“NEVER BOOK RAIL TRAVEL WITH TRAINLINE!......unless you want to lose your money, have no tickets to show for it, find it impossible to speak to anyone within the company, have to buy new tickets at the train station and be told that loads and loads of people complain about them on a daily basis! They are worse than useless and aren't to be trusted. Their App doesn't do what they say it should and you will end up extremely stressed out!! Believe me, I've had a nightmare with them today and for my own sanity I have decided to walk away from them......you have been warned!!”
“Absolutely awful experience using Trainline. Had a train booked from Doncaster to London and woke up to an email stating the train was cancelled and I could either a) use my ticket on another Grand Central service that day or b) request a refund. As there were no other Grand Central services that day I decided to request a refund and book a ticket for the Northern service as I needed to be back home that day. This was a few weeks ago and Trainline are still refusing to refund that ticket despite the email saying I could get a refund. Their reasoning is that I still traveled even though that was with a second ticket I had to purchase as there were no other Grand Central services available that day. Emails have been going back and forth for weeks and they will not give in and admit fault. When I arrived at the station the staff told me I could have used my original ticket however as the email stated Grand Central only I had already booked a second (more expensive!) ticket. Terrible customer service, no integrity and absolutely frustrating to deal with.”
“I bought a first class ticket in advance from Glasgow to London Euston and I was going to travel today from Glasgow but I could not travel due to having two broken toes.I went online to change my day of travailing but I couldn’t.The train line didn’t let me because any dates I wanted to travel was not available . I didn’t want a refund just to change the day of travel but it was not letting me change the day of travel.I then looked at a refund and I was told my ticket was not refundable so the train line got £131 plus a booking fee out of me for nothing.not pleased at all with this company.mr rees”
“They are scammers don’t buy any tickets from them they’re a big scamming company and all day or their associate are just as worse because they won’t help you out so you bought through them so just don’t trust me on it”
“Would be zero if I could, DO NOT use this comic of a site as prevents you getting you tickets then missing your train, the service is not even good enough to be awful.”
“Never book online with this company!
During my booking the website went down . I was told to try again. I did and they double charged me for 2 tickets. They are refusing a refund and want me to go directly to the train company. The fact is it is easy to refund a visa butthey are making things so incredibly impossible. DO NOT use this company.
I see form all the bad reviews I am not the only one.”
“Bought a ticket on online for my son. After purchase a pop up appeared offering £16.87 off next ticket. Seemed harmless enough. Unfortunately there was some small, light grey conditions of receiving the discount. Very hard to notice. Then this week, a month after my ticket purchase, £15 was taken from my bank account by COMPLETESAVE.Co.uk! I’ve tried to cancel but no joy yet. Super disingenuous from TRAINLINE. Won’t be using again! Avoid.”
“Absolute shambles. booked return family tickets from Loughborough to London. Opted to print at a ticket machine. The outward journey printed fine but the return did not print. emailed and they sent me a new collection code. I tried this and the same thing happened again. Spoke to staff at the station who advised me that i had to contact trainline. Just spoken to them again, been given another new code and told "hopefully" that will work. Not optimistic, but now off to the station again to try.
my advice, never use trainline and just buy direct at the station”
“Booked an open return train to London from leeds arriving at 1810. I can back the next day and had to pay for another train ticket as it was same day return. Spent 32 minutes on the phone and they were not helpful at all and could not get the concept that why would I book a same day return when I arrive into London late in the evening”
“So near to tears I can scarcely write review. I tried changing tickets and it is nightmare to deal with as you don’t get preview option on what you might have done and seem not to be able to change part only. Rubbish service”
“Got to echo what others have said. Spent 40 minutes on the phone asking why trainline were not abiding by their own written policy. Finally promised a part refund. Money never repaid. Best avoided.”
“Don’t ever book with this company, I can’t even begin to describe their incompetence. It has cost me tremendous amounts of time, nerves, and money. If I could give zero stars I would.”
“It’s true what others are saying on here, based in India, unhelpful and basically robbed my money! I had an issue with a ticket and they wouldn’t refund me because I scanned it on the barrier but the barrier didn’t open so I had to purchase another ticket. Why would I want 2 tickets going to the same destination purchased within minutes of each other. Would never buy from them again.”
“Bought insurance for my tickets.
Partner tested positive for Covid, so we had to cancel the trip and made a claim.
They said that Covid is not a valid reason to be given a refund. What?!?! What was i supposed to do? Travel like that?
I sent them all the required information, but without luck.
It's unacceptable....
I will never buy with Trainline or they Insurance as they're useless...”
“A scam! DO NOT buy from them. This is a third party retailer based in India and they will steal your money. Buy directly from rail road website - it will be refundable or exchangeable.”
“Purchased a return ticket for a family trip. Trainline sent me a single ticket. Had to pay for a return journey. Contacted TL via phone on the day the tickets arrived. Absolutely no response at all. Also contacted Tl via email. No outcome here either. what painful in all this was that I paid extra for an open return. Poor service.”
