07-05-2025
Trainline urges ministers to play fair with state competitor
Trainline has warned the government to play fair over the upcoming introduction of its own state-run national railway ticketing platform.
The spectre of the renationalised Great British Railways eating into Trainline's business, plus a further warning of slower growth in ticket volumes and revenues from selling rail fares digitally to passengers, weighed on the company's shares in trading on Thursday.
The stock, floated six years ago at 350p, fell 11¼p, or 4 per cent, to 268¾p, heading back toward recent 18-month lows.
• Investors fear state-backed rival to Trainline's dominance
Trainline is an online app selling rail tickets to a customer base of 18 million customers in Britain and increasingly around Europe. It was created just before the turn of the millennium and has been
