Trainline: Buy train tickets

Contains ads
4.7
620K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image
Screenshot image

About this app

Welcome, future Trainliner. Get on board with millions of world-wide users, today, to travel or commute confidently with us – Europe’s leading train and coach app.

Why?
In a matter of clicks you’ll be booking the best seats in advance or saving money on-the-day with our Best Price Guarantee. And for those who like to stay looped, you can turn on real-time notifications and keep an eye on live timetable tracking. Plus, forgetting, misplacing, or totally destroying your paper tickets becomes a thing of the past when you purchase digital versions through our app! (That goes for Railcards and Season Tickets, too.)

With so much to see and do, getting there should be the easy part – and when you book through our app, it is! Book domestic tickets for Avanti West Coast, GWR, LNER, National Express, ScotRail, Southeastern, South Western Railway, and more. Or plan your international trips across 45 countries in Europe, including France, Italy, Spain, and Germany. Need some travel inspo first? Check out our travel blogs and suggested “popular journeys”.

Why use Trainline to book train and coach tickets?
• Book all your train and coach journeys in one place.
• Use your Railcard and learn how you can get cheap train tickets.
• Auto-split your single ticket into multiple ones to save on longer journeys, with SplitSave.
• Compare UK train travel options from 220 rail & coach companies.
• Quickly find and buy the cheapest UK Advance tickets.
• Pay in your preferred currency. Available in GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, CAD, CHF, and SEK.
• Get great discounts like GroupSave for savings up to 34%.
• Skip station queues using tickets on your phone (selected routes).
• Book in advance or with our Best Price Guarantee for on the day travel.
• Buy your tickets with Google Pay, PayPal, and all major credit cards and debit cards.

Why not book coach travel?
Book coach tickets with us and you’ll get air conditioning, free WiFi, and VUER – National Express’ onboard entertainment system. Start a coach search and if there’s a coach available, we’ll show you the options. No need to print tickets either ‘cause with etickets, your phone is all you need.

Our Domestic Partners:
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.

Our International Partners:
Across Europe, you can browse routes with Eurostar (France and Belgium), SNCF (France), TGV Lyria (France), Thalys (France), Renfe (Spain), Trenitalia (Italy), Italo (Italy), Deutsche Bahn (Germany), ÖBB (Austria), SBB (Switzerland), SNCB (Belgium), NS (the Netherlands), Alsa (Spain), First Bus, and Flixbus.

So, download Trainline and get access to everything you need to train across the UK and Europe.

Visit our FAQs page to find out more: https://www.thetrainline.com/en/help/
Or, follow us on social:
FB: thetrainlinecom
TW: /thetrainline
IG: @trainline

*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.

*Refund subject to conditions. UK based customers only. Valid for in-app purchases only, if a lower price than the price on Trainline is found for on the day purchase for the same train (same journey and restrictions, date & time, class, train operator, number and type of passengers and Railcard(s) used if applicable excluding contactless fares) departing from the UK. Subject to contacting us within 5 days of booking with photo evidence containing the information listed. Refund to means of payment used for booking.
Updated on
28 Jan 2025

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

4.7
610K reviews
Helen Hulme
19 January 2025
The Liveview function is very helpful....if the trains are definitely running. it is helpful to see the status of tubes and connecting services if they are on time or delayed. Ours was neither on time nor delayed: cancelled due to strike action. Luckily I knew that - but the live tracker still reminded us to set off on the journey, without any info that one section was cancelled
8 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
trainline
20 January 2025
Hi Helen, Thanks for sharing your feedback, I'll be sure to pass this on to the team. Take care, Leah
Sam W
14 November 2024
I've really gone off this app. It used to be fairly straightforward to use, now it seems to open on a pointless search screen and continually tries to offer me hotels for even local journeys. Ridiculous. On top of this it has a pop up "you're going to......!". Why is this necessary, all I need following a purchase is a ticket. Bloody marketing making a mess of things again. Looking for alternatives.
14 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?
trainline
15 November 2024
Hi Sam, Our new homepage is designed to help with regular journeys that you book, but we appreciate your feedback. Our regular search can still be found on that page, and all of your booking details will be reiterated on your confirmation email after. Thanks, Andy
Robin
22 November 2024
App refused to load my season ticket and I had to plead with station staff to let me on the train, risking criminal prosecution because I couldn't show a valid ticket. Customer service team told me "we only deal with UK bookings, we can't help". Journey was Brighton to London 🙄. Turned out that the app needed updating - no warning, no push update, nothing. An app like this has to be 100% reliable all the time and it's not. I spend £600 a month on tickets using it but will never use it again.
2 people found this review helpful
Did you find this helpful?

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 we’ve done some work in the back-end to improve our app’s performance.