Stay alert with the National Rail app, Great Britain’s number 1 destination for rail travel information. Get live train times, details of station facilities, and journey planning and fare information, all in one place.
Plan journeys across Great Britain’s train network with our comprehensive journey planner, find the best fares, and receive real-time travel updates, personalised to your journey, allowing you to quickly and easily check timetables changes, set up travel alerts, and find out about journey disruption.
Version 10.3.1 Features:
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Click to buy tickets: We link you directly to the train operator so you can find the best fare for your journey. No booking or credit card fees.
Journey Planner: Plan your journeys with up-to-the-minute travel information and track the progress of trains, as well as being alerted to disruptions on the line along your route.
Live Train Times: View real-time departure and arrival boards for any station served by National Rail in Great Britain.
Progress Tracking: Find out exactly where a train is along a route, from start to end and every station in between.
Real Time Alerts: Get timetable disruption alerts sent straight to your device as they happen.
London Underground and DLR: Plan your journey to or from London Zone 1 Underground and DLR stations.
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Is National Rail free?
Yes, National Rail is free to download, however it contains in-app purchases or subscription offerings.
Is National Rail legit?
⚠️ The National Rail app has poor ratings and negative feedback. Users seem unsatisfied with its performance or features.
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How much does National Rail cost?
National Rail has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is £4.99.
The planner still shows trains that existed before the pandemic but no longer run since. For example East Grinstead to Farringdon will list all train 36 mins past the hour that have not run for years. It must be easy to fix. It is misleading so many passengers. I am sure it is not just limited to the East Grinstead timetable.
Some stations missing !
Inaccurate database with some of the newer stations missing. I wouldn’t say Worcestershire Parkway was that new but it’s not in the database.
Nearest it got was Worcester Park which is a totally different location /station ! So confusing !
Not worth the effort
The concept is good, but the app is so unwieldy it defies belief.
You set your outward and return journeys in the front part of the app but when you select “buy tickets” it takes you back to start of the process and you have to select your times again. And then it does it again…..
I have this app because I need it for buying tickets, but it is not logical or easy to use.
App not working right.
Won’t let me passed Information to complete a survey. I can’t scroll up to say yes or no so that doesn’t work.
No Apple Watch integration
Have installed and reinstalled - can’t work out how to get the Apple Watch app to install. Not clear from the instructions. Taking the watch option in the iPhone app brings a page that it’s impossible to get out of without closing the app.
App has truly gone
Live trains feature doesn’t work anymore so now makes the app, not just old in design, but useless to use. Should be taken off the App Store if the developers can’t be asked to keep bug free.
Avoid it like a plague
This app lists train services that do not exist, gets the time and platform number wrong. I can’t think of single good reason for keeping this app.
Some suggestions
Mostly I find the app very helpful- with details of trains from A to B. However live trains to/from St Pancras International does not allow one to select just Eurostar trains, or by international destination. Station code EUR could be used for all destinations and then PND for Paris Nord, BMZ for Brussels Midi Zuid, AMS for Amsterdam, etc
In dire need of an update!
A very old app that looks like it hasn’t been updated for a very long time. The info it provides seems to be accurate most of the time, but the app desperately needs to be updated!
Embarrassing
How does a public service still have such a terrible app? Not designed for modern phones. It’s about 10 years out of date. Use TrainLine instead.