Trainline hits out at tube strikes and fare freeze

London Tube strikes and rail fare freeze held back sales growth, Trainline says

The online ticketing platform reported UK consumer net ticket sales of £2.1 billion for the six months to the end of August.

Trainline sales stall after rail fare freeze and TfL strikes

Trainline reported a slowdown in sales in the first half of the year after battling the rail fare freeze, strikes and the heatwave.

Trainline hits out at tube strikes and fare freeze

Trainline has hit out at tube strikes and the government’s freeze on rail fares, as the train ticketing platform saw sales growth grind to a halt. The FTSE 250 firm posted flat ticket sales in the six months to August, at £2.1bn, blaming “the impact of the regulated fare freeze, additional disruptions from hot weather [...]