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I'm surprised no one (including TFA) has mentioned Trainline yet, as it addresses a lot of the issues mentioned in the comments here: - buy tickets (with easy

I'm surprised no one (including TFA) has mentioned Trainline yet, as it addresses a lot of the issues mentioned in the comments here: - buy tickets (with easy explanations of when/where they're valid) - see which platform a train will depart from/arrive at - check delays - see walking times between platforms - bus connections info - handles refunds - etc. It works across Europe (elsewhere, I'm not sure), but in my experience it's got the most functionality within the UK. The app itself is fantastic too. I'm not exaggerating when I say it is one of my favourite pieces of software - it does 1 thing, and does it super well. It's fast: no fluff, no ads. Few apps on my phone are like that anymore.

BritishTrainer 4y ago
Nobody I know uses that app. They charge way higher admin and booking fees than the alternatives. Trainline adds a fee to every ticket sold, apps like TrainPal do the same things as Trainline (book tickets, check delays, see platform, walking times, etc), but only charge a fee if they get you the ticket cheaper than buying it from the station. So, including the fee, the price you pay is still less. And it find way better split-ticket deals than Trainline does.
- kn100 4y ago
  the fee is usually less than £1. Every single person I know in the UK that travels via train uses it. I wish it didn't fall to a private institution to provide what is a fairly basic service, but I think the fee shouldn't deter people from using it, especially considering they don't even charge it in a lot of cases. Booking tickets directly with a ToC is a terrible experience.
  - blibble 4y ago
    > Booking tickets directly with a ToC is a terrible experience. most of them use exactly the same booking engine, just without the fee you even see trainline.com in the address bar
- bbno4 4y ago
  i know *no one* that doesn't use trainline! It's *THE* app for trains!

BritishTrainer 4y ago

Nobody I know uses that app. They charge way higher admin and booking fees than the alternatives. Trainline adds a fee to every ticket sold, apps like TrainPal do the same things as Trainline (book tickets, check delays, see platform, walking times, etc), but only charge a fee if they get you the ticket cheaper than buying it from the station. So, including the fee, the price you pay is still less. And it find way better split-ticket deals than Trainline does.

kn100 4y ago
the fee is usually less than £1. Every single person I know in the UK that travels via train uses it. I wish it didn't fall to a private institution to provide what is a fairly basic service, but I think the fee shouldn't deter people from using it, especially considering they don't even charge it in a lot of cases. Booking tickets directly with a ToC is a terrible experience.
- blibble 4y ago
  > Booking tickets directly with a ToC is a terrible experience. most of them use exactly the same booking engine, just without the fee you even see trainline.com in the address bar
bbno4 4y ago
i know *no one* that doesn't use trainline! It's *THE* app for trains!