Railboard - National Rail 4+

I don’t often write reviews, but this is such an upgrade on the previous app I was using, it deserves to be better-known. After nationalrail completely tanked their own app and it became useless after the recent update, I needed to find something else to do the job.

I tried several and soon deleted all but Railboard, which is far and away the best mix of appearance and functionality in my opinion - no contest. The few things I wasn’t sure about initially (e.g. just station codes instead of names) can simply be changed in settings to fit your preference. It has a great interface and all the features I need - pinned trains, saved routes, etc - so in the end I’m glad I was forced to look for a new app!

Thank you for the amazing review! 🙌 And we're very happy you chose Railboard as your new train app! 😊

Railboard is a tremendous app for viewing upcoming arrivals and departures to and from any UK National Rail train station, planning journeys across the National Rail network, and purchasing tickets for planned journeys.

One of my favourite features is the possibility to save desired routes for one-tap access at a later point. For example, I am able to quickly access all upcoming departures from Leicester, or upcoming trains departing London Paddington which call at Bristol Temple Meads.

The app works fantastically with VoiceOver, and it’s clear that a huge amount of work has gone into making sure that Railboard is as accessible to as many people as possible.

The help documentation is consise, clearly detailing the purpose of the various screens within the app. This is useful, as the purposes of some of the screens could potentially be confusing for new users.

Lastly, the developer is extremely receptive to feedback and suggestions, be they related to accessibility, or general app functionality.

Having used Railboard to book several tickets as of now, I felt sufficiently comfortable to close my TrainLine account.

Overall, a highly recommended app.

Thank you for the fantastic review, and thank you for taking the time to write in feedback, we always appreciate that! And we're very happy to hear that all the hard work that goes into making the app work so well with VoiceOver is appreciated, too. Thanks!

Been looking for a good rail app for a long time . The official Rail Enquiries one is a mess and not been updated in forever , used Train times for a long time and the one by Agent which sadly stopped working. So hard to find a simple train time app for a busy commuter. Moovit is very comprehensive but too much detail and too complex to be using for daily commuting over several rail lines. I would pay for this can’t understand why it’s free and I can’t see any ads to pay to remove. Great work guys, keep it simple and quick to use for people on the go. Add an option in the settings to contribute somehow you deserve something for your work. ( unless I have missed it!?)

Thank for you trying out Railboard and for the great review! 🙌

The app is free because the long term plan is to sell train tickets, from which we'd be able to make money from commission.

But don't worry! A simple and easy user interface for commuters will always be our top priority 👍 Seeing ticket prices would be an optional feature only.