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Trainline uses clever payment protection systems to ensure that your money is protected from fraud. Travellers on Trainline can pay with complete confidence - they accept payments in ten different currencies and support multiple payment methods, including Apple Pay, PayPal, SOFORT and iDEAL.



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In some cases, Trainline's bus and bus/train combo options are worthwhile. In our extensive testing, it's the number one result for the best train fares in Europe.

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Trainline is accredited by National Rail to provide information, timetables and sell tickets for the UK rail industry. If you're after information about National Rail, you've come to the right place. National Rail is the public facing brand of the Rail Delivery Group (RDG).

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It almost comes down to personal preference - or sometimes one handling a particular multi-operator route better than the other. Both sites are good, both allow you to book multiple train operators' tickets across much of western Europe, in plain English, in multiple currencies, with no card payment problems.

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From live times and disruptions info to split tickets and price alerts for the cheapest tickets, the Trainline app gives you control of your journey. It makes train and coach travel across the UK and the rest of Europe easy.

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Trainline is set up by the Virgin Group with the mission of helping customers save money on train tickets. At first, we didn't sell tickets on the web; only over a telephone line.

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Trainline is an independent booking platform for rail and bus tickets. They aggregate official train and bus tickets from 270 ticket providers and make it simple to book tickets for trains and buses in the UK and Europe.

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Is Trainline more expensive than National Rail? The trainline is a reseller/agent so although the fares are usually the same, you may other charges such as booking fees/credit card fees and delivery fees and may miss any special promotional fares. There is no point in booking through them.

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The main contenders are Omio, Rail Europe and Trainline. Those three are all legitimate companies, and established ticket resellers for European train tickets. (They're official partners of the European national train companies.) And they all put you on the same trains!

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Train operators set ticket prices in yields, with advance purchase tickets as the cheapest option.

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We earn a commission and fees on ticket sales. We also generate revenue from advertising and ancillary services such as travel insurance and multi currency payment options.

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Is the Trainline app free? Yes! It's free to download the app and set up an account, giving you instant access to live train and coach times and tickets for more than 270 European operators in 45 countries.

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To find cheap train tickets for your journey with Trainline, simply enter your travel information into our Journey Planner and search for the time and date that suits you.

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If you don't want to see ads interspersed with journey results, your best bet is either Railboard or TrainPal. The Trainline app mixes in banner ads with its results. TrainPal will show you offers and promotions, but we wouldn't consider these adverts, and they're certainly not mixed in with the journey results!

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