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Last updated:Today at 21:29
Train companies affected:Avanti West Coast, Northern, TransPennine Express
Last updated:Today at 21:29
Train companies affected:Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway, Caledonian Sleeper

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 YV usually applies. Validity will match YV 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:

  • 09:10 from Bridgend;

  • 09:40 from Cardiff Central;

  • 08:35 from Fareham;

  • 09:30 from Gloucester;

  • 08:40 from Neath;

  • 09:56 (also valid between 04:30 and 05:45) from Newport (South Wales).

  • 08:50 (also valid between 04:30 and 05:00) from Port Talbot Parkway;

  • 08:50 from Salisbury;

  • 09:10 from Severn Tunnel Junction;

  • 08:50 from Southampton Central;

  • 08:30 from Swansea;

  • 10:29 (also not between 15:15 and 18:59) from London St Pancras

Not valid to arrive at St Pancras before 11:26

Not valid to arrive at Waterloo before 11:48

Return Travel

Not valid on trains timed to depart:

  • London Paddington after 04:29 and before 10:11 and after 15:01 and before 19:01;

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

  • London Waterloo after 04:29 and before 08:15 and after 15:59 and before 19:01.

  • London St Pancras after 02:29 and before 10:29 and after 15:15 until 18:59.

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

  • 08:50 (also not valid between 00:01 and 04:29) from Didcot Parkway

  • 08:35 from Fareham;

  • 08:55 (also not valid between 00:01 and 04:29) from Newbury

  • 08:50 from Salisbury;

  • 08:50 from Southampton Central.

Not valid on trains timed to arrive at Salisbury before 09:30, or between 17:40 and 19:01

Not valid on trains timed to arrive at St Pancras before 11:26

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:

07:23 from Carmarthen to Paddington

(also valid at 09:42 from Newport, changing at Bristol Temple Meads or Bath)

15:16 from London Paddington to Swansea

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