Trainline Reviews

1.2 Rating 546 Reviews
4 %
of reviewers recommend Trainline
1.2
Based on 546 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Postal Service, Own Driver, Courier
On-time Delivery
Greater than 15%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Live Chat, Telephone, Email
Queries Resolved In
Under An Hour
Customer Service
1.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
Returns Process
Could Be Better
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Very competitive railway ticket sales, also has a very good app to keep you updated with regards to your journey and future ticket sales. Easy site to navigate..
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Posted 6 years ago
On purchasing my two together railcard with the help from my younger neighbour we found it fairly straight forward until we got into my railcard app when we noticed our photo,s were missing of off the card after extensive investigation we rang a customer service phone number of which turned out to be in Mumbai in India and the lady helped me to sort it out so not straight forward as one would hope.
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Posted 1 year ago
Bought and paid for a railcard which is now stored on Trainline app. Even though the proof is there, the app claims there is no booking for the transaction Id number which appears in the confirmation email and in the proof on the app. It has also proved impossible to share the proof to another phone. Totally exhausting and time wasting! Impossible to contact the company because the system does not accept the transaction id number.
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Posted 1 year ago
First time to be using train for a year but i felt bad when my husband and i going for a holiday break in Brighton.Its awful experienced when the train driver just drop us off estimated 11 of us in fareham telling us that theres a broken rail reason why they cant proceed to brighton..Were all disgusted,very confused not giving us a proper instruction what to do dated Nov 24 at 12noon,thankfully one train driver on the other platform was being asked by one of the passenger whose going to the same place as we are has been very helpful give us the proper instruction what to do....they should give the proper training to thier driver in case arises a situation like this..No support at all....
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Posted 2 years ago
Travelled 1st class Berwick to Doncaster my table was not cleared when I sat down and although an announcement declared masks needed to be worn I was the only person I could see wearing one. Not one member of train team asked persons in the carraige about this. I felt very vulnerable.
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Posted 2 years ago
Due to strikes on trains an easy form to complete online for compensation from northern rail
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Posted 6 years ago
I booked the train ticket for the trains in Spain. they charge each booking $5.68 booking fee which is fair, but they rip you off on the exchange rate. the ticket value is only 101.8 euro, based on the exchange rate of 0.91 Us dollar to euro, they should charge me 111.9 instead of 117.75. They added extra 5%.
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Posted 3 months ago
good for convenience and price comparison when things are smooth. Bad when trains are cancelled and you need a refund. It confuses everything, not the first time I’ve had this issue. In the future, Ill be going directly via the train service
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Posted 8 months ago
good for convenience and price comparison when things are smooth. Bad when trains are cancelled and you need a refund. It confuses everything, not the first time I’ve had this issue. In the future, Ill be going directly via the train service
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Posted 8 months ago
After my journey was delayed by an hour and a half, I sought a refund only to find that I needed to post the paper tickets back to them in order for it to be considered. This seems like a barrier put in place simply to reduce the number of refunds they’d have to give out. Filing for a refund within my account, along with screen shots of the reference and transactions, is surely more than enough evidence to show that I purchased the tickets. I’m not sure what further verification the mailing of the paper tickets provides, a step also recognised by Trainline itself as ‘old-fashioned’. This is either an arbitrary and unnecessary step in the process of refunding, and should therefore be removed, or it is an intentionally inconvenient and unfair barrier to the refunds process, which should therefore also be removed. A silly design, or a greedy move. Either of which reflects poorly.
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Posted 9 months ago
I usually find that my ticket stops opening barriers at some point in the journey. You show it to the operative and they usually let you through BUT occasionally they check and tell you the ticket has been cancelled - by Trainline. I guess Trainline gets a refund, and relies on the passenger getting through anyway so not complaining. The train operating companies miss out on revenue.
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Posted 11 months ago
Booked tickets for 10 people to travel from Stafford to Cardiff. Received the confirmation saying there was a connection via Bristol Parkway, but then received the electronic tickets saying the connection was via Birmingham New St. Response to Email request for assistance was just a statement of the ticket terms. Spent 40 mins on the phone to be simply told not to worry I would be able to travel with no problems. It would not matter which way I went. Unfortunately an Indian Call center has never traveled to a Rugby International and try and persuade Train staff it is ok to travel because they said we could. It also means I can't book seats either. My only choice is to cancel and book again, and bear the loss of the booking fees.
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Posted 1 year ago
Had so many problems and was denied a refund after the train strikes, even though the app misleadingly implies and even includes phone numbers offering reimbursement. The railways station even said "don't use them, they're awful." I will gladly take this and other bad reviews I will soon write off the Internet if I get a refund. Please email me at ajimoc@gmail.com.
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Posted 1 year ago
What a shambles after 4 staff advicing different platforms and times we missed 2 trains due to wrong information. Being disabled caused alot of problems
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Posted 1 year ago
Basically, great if you know for sure you are going to travel. However after dealing with them you will find they will start offing you deals, so you think, when you realise those deals are unobtainable once you have paid. You further realise you are then dealing with a French company not UK, which further exemplifies their lack of customer service and care. I will now offer you an example: I was offered a deal from a salesman direct from Trainline, for a Rail Card for Network Rail. On that deal I was offered £15 discount on the next deal. That was the offer, however after you hastily make the £30 payment for the Rail Card that was recommended as to where you normally travel, you realise you may only use it here and there. Hence maybe the £30 Discount card would have been a benefit. However the real deal on top of that inspiring your purchase as was stipulated by the salesman, was the £15 discount. So you pay the Rail card, only to read the small print; Has to be redeemed by the end of the month, which was within 8 days of purchasing the discount card. Well I had already planned buying a few railcards, however this didn't make the grade either, in order to qualify for the voucher, you had to make one purchase of around £50, which by the end of the month I wasn't about to make. Here comes the biggest ripoff from Trainline; In order to contact one fo their agents by phone they operate the most expensive premium rate number I had heard from a company, £3.50 call charge plus additional charges from your own provider. If you want to communicate with them via email, well you can't, there is no method to do this. Their website is designed to stop you in your tracks or confuse you in a way that will cause you to give up. The other other issue was recently, purchasing a ticket to Derby form Coulsdon South for myself and my son for Xmas Eve. As there may have been an issue I paid an additional £2.50 Insurance in case I had to cancel. Well, this last weekend I tested positive for Covid, I have therefore isolated and of course I will not be able to travel. Under the policy terms I can therefore obtain a full refund, however if anyone can tell me how that would be a help. They show no advice on their site on how to utilise the insurance. I have give 2 stars as purchasing tickets through them is easy and to obtain them is easy from the ticket machines. Their App is pretty good, however as I said any problems, issues, they do NOT want you contacting them. Bad service I would say as a whole.
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Posted 2 years ago
Keep hanging up while waiting in the queue to speak to customer service on phone! Been waiting an hour and a half to try and change my ticket because their website is not working, stuck at the payment screen. Same with the app. !!!BS COMPANY!!!
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Posted 2 years ago
Got an email from trainline at 0730 to inform me my 1110 from Birmingham international to Shrewsbury was cancelled and said I could apply for a refund when I did they charged £7.50 administration fee , but then I found out the train was actually running, think it will be booking at the station direct from now on
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Posted 3 years ago
Thank you Nirmala from trainline for your reply anyway .
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Posted 3 years ago
I booked the wrong tickets for one day and meant to book them for the following day. This was admittedly my own fault, so I rang customer services in an attempt to change them. His efforts to get my refund and rebook the tickets for the right day were appreciated, however, the lack of decent communication, be it down to the phone lines or just general understanding, meant I ended up assuming I was paying £35 and ended up paying more. I was also extremely confused on when I would get refunded and how much I would be getting back. All very stressful and could have easily been avoided if the workers could have been far more clearer and simpler about what the situation was with my tickets.
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Posted 4 years ago
We did a mistake by booking our train tickets and noticed it immediately after the booking. We got in touch with the customer service immediately to inform them and to undo the mistake and to change the tickets. They informed us that there are options to change the booked journey and gave us an email to inform the responsible department about our situation. We waited quite a time to get a response as the journey was about to take place a few days later. We called again 2 days later and then we were adviced that the customer service was not able to help us and gave us another email address. We asked for the manager but we were not allowed to speak to the manager. We received then an email as a response from our first email that they were not able to undo the mistake (even if we informed Trainline 1 minute after booking). We were left with all the costs and no tiny bit of sympathy for our special situation which we explained and why we did, unfortunately, did the mistake. The customer service is not supportive at all. Trainline offers cheap tickets, but just don't make any mistakes because if you ever need the support of the company you don't get it. It is human to do mistakes, but Trainline seems to count on this to make money out of it.
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Posted 5 years ago
Trainline is rated 1.2 based on 546 reviews