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Trainline: Cheap Train Tickets app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 5632 ratings )
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Developer: thetrainline
Free
Current version: 353, last update: 2 months ago
First release : 15 Oct 2009
App size: 380.56 Mb

Welcome, future Trainliner. Get on board with millions of world-wide users, today, to travel or commute confidently with us – Europe’s leading train and coach app.  

Why?
In a matter of clicks you’ll be booking the best seats in advance or saving money on-the-day with our Best Price Guarantee. And for those who like to stay looped, you can turn on real-time notifications and keep an eye on live timetable tracking. Plus, forgetting, misplacing, or totally destroying your paper tickets becomes a thing of the past when you purchase digital versions through our app! (That goes for Railcards and Season Tickets, too.)

With so much to see and do, getting there should be the easy part – and when you book through our app, it is! Book domestic tickets for Avanti West Coast, GWR, LNER, National Express, ScotRail, Southeastern, South Western Railway, and more. Or plan your international trips across 45 countries in Europe, including France, Italy, Spain, and Germany. Need some travel inspo first? We got that covered, too, with travel blogs and suggested “popular journeys”.

So, whether you want to book coach seats, buy a Railcard, or get cheap train tickets, you can always rely on our app to get you everywhere.

Why use Trainline to book train and coach tickets?
• Book all your train and coach journeys in one place.
• Plan and book your journey based on your preferred route.
• Auto-split your single ticket into multiple ones to save on longer journeys, with SplitSave.
• Compare UK train travel options from 220 rail and coach companies.
• Quickly find and buy the cheapest UK Advance tickets.
• Ask Siri for your journey’s updates.
• Pay in your preferred currency. Available in GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, CAD, CHF, and SEK.
• Get great discounts like GroupSave for savings up to 34%.
• Skip station queues using tickets on your phone (selected routes).
• Find carriages with available seats, and the fastest bus route for your journey.
• Book in advance or with our Best Price Guarantee for on the day travel.
• Buy your tickets with Apple Pay, PayPal, and all major credit cards and debit cards.
• Use your Railcard and learn how you can get cheap train tickets.

Why not book coach travel?

Book coach tickets with us and you’ll get air conditioning, free WiFi, and VUER – National Express’ onboard entertainment system. Start a coach search and if there’s a coach available, we’ll show you the options.

Our Domestic Partners:
In the UK, we partner with Avanti West Coast, London North Eastern Railway, London North Western Railway, Great Western Railway (GWR), South Western Railway, London Overground, TfL Rail, Gatwick Express, Heathrow Connect, Heathrow Express, Stansted Express, ScotRail, Greater Anglia, East Midlands Trains, West Midlands Railway, Thameslink, Southeastern, Southern Rail, c2c, Caledonian Sleeper, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, Hull Trains, Island Line, Grand Central Railway, Mersey Rail, and TransPennine Express.

Our International Partners:
Across Europe, you can browse routes with Eurostar (France and Belgium), SNCF (France), TGV Lyria (France), Thalys (France), Renfe (Spain), Trenitalia (Italy), Italo (Italy), Deutsche Bahn (Germany), ÖBB (Austria), SBB (Switzerland), SNCB (Belgium), NS (the Netherlands), Alsa (Spain), First Bus, and Flixbus.

No matter who you choose to rail with, you’ll always be able to find the best fares available for every journey. So, download our FREE Trainline app and get access to everything you need to train across the UK and Europe like a pro.

Visit our FAQs page to find out more: https://www.thetrainline.com/en/help/
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IG: @trainline

*Book online 14 – 20 Jan for travel from 17 Jan – 31 Mar 2025. Tickets must be bought at least 3-7 days prior to travel, varies by operator. Selected routes only and subject to availability. See full Conditions for details. Booking fees may apply.

Pros and cons of Trainline: Cheap Train Tickets app for iPhone and iPad

Trainline: Cheap Train Tickets app good for

Like: - switch for return journey - search history - journey détail Love: - timetable generator
One of the best apps. I use. Clear screens, easy to use, gives all relevant info. and choices, recommend highly.
Adding the missing platform information would make this app perfect.
This app makes it so easy to book tickets. Very well-arranged.
Have used this app a few times overseas to book a train and it always was easy and quick and good to check on the go as well.
A great app that we used on our trip to the UK. Helped us keep our prices down

Some bad moments

The application does not inform the customer basic information such as the ticket price for children that are traveling with an adult.
Obviously its important to know the platforms to go. I have to laugh when I press plan journey and theres not even informations on what platform the train is. With the time its the most important information!!
In principle a nice app that works fine and does what it is supposed to do. However, it is not at all optimised for iPad which is a pity. Also, it doesnt tell you anything about platforms. Quite annoying as this is very basic and would be as useful as it is important.. Optimise it, add platforms and itll get 5 stars!
Constantly comes up stating theres a connection error, no matter what search criteria I use.
I use this app both on iPhone 5s and iPad mini 2. After I updated both two to iOS10, only on the latter doesnt work in spite that it says that the latest version is compatible to it. I am in trouble with the mobile ticket to travel. Awful!!
Customer service is non existent. They provide no contact information and God forbid you try to get a hold of them or get a refund they will gouge you for every little thing along the way! They care about profit not customer care. Please heed my warning. Just terrible. £13 per minute to call £10 Admin Charge on refunds

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