{"id":9869,"date":"2021-05-03T18:19:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T17:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=9869"},"modified":"2021-05-03T18:19:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T17:19:11","slug":"save-on-train-tickets-with-trainpal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2021\/05\/03\/save-on-train-tickets-with-trainpal\/","title":{"rendered":"Save on train tickets with Trainpal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s a bit confusing how you can buy train tickets in the UK: the national rail network is operated by many different companies who have their own online booking sites, and there are a few third-party websites that sell train tickets too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, the inventory and prices are, most of the time, identical across all these platforms, so you could really just use any of the rail company’s websites as they don’t charge any booking fee or credit card fee. Some of them also offer a small incentive such as Nectar points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An alternative has emerged in the last couple of years though, namely Trainpal<\/strong>, which is owned by the giant Chinese travel agency Ctrip. It has access to the same inventory with other ticket selling services, and also has a few advantages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n