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Train companies affected:National Rail
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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

Applicable days; Mondays to Fridays (except Bank Holidays)

Outward Travel

Not valid to arrive at London Terminals until 10:00  (valid to arrive at London Marylebone from 0953)

Not valid to arrive in Reading until 09:31

Not valid to depart from London Paddington before 09:30* and between 15:59 and 19:00** 

*(Off-Peak tickets to Didcot and Oxford are valid on the 09:23 Paddington to Oxford service)

**(Off-Peak tickets are valid on the 16:06 and 18:50 services from Paddington to Didcot) 

Not valid to depart from Reading before 09:15

Not valid on trains time to depart after 04:29 and before 09:30 from the following stations:

  • Aldermaston

  • Banbury

  • Heyford

  • Islip

  • Kings Sutton

Not valid on trains timed to depart after 04:29 and earlier than shown from the following stations:

  • 08:41     from      Appleford

  • 08:30     from      Bedwyn

  • 09:31     from      Bicester Village

  • 08:41     from      Brighton

  • 09:15     from      Cholsey

  • 08:51     from      Culham

  • 09:15     from      Didcot Parkway

  • 09:48     from      Ealing Broadway

  • 09:15     from      Goring & Streatley

  • 08:36     from      Hungerford

  • 08:40     from      Kintbury

  • 08:44     from      Maidenhead

  • 08:44     from      Marlow

  • 09:25     from      Midgham

  • 09:15     from      Newbury

  • 09:15     from      Newbury Racecourse

  • 09:04     from      Oxford

  • 09:31     from      Oxford Parkway

  • 09:20     from      Pangbourne

  • 08:20     from      Portsmouth & Southsea

  • 08:15     from      Portsmouth Harbour

  • 09:00     from      Radley

  • 09:15     from      Reading

  • 09:00     from      Reading Green Park

  • 09:00     from      Reading West

  • 08:33     from      Southampton Central

  • 09:31     from      Tackley

  • 09:15     from      Thatcham

  • 09:15     from      Theale

  • 09:25     from      Tilehurst

  • 09:11     from      Twyford

Not valid to arrive at the following stations before 08:44

  • Taplow

  • Maidenhead

  • Furze Platt

  • Cookham

  • Bourne End

Return Travel

Not valid to depart from London Paddington before 09:30* and between 15:59 and 19:00** 

*(Off-Peak tickets to Didcot and Oxford are valid on the 09:23 Paddington to Oxford service)

**(Off-Peak tickets are valid on the 16:06 and 18:50 services from Paddington to Didcot) 

Not valid to depart from Reading before 09:15

Not valid to arrive at Reading before 09:31

Not valid on trains time to depart after 04:29 and before 09:30 unless travel is from stations listed below:

Not valid on trains timed to depart after 04:29 and earlier than shown from the following stations:

  • 08:41 from Brighton

  • 09:27 from Didcot Parkway

  • 08:44 from Maidenhead

  • 09:20 from Waterloo East

Not valid to arrive at London PaddingtonLondon Bridge, London Euston before 10:00

Not valid to arrive at London Marylebone, London Waterloo or London Victoria before 09:30

Not valid to arrive at the following stations before 08:44

  • Taplow

  • Maidenhead

  • Furze Platt

  • Cookham

  • Bourne End