Ticket restrictions (2Q)

Applicable days

Monday to Friday

Mondays-Fridays

Restrictions

Travelling via Hereford and Oxford, not valid on trains to depart Hereford before 08:47.

Travelling via Newport (South Wales), not valid on trains timed to depart Newport (South Wales) after 05:45 and before 09:40.

Not valid on trains timed to arrive at London Waterloo before 11:48.

Outward

Travelling via Hereford and Oxford, not valid on trains to depart Hereford before 08:47.

Travelling via Newport (South Wales), not valid on trains timed to depart Newport (South Wales) after 05:45 and before 09:40.

Not valid on trains timed to arrive at London Waterloo before 11:48.

Return

Not valid on trains timed to depart:

London Paddington after 04:29 and before 10:30 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 Waterloo after 04:29 and before 08:15 and after 15:59 and before 19:01.
Clapham Junction after 04:29 and before 08:20 and after 15:59 and before 19:01.

Notes

Additional restrictions apply for the following journeys:

Validity code WO applies to all journeys via Newbury or Didcot Parkway, not passing through Reading.
Validity Code Q8 applies to all journeys via Fareham / Southampton / Salisbury.
Validity Codes 7E / 9J apply to all journeys via London St Pancras International.