“Will not return the ticket price. Exchange will cost the similar price, even though on the train station tickets were available for the similar price, Trainline will ask for double price. Will never use again. Not recommended”
“I wanted a refund on my ticket due to covid restrictions that recently came up and they won't allow it. They also won't allow me to exchange my ticket for a different date! I am livid. £124 down the drain.”
“Absolutely appalling people, cheats and liars TRAINLINE are the WORST company I have ever dealt with - DO NOT BUY INSURANCE YOU WON’T GET YOUR MONEY BACK I HAVE BEEN WAITING MONTHS - absolute cretins”
“I have been refunded numerous times for cancelled holidays, flights and airport parking due to Covid. I can’t attend an event in London due to Covid but Trainline won’t refund my tickets - or even offer a voucher or exchange! Won’t be using them again.”
“I have just spoken to the support team (Jenifer). Pretty certain that is not her name and she refused to give me her surname as its ‘company policy’ not to say your name – WOW.
Direct from your website:
“If your train was cancelled and you chose not to travel on an alternative train, the quickest and easiest way to refund your ticket is to do it online. Login to My Bookings, select your booking, and click on refund tickets. If our system recognises your train as cancelled, then you will see the normal admin fee has been waived (£0). You have 28 days from expiry of the ticket to request a refund”
Exactly my situation yet you are refusing me a refund.”
“They will grab your money at every opportunity. One second after purchasing my ticket, I realised I had accidentally booked for the wrong date. They used to have a cooling off period and be understanding of a simple error. But this time I was forced to pay a £10 admin charge. As a loyal customer, I find this absolutely disgusting, especially when we are already paying ridiculously high prices. They don’t offer any flexibility. In these uncertain times, hotels, flights, you name it have all been completely understanding and offered full refunds. Not Trainline! They will take every last penny they can from you and pocket it. If you can avoid using them, I’d seriously advise that you do!”
“I booked return tickets to Manchester and back from Southampton. I was then told closer to the time that one of the trains on my return journey would not be stopping at Southampton anymore and that I could find a new train or get a refund.
Their app is dreadful to navigate and they offer no help. I wasn't able to find a new train without being asked to pay for it all over again rather than taking off the original price of the ticket I brought before, on top ofnthat if you try to get a refund it says you can't even though their email ststes I can and on top of that the insurance you get is not through them so you have to contact the company that insures it. There's no number and no live chat, if you try to do anything it just leads you around in circles. Utterly useless service, app and business”
“Booked rail travel for December 2020, due to covid I couldn't travel. I was told that because I'd booked an advance ticket-which most people do if they have a show booked-that I could not have a refund but could change the date. I rearranged travel for October 2021. I was told to pay for the second lot of tickets, cut up the old tickets and send them back to get refunded for them. I've had to ring them every week to be told that the refund has been rejected-twice. Eventually after phoning and being promised the refund-this has been going on 6 weeks-I received it but was £13 short. I'm still fighting this and will not let it drop. I will never book with them again and hope nobody else does. They are disgusting how they treat customers and there is no communication at all.”
“Well thank you very much Trainline for spoiling my only day off, my brother booked tickets to Leeds to go on 16th November he booked these at 05.32 on Friday 12th November before going to work he paid £7.50 for next day delivery it is now 18.10 on 15th November and no tickets have arrived. He’s phoned them wanting a refund but they say we have to send tickets back to Edinburgh so he told them again we hadn’t got the tickets to send them back then he added that it would be £10 admin fee for cancelling early. Been on phone for 30 minutes but your just repeating yourself all the time there not listening at all waste of a phone call so don’t think he’s gonna get his money back so he’s gonna take it as a lesson learnt. We will never use you again.
SO I’LL SAY THANKYOU AGAIN FOR SPOILING MY ONE DAY OFF HOPE YOUR PLEASED WITH YOURSELF.
Message to everyone avoid TRAINLINE or if you don’t expect disappointment
AVOID AVOID AVOID”
“On applying for a refund because the train was cancelled, was asked to send the tickets back to an address in Edinburgh and to pay to have them signed for. Our postmaster informed me that when sending to a P.O. Box it cannot be signed for! This might be why others had problems. Had to send it tracked at a cost of £6.85. Why is this necessary? It was all done on line. They know I paid for them and they know the train was cancelled. Won't use them again.”
“Absolutely awful. Booked a ticket, couldn’t collect - lots of stress, had to buy another one. Contacted Trainline for refund, and they respond - yes, sure and then refund £10 less. After weeks of delays and replies that make no sense they say it’s an admin fee! Avoid them.”
“Awful experience. Train was cancelled and Trainline will not refund the ticket for £52. They asked me to post the ticket back to them which i duly did. They deny receipt.
I did not receive the service i paid for. In fact it turns out the train was already cancelled when i bought the ticket. Customer service also rude and slow.”
“Two major issues with this app. 1: I paid for my ticket and the app decided to refresh, after that the tickets didn’t show on the ‘tickets’ tab!!! Luckily I was emailed them so could use that but was a hassle when trying to get them to scan at stations. 2: needed a refund today as I didn’t travel. They took £10 for ‘admin charge’! I refunded before using south western railway and surprisingly wasn’t robbed of any money so I don’t know why Trainline wants to keep an extortionate amount! £2-£3 I’d understand! Never using this app again and will use the official SWR app.”
“Awful experience with trainline customer service: I have been charged on a ticket that I was unable to use despite having bought a flexible ticket, an insurance so that I can cancel it if need be. When I tried to cancel they refused on the basis of their system showing the ticket to be 'activated'. They refused to actually verify that the ticket is not used - as I have already checked this with the train manager and mentioned the customer service that the train manager reassured me that since he has not scanned the ticket, it should be refundable- and the ticket has not been scanned on the journey. I have spent hours on end. There is no where to escalate the complaint. I have been given the wrong email address to write a complaint. They refuse any responsibility and end the conversation as they are third party service providers. I can reassure anyone, no service has been provided to the customer. They are simply ripping people off. Never will I use their service again. I advice everyone to stay away from the incredibly unprofessional company”
