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Lack of trains is resulting in crammed carriages not a huge up swell in travelers. Even if passengers are returning tickets are not being checked so travelers are requesting a full refund, after they have traveled of course. These losses not currently borne by Trainline as they pass them onto the train operating companies but more stringent checks will have to be introduced at some point to stop this behavior and this will incur significant additional costs. Add to that the removal of the franchise model, the "retirement" of the CEO, the appalling situation with Covid 19 in all their large markets and you have to think the smart money is on the short, mid to long term too.
Glad I managed to get out of here before those shares were dumped. Full year numbers still not released, closed period for H1 numbers starts today, the captain of the ship dumps 800,00 before the deadline. Something smells fishy
Wow, every time I think it's about to descend into the pits it rebounds and recovers. I don't know what's keeping it up, there has to be news around the corner other than the annual figures showing a sharp decline in numbers hampered by 2nd waves all across Europe and now large parts of the UK
Thank you, and I hope you did a wee bit of research and will acknowledge that the numbers down were attributed to the Virgin contract being lost - they have since won the Avanti contract and increased revenue from both leisure and B2B contracts. Rail numbers will grow as dependency on road dwindles, irrespective of companies desire to work from home - there has already been a wealth of research distributed showing the benefit of face to face meetings over automated meetings
And I challenge you to share the info on passenger numbers decreasing pre covid - that is incorrect, passenger numbers across the UK are increasing as are passenger numbers across the TRN core European markets, Covid will impact that general direction of travel but it won't alter it long term
And there must have been a loss on the short recently given the resilience of the share price over the past couple of months from the low of £2.50? I understand the reasons for taking a short position, I'm banking on that not happening - for every share purchase there's a share sale, different goals, different beliefs, different investments
Me too, at least I sincerely hope so, although I'm pretty sure they all have investor roadshows discussing plans, strategy, targets, forecasts v outcomes etc, and plenty of other stuff they are legally entitled or bound, to share, which seems to be being well received and has helped the share price remain solid
why indeed, I also would like to know why all these big buys have been going through in advance of the next set of results. They have no doubt been busy talking to investors in advance of publishing them, appears to have been well received given how well the price has held
Seems to be holding onto the gains nicely. Institutional investors increasing their holdings drove the price up and the gradual return to pre lockdown travel numbers across Europe and the UK will only help to drive it up further. I'm expecting some M&A activity to be discussed in the coming months along with good news on the move to electronic ticketing, a game changer in the UK market and one TRN have the knowledge, expertise and infrastructure to exploit fully, unless you're one of those on here hoping TRN will fail.
It's not a guaranteed success but they have good opportunities across a significant number of markets around the world.I don't see the Tories taking back control of the Railways or inhibiting competition in the UK and in Europe, Japan, USA etc TRN are growing rapidly, securing increased market share and developing new strategies to attract a global, loyal, repeat buying customer. The odds appear stacked in their favour, hopefully the good run continues
unique software allows users to purchase splits, many other new features
income not generated by commission, booking and admin fee more than 3%
French, german, spanish, italian, japanese markets huge potential
branching into ancillary markets
huge uk opportunities, tiny percentage of uk tickets purchased online, minimal use of barcode technology - trainline well placed to capitalise on train operating company investment and development
Major shift towards greener travel across europe
Lots of good reasons to think they will do well