Railboard - National Rail 4+

I feel so stupid persisting with the National Rail app for two months after they ruined it in mid September…the final straw was an update that meant (in my experience) clicking on the ‘journey details’ button got you fare details and no way to find where and when I was to change trains.
I downloaded Railboard while on a train a few days ago and I’m relieved that it’s intuitive, has an attractive interface and has features that the original NR app used to have until they changed it…features so obviously needed by people that use trains everyday or even occasionally…..favourite stations (instead of relying solely on an ever changing recent search option), the ability to see earlier trains on the live departures board which is useful when finding out what’s happening to the train you are on and gives useful insight during service disruption…as does showing cancelled trains on the live departures board. Finding train information has been made easy and hassle free thanks to Railboard

Thank you for the fantastic review! 🙏 We're glad you found Railboard and happy to step in where National Rail left off! 😊

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! 😊

So I don’t do much train travel, but when I do, I always use this app. Being visually impaired I find it difficult to find apps which are visually accessible but this app is amazing with dark background, good text size and colours within the app.

The app itself is not overly complicated to use, no ads (always a bonus), being able to pin specific journeys for quick access.

I would say the one thing that I feel has too much information is the “My tickets” section. Firstly, I feel like open tickets and used tickets should be separate not just faded out. Also if you click on an open ticket, I personally feel there is just too much information presented such as Apple wallet E ticket, PDF E ticket, about the tickets, journey details, passenger details, customer service link, refund link. I feel this is just way too much information that a lot of people aren’t going to need that often so it shouldn’t be as vis., people just want basic journey information.

Suggestions, I have that will just improve the app
1) ios Widget/Live activities for pinned journey
2) notification system for pinned journeys (you customise what notifications you want)

I found the national whale app completely unusable for many years and this app has definitely made train travel a lot more easier and stress free!

Thank you for the nice review, and for the feedback!

We’ve added votes for an iOS Widget, Live Activities on the lock screen, and for notifications about pinned journeys.

And we’ve taken on board your feedback about the ‘My tickets’ tab too!