Chelmsford - Liverpool Stations Off Peak Return. Valid via Reading?

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Hello, My sister has a return portion of a Chelmsford - Liverpool Stations Off Peak Return and would like to visit our parents in Reading on the way home. Is it valid via Banbury and Reading to Paddington? Assume a break of journey would be ok?

The ticket has restriction code 9I and cost £120.30

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

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Hello, My sister has a return portion of a Chelmsford - Liverpool Stations Off Peak Return and would like to visit our parents in Reading on the way home. Is it valid via Banbury and Reading to Paddington? Assume a break of journey would be ok?

The ticket has restriction code 9I and cost £120.30

Thanks in advance for your help!

Yes, it's a mapped route.

You can check this for yourself by using the journey planner on nationalrail.co.uk . Put Chelmsford as the origin, Liverpool (Any) as the destination and Reading as a via point, and it will offer you an off-peak return £120 on itineraries passing through Reading.

As you've noted, there are no break of journey restrictions on this ticket, your sister just needs to be careful to abide by the time restrictions.