Trainline Reviews

1.2 Rating 545 Reviews
4 %
of reviewers recommend Trainline
1.2
Based on 545 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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Trainline 1 star review on 21st March 2024
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Trainline 1 star review on 21st March 2024
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Trainline 1 star review on 17th March 2024
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Trainline 1 star review on 31st January 2024
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Trainline 1 star review on 31st January 2024
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Trainline 1 star review on 18th August 2023
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Trainline 1 star review on 18th August 2023
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
My train was cancelled I tried to get a refund of €26 The site refused due to refund administrative costs? Just the same as stealing money. Shocking .
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Posted 1 day ago
train line charge hefty fees for the same booking which is cheaper on the train website.Also my train was cancelled partly and they chargef half the fees for refund.very greedy team.
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Posted 1 week ago
It's being more than A MONTH without any answers from them. I told my situation, I explained everything. I paid TWICE for a ticket without any reasonable reason and now I'm still waiting from them to solve it - I want my refund! I was a very often customer, now I will never buy tickets with them again (I work traveling, I travel a lot) and I won't recommend it for ANY of you, my friends and colleagues. They just disappeared, they don't care about their customers. It's a shame!!!
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Posted 1 week ago
DO NOT BOOK THE EUROSTAR THROUGH TRAINLINE!! My parents booked 4 family members to travel between London and Paris. One of names given was a maiden name, not the married name which needed to be changed. After phoning and emailing backwards and forwards between Trainline and Eurostar on 3 separate occasions we were told categorically by Eurostar that only Trainline could change the name as they were the 3rd party booking company and they only had access to the tickets. So we called Trainline AGAIN and they said, 1) they did not have someone who could deal with Eurostar bookings........what? This was a blatant lie as I had spoken to someone 10 minutes before and 2) that there was NOBODY at Trainline who could change the name, not even when we asked for a Manager. After wasting lots of our precious time, it seems we CANNOT change a name on a EUROSTAR ticket when it is booked through Trainline. So don't book through Trainline - their process and service is shocking.
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Very easy app to use when booking a train journey
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Posted 3 weeks ago
First and last time , I always book direct with the train company as prices are the same , However I used Trainline … only one out of three tickets would download into my Apple wallet , so it said view in app , followed all instructions and the tickets would not show in the app , it continued to say I had no tickets , so there I was standing at the rail station trying to get my tickets that I had paid for ! Ended up having to go to the rail office and mess around showing emails etc , missed my intended train and had to wait for the next one , all in all an absolute s show !! I would be more than happy to pay over the odds for the convenience of a smooth process, and ultimately getting to my destination!
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Posted 3 weeks ago
Trainline are a disgrace. For many reasons but mostly that you have a 1/10 chance you can actually book a ticket when you need to. I always get "for some reason your payment cant be processed" and i try all my cards + paypal. I know the reason, its because they are awful.
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Posted 3 weeks ago
The train company cancelled my train, Trainline will not give me my refund even though I provided the deactivated refund voucher sent to me by OUIGO. Worst company I have ever dealt with, I have to go to the credit card company to get my money back.
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Posted 3 weeks ago
I bought a ticket (£103.90) to go from London Euston to Liverpool Lime on 23rd February and returning 25th February. I did not use the outgoing ticket Liverpool Lime Street. On the return to London Euston the train was cancelled. So I tried for a refund, which I am entitled to.The trainline app says contact them using RR1. There is no telephone number or email to contact them. Very poor and unprofessional. According to the reviews other customers have had the same issue. I would not recommend trainline app. If you are going to use the trainline make sure travel journey is than less £20. I will await the reply from Trainline.
Trainline 1 star review on 21st March 2024 Trainline 1 star review on 21st March 2024
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Posted 4 weeks ago
Decent app but when it comes to refunds it gets dodgy. They’ve cancelled my train after 2 minutes I bought my ticket. Ticket was £12 they’ve redounded £3 and kept £9 for admin fee. Ridiculous
Trainline 1 star review on 17th March 2024
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Posted 1 month ago
You are the biggest rip off company i have had the mis fortune to experience. I had to pay for another mode of transport due to train cancellations and yet you took 75% of my payment for the journey i never had. Every Train Compoany refunds 100% at the level i was delayed. Yet if its delayed you refer to the company but knowing its not there problem as booked with you. Never again
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Posted 1 month ago
I had a very bad experience. I recommend do not use Trainline if you can preserve your right to receive a reimbursement and to avoid bad surprises! I bought two tickets in Trainline to travel from Paris to Milan in TGV (69 euros each). The train was cancelled and TGV did not validate the change of train with those tickets: the person in charge of the desk attention in the TGV office at Gare Lyon said "sorry sir, but you bought the tickets in Trainline; there is another train to Milan, via Zurich, in 10 minutes and the only thing you can do is to buy new tickets (226 euros each!) here with TGV and ask Trainline for refund your unused tickets"). So the answer I had from TGV was as if the tickets bought in Trainline were fake. I would have avoided the whole problem and the lost of money if I had bought directly from TGV and not trusted Trainline. Trainline reimbursed me 69x2 euros, but I had to bear the difference. 288 euros lost just by choosing Trainline!
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Posted 1 month ago
Booked a ticket from Trainline and my credit card details were stolen and tried for a transaction!!! Luckily I have security notification- so I have declined transactions and blocked the card! BE WARE OF SCAM!
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Posted 1 month ago
I have never used the Trainline App or there services, not sure what the point of using them, they are just selling you the existing train ticket price which the train operating company sets and they apply a admin fee on top for using there service. There have no leverage or barging on the prices of the tickets. Why dont these travellers just buy the tickets from the machine or buy directly from the train company, therefore you would avoid all there nonsense fee's and pressure tactics. they just a third party ticket seller making money out of fee's. there is no reason for there existence!
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Posted 1 month ago
One of the bookings was cancelled due to strikes so I cancelled in full and only refunded in part. They refuse to talk to me even though I paid for the tickets but had the tickets emailed to another address. No wonder they can offer cheaper tickets when they steal customers money. Avoid just get a flight of possible
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Posted 1 month ago
Failed to book tickets. Payment on two different credit cards fails silently with the CVV code being wiped out every time I try to complete the payment. No messages at all on the screen. Tried to book by phone but after repeating my email 3 times to the agent I gave up. I use a secure wallet to complete payment details on the website - so I do not make typing errors. Tried booking through countrywide from national rail but that ends up with trainline anyway. Shambolic and utterly useless.
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Posted 1 month ago
First of all, does Trainline care? 0% customer service!!! Worst service all the time!!!! What is the point of writing whole details as I can clearly see that you haven't responded positively to any of previous frustrated customers!!!! Trainline doesn't like to make customer happy!!! Trainline likes to cheat their customers under the name of Technical gimmick!!!! My pure advice to all the travellers just travel without expecting any customer service, that's it. If you have paid extra then forget about refund, it is their profit of money making strategy. Not happy at all
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Posted 1 month ago
Bad experiences without any reason Bad experiences without any reason - just more information and properly done job by employee. Ordered ticket online app ( isn’t free 69p) wasn’t able get e-ticket and provided information was possible collect ticket in station TCR. Arrived in station before depart , sadly no machines to collect it, local stuff provided information can collect ticket only in bigger Train stations ( mine was Totten court road) Refund - 10£ fee ( ticket price 15£) very unprofessional. Didn’t had other choice to pay again.
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Posted 1 month ago
Literally not traveling but i cant cancel my ticket and i pait 5.50 they cant even give my 2 pound refund.. i tried all possible ways and saying i should contact rr1 but there is nothing to contact... just ussles services scaming people worst.
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Posted 1 month ago
Why are trainline using a premium rate number? I had to call as you charged me a £10 admin fee when refudning a ticket that I coudnt use becase the line was shut due to a fatality. But to call you has cost me £6 for 8 minutes. Thanks!!!!
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Posted 1 month ago
Trainline is rated 1.2 based on 545 reviews