Trainline: Buy train tickets

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4.8
576K reviews
10M+
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Everyone
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About this app

Welcome aboard Trainline. Travel confidently with Europeā€™s leading train and coach app. Get live train times, book train tickets, buy railcards and much more.

Weā€™ve made it quick and easy for you to travel across the UK and the rest of Europe by rail and bus. Book train tickets for Avanti West Coast, GWR, LNER, National Express, Scotrail, and more. You can even plan your international trips by train or bus across 45 countries in Europe and the rest of the world, including the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany. And if youā€™re looking for some travel inspiration why not check our pick of popular journeys and book some cheap train tickets today!

Get live train times, coach times, railcards, Mobile Tickets / etickets and seat selection. Plus, youā€™ll always be in control of your trip thanks to our live train times (for UK train travels, Trenitalia, Renfe, and SNCF routes). You can even use contactless travel and Crowd Alerts to find out how busy your train is.

Whether you want to book coach seats, buy a railcard or get cheap train tickets, you can always rely on Trainline to get you everywhere.

Why use Trainline to book coach or train tickets?
ā€¢ Book all your train and coach journeys in one place
ā€¢ Plan and book your journey based on your preferred bus route
ā€¢ Compare UK train travel options from 220 rail and coach companies including GWR, Avanti West Coast, Scotrail, First Bus and more
ā€¢ Quickly find and buy the cheapest UK Advance tickets
ā€¢ Ask Siri for your journeyā€™s updates
ā€¢ Pay in your preferred currency. Available in GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, CAD, CHF, and SEK
ā€¢ Get great discounts like GroupSave 34%. (GroupSave is a discount of up to 34% for adults travelling on a single or return journey at Off-Peak or Super Off-Peak times in groups of three to nine people)
ā€¢ Skip station queues using tickets on your phone (selected routes)
ā€¢ Find carriages with available seats, and the fastest bus route for your journey
ā€¢ Book in advance or on the day of travel
ā€¢ Buy your European or UK train tickets with Google Pay, PayPal, and all major credit cards and debit cards
ā€¢ Use your railcard and learn how you can get cheap train tickets
ā€¢ Check the bus route with coach times

Save money with cheap UK Advance tickets. Once youā€™ve booked your train tickets, save them to your phone and use live train times or coach times, platform numbers or delay info.

Why not book coach travel?
Book coach tickets with Trainline youā€™ll get air conditioning, free WiFi and VUER ā€“ National Expressā€™ onboard entertainment system. Start a coach search and if thereā€™s a coach available, weā€™ll show you the options. No need to print tickets either because with etickets, your phone is all you need.

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

Eurostar (France and Belgium)
SNCF (France)
TGV Lyria (France)
Thalys (France)
Renfe (Spain)
Trenitalia (Italy)
Italo (Italy)
Deutsche Bahn (Germany)
ƖBB (Austria)
SBB (Switzerland)
SNCB (Belgium)
NS (the Netherlands)
Alsa (Spain), First Bus and Flixbus

Always get the best fare for every journey and with every carrier. So, download your FREE Trainline app and get access to live train times & bus route, book cheap train & coach tickets across the UK & Europe.

*Average savings on advance fares booked at least one week before day of travel vs Anytime fares purchased on day of travel. Subject to availability. Excludes coach.

To find out more, see our FAQs: https://www.thetrainline.com/en/help/ Follow Trainline on social:
FB: thetrainlinecom
TW: /thetrainline
IG: @trainline
Updated on
20 Nov 2024
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Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info and 3 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8
566K reviews
Deborah Torrijos
31 October 2024
Once purchased, the ticket is great. However, using your app is very difficult!! and if you make an error it makes you start all over. It's very frustrating when you put in all of your information according including your credit card information and then it will not accept your credit card and you have to start you. With a whole different credit card, not sure why it won't take my credit card when I have plenty of balance
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trainline
31 October 2024
Hi Deborah, I'd recommend uninstalling the app, restarting your device and reinstalling the app. If this doesn't work, I'd suggest speaking to our Customer Service team. You can find their contact details here > http://bit.ly/2GaiVTC. Thanks. Lorcan
Patrice Lumarque
15 November 2024
Almost perfect. Really great for what it is... Ordering train tickets. My 2 gripes: a) when searching for a ticket for 1 person, you can't later change it to 2 passengers. You have to do a new search for 2. b) there's a setting to add payment cards, which I filled out first. Then when you get to payment, only gPay shows up as an option! WTH...
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Kevin Donnelly
19 September 2024
If I SPECIFY a city+substation, I don't want other stations in results. This comes up often & it's a service failure AFAIC. Nice-Riquier is not Nice-Ville. If I specify Riquier, I know what I'm doing & don't want my results cluttered with other stations + want to eliminate accidental NON-REFUNDABLE buys from incorrect stations. Second, I've twice now had an inspector waiting for the app to deliver a QR code ticket because of delivery times after purchase. That needs to resolve in <10sec.
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What's new

The little things matter

This update lays the rails for essential fixes and improvements.

You might not notice any visual changes, but weā€™ve done some work in the back-end to improve our appā€™s performance.