Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World

Trainline ticketing app 'outage' hits morning rush hour for third time this month

Thousands of commuters were hit by ticketing chaos after the Trainline app crashed during rush hour on Tuesday.

There were over 800 reports that the app was down, according to DownDetector, leaving users frustrated as they tried to get to work on Tuesday.

The problems, which hit passengers across Britain, started at around 8am and were resolved by around 9am.

Trainline has confirmed the app is back online, and apologised for the outage.

More than 1,314 issues were logged on Down Detector, with 92 per cent of users saying they were struggling with the app, while five per cent were having issues with ticketing. 

The remaining three per cent said the problem was with Trainline's website. 

DownDetector gets network status updates from various sources including social media and reports submitted to its website. 

Taking to social media commuters criticised Trainline as one sarcastically said: "Trainline outage this morning proving the plans to close ticket offices were always sound and well thought through."

Meanhwhile responding to complaints, Trainline's X account posted: "We’re experiencing technical difficulties with our app and website which means some customers may be unable to search for or book rail and coach journeys.

"We’re very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause however please be assured we’re working hard to fix it."

Issues have now been resolved, a statement from the travel company confirmed.

On November 3, 2023, Trainline took to social media to advise customers of an earlier outage.

The post read: ''We're experiencing technical difficulties on our app and website which means some customers may be unable to search for or book rail and coach journeys.

''We're very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause however please be assured we're working hard to fix it.''

A similar situation occurred under a week later on 7 November.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.