardiff Central (also valid between 02:00 and 05:30);

  • 08:25 from Gloucester

  • 07:25 from Neath

  • 08:25 from Newport (South Wales) (also valid between 02:00 and 05:45);

  • 07:30 from Port Talbot Parkway (also valid between 02:00 and 05:00); 

  • 07:15 from Swansea (also valid between 02:00 and 04:30). ​​​​​​​

Return Travel

Not valid on trains timed to depart:

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

  • Reading after 04:29 and before 09:38 and after 17:03 and before 18:56

  • Didcot after Midnight and before 09:53

  • London Waterloo after 04:29 and before 08:15

Not valid on trains timed to arrive Salisbury before 09:30.

Easement

Monday 7 to Friday 11 July 2025

Due to a line closure between Swindon and Parkway, customers travelling between certain stations and the Southeast on these dates, may also use the following services:

18:13 from London Paddington to Swansea

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