Name: Trainline
Rating: 1.20

“Just booked a single to Newcastle on my mobile,was searching routes so didnt notice that the app had changed the date from tomorrow until today,booked it and the train i booked was leaving 15 mins after booking so why doesnt a warning flash up like booking a plane ticket as its so close to departure asking you to check if you really want to travel that soon??.On a mobile phone date is tiny.No chance of refund even though genuine mistake,App is designed to rip you off and make it your mistake.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“All trains from Euston were cancelled and station closed,i had to get to Birmingham so it cost me alot of money,TRAINLINE refunded £18.00 of a £56.00 ticket and they charged £10.00 administration to do the refund.Trainline are the worst to ever book with.Highrail Robbery.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Avoid this company unless you like getting ripped off,£7.50 "admin fee" on a £12.50 ticket which I made a mistake on the date and tried to change within 10 mins..charlatans.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Do no book using this company. UK office can only help with uk trains and hang up on you need assistance with a Eurostar reservation. Europe trains - no contact phone number only an email and if you engage in an email trial with Merelin in their customer service team, they do not assist and answer questions you do not ask. No assistance offered.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Booked online in the uk for a trip in europe. I booked tickets for a 26year old adult and according to them, a 23 year old is considered a youth. I was given an infant and adult ticket. Didnt realise until I was on the train in Amsterdam to Berlin that they had issued me the wrong ticket. No one on the uk team would help and the eu customer services left me stranded in berlin with incorrect tickets and have refused us compensation. I had to correct their mistake myself and have been scammed out of €417. They are adamant I bought a youth and an infant ticket as I apparently and deliberately booked myself as a 1 year old. Even though I have been in touch with the train company themselves for fuller details. A 26 year old still does not qualify as a youth ticket but despite screenshots of proof of their mistakes it's still my fault. They're happy to screw over their customers and leave them stranded in foreign countries whilst passing on the blame to their customers. Avoid them at all costs. They're a scam.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Booked a ticket with a reserved seat. They took our money and then told us a seat wasn’t available and now won’t offer a full refund. Apparently if we’d booked using the desktop website we’d have seen some tiny text that no seat was available, but on mobile or the app this doesn’t happen. You can always see what a company is really like when there’s a problem, some go above and beyond, some do the minimum but some just immediately blame the customer. Trainline is one of the latter it seems. So, we’ll get the bank to recall the visa transaction and stop using trainline, there are many other competitors to choose from.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Robbed me of my money I booked a ticket on the app, but the payment didn't go through and came up with an error on the app, so I bought a ticket at the station, but the payment went through 5-10 minutes later. I requested a refund as this wasn't my fault, but only got half the ticket price back because of the admin fee. I rang up to request a full refund but I unknowingly got put on a premium line and was charged £40 worth of calls ringing their number that I was told to call to get a refund (which I apparently wasn't entitled to because I already requested a refund that excluded the admin fee). I can't afford this. I am out of work and can barely afford to pay my bills. This is absoultely disgusting I am out £50 because of something that is not my fault. Please don't use them. If you have to - do so with caution.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“DO NOT USE THIS APP OR SERVICE!! Deceived when buying tickets and had to buy a new return ticket. I called the company and no one could offer any form of compensation! Awful service, will not be using them ever again!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Their web site is probably better designed than the local train companies ones... But it includes VERY TRICKY FEATURES MADE ON PURPOSE TO STEAL YOUR MONEY. They offer extremely limited possibilities to change or refund your booking. Twice i had to pay for a ticket which couldn't be used not refunded. My personal suggestion as a frequent traveller? DON'T Book ON TRAINLINE if there's any problem with your travel/ticket you'll have to solve it with the train company anyhow, and then no one will be willing to help. Trainline gives anyhow little or no support after cashing in and the train companies are very likely to tell you that you have to sort it out with Trainline as you booked with them....”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Its a brilliant service on line and the app. My daughter relies on it, being at a uni some distance from home. She loves your app.. but there is problems at some stations where bad connection. Is there a phone number she can ring if in trouble as shy and not so eager to ask?”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Absolutely upsetting customer service on online chat. I get it that it is not the greatest thing sitting there till 10 pm dealing with problems, but if one can't do it politely, then perhaps shouldn't do it at all. Getting disconnected is frustrating enough, being made repeating the query again and again just to find out they can see my previous chats - so they say, but could have easily been talking to the same person, all 3 times I ended up with the same surname.. You can not select minimum transfer time on the train search therefor the website gives little but none flexibility and the customer service clearly couldn't care less to help you properly. Getting you run around for unnecessary information just to come and say there is no option to reselect a later train. Surely that could have been an answer straight away. I was asking for within the UK journey and Europe as well and the agent was just waiting to jump on the I can only help you with the UK opt out. Should this be my business, I would be really concerned people are dealt with in this manner. This particular agent was also clearly mocking with the salutations at the end. I guess I will cancel my account, because this is just not worth it.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Trainline lies. They sell flexible tickets that are not flexible. I purchased flexible tickets a few hours before my planned trip. I attempted to change the time of departure as is permitted by the tickets but they have no available phone number to call. The service allows you to book flexible tickets but only has email as an option for contact. I emailed and they did not respond for a day. After this they refused to accommodate any refund or change of tickets. They simply said it's my fault that I wanted to change and shouldn't emailed sooner. There was no option to email sooner since I just purchased the tickets.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“The service that I have gotten while on the Swansea train today has been disgusting and shocking. We paid extra for reserved seats to find out that they were all taken. None of the seats were even reserved for us. We spoke to the train conductor and he was absolutely horrible to us. He was rude and ignorant and didn’t care about what we had to say. He asked us how much extra we paid for the reserved seats which I don’t think should matter . Disgusting behaviour .”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Booked an anytime open return ticket from Nottingham to Lincoln and everything was fine for the journey to lincoln, I had no problems with the ticket or Trainline but when I got to the train station the next day to return to Nottingham, my ticket got declined and I was told that my ticket was a day return and so it had expired. I checked my emails and even the app and they both said that it was a day return even though I know i booked an open return. I called the Trainline company and asked for a refund and they were unhelpful and told me that I should have checked my email properly when I received it even though they admitted it may have been a glitch in the app, I told them that I didn’t think that I would have to look for mistakes on their part because I know what I booked and they just said that they couldn’t give me a refund. By that time I had missed my train, I was panicking and had to call someone to come get me from the train station because the next train wasn’t for another 2 hours. So overall, I wouldn’t recommend Trainline to ANYONE because they are completely useless and expect you to check for not only your possible mistakes but theirs too.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Thought I booked a train...only after I paid did it advise return was a bus. If I wanted a bus I would have booked a bus”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Daylight Robbery | What a joke The train service is unreliable and costs a fortune! Without a doubt, everyday my train is 15-30 minutes delayed. The train hasn't come on time for weeks. Approximately 3-4 times a month it is cancelled, the consequences of this is being late for work and having to pay additional money for taxis or other services. The worst part about this is that the rail service provide absolutely no refund when the train is cancelled. I have to pay for a service that I do not receive. Last week I bought a 16-25 railcard for the price of £30. Only to find out that it wont save me any money on season tickets and only knocks off £1 on daily tickets, (definently not 1/3 as advertised). You cant use it anytime before 10:00 AM in the morning, this is pointless because everyone tends to start work before this time. The ticket was refused a refund, despite the card not actually being used yet. It's a pure scam to get more money out of you. I'm a student on minimum apprenticeship wage. It takes 16 hours of work to pay the train for the week. An expensive £47 for 4 small journeys! The rail service is an absolute joke and their only purpose is to provide you with a terrible on-train experience for an absolute ridiculous price. I do not recommend to anyone - they are stealing from me daily.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Daylight Robbery | What a joke The train service is unreliable and costs a fortune! Without a doubt, everyday my train is 15-30 minutes delayed. The train hasn't come on time for weeks. Approximately 3-4 times a month it is cancelled, the consequences of this is being late for work and having to pay additional money for taxis or other services. The worst part about this is that the rail service provide absolutely no refund when the train is cancelled. I have to pay for a service that I do not receive. Last week I bought a 16-25 railcard for the price of £30. Only to find out that it wont save me any money on season tickets and only knocks off £1 on daily tickets, (definently not 1/3 as advertised). You cant use it anytime before 10:00 AM in the morning, this is pointless because everyone tends to start work before this time. The ticket was refused a refund, despite the card not actually being used yet. It's a pure scam to get more money out of you. I'm a student on minimum apprenticeship wage. It takes 16 hours of work to pay the train for the week. An expensive £47 for 4 small journeys! The rail service is an absolute joke and their only purpose is to provide you with a terrible on-train experience for an absolute ridiculous price. I do not recommend to anyone - they are stealing from me daily.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“All good , highly recommend , thank you”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Do not buy train insurance it is a scam...They dont pay out for cancelled train, delayed trains illness...when I asked them what the insurance is for the told me read the small print....Please dont waste your money..it is disgusting to advertise this insurance and be so rude to me when I asked what I paid for. I always buy the train insurance..what an idiot I am.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“My online purchase from Trainline was for my wife travelling from Worcester to Ipswich, which involves London Underground travel between the Paddington and Liverpool Street stations. Neither the booking confirmation nor the printed ticket showed that the fare for that Underground travel was already paid. My wife paid for the journey at the turnstile, so we paid twice for the Underground travel. Later, I emailed Trainline Customer Support suggesting that the rail ticket and booking confirmation make it clear that the Underground travel is already paid for, and the ticket can be used at the Underground turnstiles. Simples? Apparently not. The booking confirmation did include mention of the Underground journey, was the reply, as the word ‘Tube’ appeared on the route. Perhaps posting this review will alert others to this lack of customer helpfulness. Who knows, Trainline might still do something about it.”

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Posted 5 years ago

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Postal Service, Own Driver, Courier
On-time Delivery	Greater than 20%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 76%
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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