Northern train tickets & times
November 13, 2025
More About Northern train tickets & times
More benefits of having the Northern train app in your pocket:
• No booking fees.
• Buy train tickets quickly and easily.
• Buy tickets right up until the moment the train departs.
• Access to UK train timetable & live train times.
• Swap your Advance Tickets for as little as £2.50 on the day.
• Save up to 60% when you book tickets in advance.
• Save 25% with Duo Tickets when travelling together.
• Automatically find the best fares for your journeys.
• Quicker refunds on season tickets.
• Load your Smart Season Tickets to your Smart Card in just 5 minutes.
• Commuter perks, freebies and more.
BARCODE SEASON TICKETS
A faster way to buy and renew Season tickets via the Northern app. Barcode Season tickets live on your mobile phone, saving you precious moments compared to buying in person. Plus, they offer the same great value with up to 33%* off day tickets.
UK TRAIN TIMETABLE & LIVE TRAIN TIMES
With the Northern app, you’ll never miss a train again or wonder when the next one is coming. Our app shows live train times and timetables across the whole of the National Rail Network with real time train tracking, so you’re always informed.
RESERVE TRAIN SEATS
Make sure you have the seats that work for you. Via the Northern app, you can reserve the type of seats that best suit your preferences quickly and easily when you buy and download your train tickets.
RAIL JOURNEY PLANNER
Journey planning is just as simple with live train departure times and platforms given for most stations. We’ll even remember past searches to speed you up on your way.
FINDING TRAIN TICKETS USING THE NORTHERN TRAIN APP
Finding train tickets with the Northern app’s built-in search function is easy, simply:
• Enter your origin station and the destination you will be travelling to.
• Select the ticket type you want to find (single, return, open return, or flexi & season).
• Select the date and time you will be travelling.
• Add the number of adult / child travellers
• Enter any promo codes you would like to apply to the journey.
Once you enter these details, the Northern app will automatically find you the cheapest train tickets.
Don’t forget about the new Northern family ticket, giving you the chance to travel with your whole family on one ticket. The Northern Family ticket is valid for up to two adults and four children, who are under the age of 15. All you need to do is purchase the ticket through our app and away you go.
HOW TO USE YOUR TRAIN TICKETS
Using your digital train tickets is easy. Simply make sure your ticket is downloaded and activated within the app on your day of travel and scan it at the platform gates or show it to the ticket inspector on board.
GET ONWARD JOURNEY INFORMATION
Trying to plan your journey from your final train stations? Our app can help you find local car parking, taxi ranks and information, details about bike storage, airports and more.
So, download the Northern app – there’s no smarter or quicker way to plan your journey and buy train tickets!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
View all frequently asked questions on the Northern website:
https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables/update
FOLLOW US
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for even more travel updates and offers straight to your phone.
Twitter: @northernassist
Instagram: @northernrailway
YouTube: @northernrailwayofficial
Facebook: @northernassist
Visit the official Northern website to learn more: https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
*50%-off T&Cs apply. View the Northern app page for full terms and conditions: https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/app
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November 13, 2025
Northern train tickets & times
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User Reviews
David9 scott
5 days ago
easy app to use and plan your train journey.
D “Hipdeadpool”
4 months ago
They promote this as a way to save time and do your own thing. However, one time the app was completely down and the train was about to arrive so I either had to miss the train or get fined. This is despite every station promoting the app, and suddenly it's your fault if it fails. Joke of a company. Now I avoid trains as much as I can or use paper, I'll never trust Northern to go paperless with their app because they refuse to be accountable for their error, and appalling service.
X Yy
1 month ago
no ads (unlike train line), can buy more tickets than train line, payment doesn't fail, very responsive.
June Whittaker
1 month ago
Use this App anytime I wanted to book Northern Rail tickets. Very convenient and quickly shows what discount tickets are available for any journey.
Penny Smith
3 weeks ago
Quick and easy to use once set up, and you can check live times as well.
arthurnewton1
3 months ago
I find this app really easy to use. All the ticket options are presented and clearly priced alongside the restrictions for use of each option. Despite its name, you can book trains in any part of UK. I've personally booked tickets from Henley-on-Thames to London Paddington without any problem. It also stores your debit or credit card details so you don't have to keep entering the card number. You do have to enter your 3 digit security code though. You can pay by PayPal if you prefer.
Shell Bee
1 month ago
Extremely easy way to book train tickets & at a very reasonable price. Thank you!
Ruby Potts
1 month ago
So easy to book and super easy to change password when you forget it. 10/10 can't recommend enough.
Paula Longstaff
1 month ago
Quick and easy. I got the tickets l needed within a couple of minutes. A quick copy of my ticket on my phone on the day needed.
Frank Asare
4 days ago
Easy and convenient to use + no booking fees. I choose Northern as my number one.
K L
2 months ago
I'd love to give this app 5 stars, but for months now, it keeps logging me out mid journey. I have used various channels to try and find a remedy from the app contact channels, but nobody replies. It could be just a simple setting on my galaxy s22, but it never used to log me out. Every time I log back in, I have to re enter my railcard. On more than one occasion, I've ended up paying full price because of this. Other than this very irritating trend,the app is good. NR please reply to my emails
Kerry Ogden
1 month ago
So much better than trainline app, easy to use. Trainline app consistently for years, even on different phones throws up a regular error message saying something is off track. N.train more simple and accessible
Kiera Niamh
4 days ago
Slow to respond, won't proceed to next stages of purchase and will not react to button presses when making selections. Has made me unable to buy tickets multiple times.
duncan urquhart
1 week ago
Was fine, but has stopped working since December 2024. It won't accept any payment option (credit, debit, gpay or paypal). The app is currently useless.
Craig Carroll
3 weeks ago
Another useless app that doesn't show the tickets even though I was signposted from the email confirmation to use this app. Subsequently the way to get the ticket was via a screenshot once logged in. Utterly broken, completely needs a redesign and rethink to make it less disjointed. Other countries can do it, why is it hard for the UK.
Xanam
1 month ago
Keeps dumping me halfway down the page when searching for the train home, an hour or two down from the time I selected. I can't tell if this is a poor design decision, a bug, or a malicious choice designed to get people to have to buy multiple non-refundable tickets if they're in a rush to buy singles. Either scroll to the top of the search by default or allow advanced singles to be refundable with a window of a few mins to get around this - just do something. Switching to Trainline until fixed.
Stephen Puttick
2 weeks ago
used to work fine I could easily buy tickets in moments (in car, in station, at home etc) but in the last week it has stopped functioning in any practical sense. whenever I enter journey details and press search it just tells me oops something has gone wrong, then I get a 'you are off line message' even when I have a good 5G connection. (Update needs to disable VPN to be able to search etc, this does not strike me as good practice).
Ben S
6 days ago
I use the flexi season tickets. There used to be a button to "activate" the ticket for the day but this has now disappeared. Instead the app activates the ticket when you go onto it. For instance, if you want to see how many tickets you have left but don't intend on travelling that day, it will automatically activate. I lost two tickets, over £15, before I realised they changed the system. Disgraceful.
Seamus Gilchrist
4 years ago
This app is atrocious. Difficult to buy tickets, prices are higher than buying on the internet. If you buy them on the internet you can't actually access the ticket to show it without downloading this app. However, if you purchased the ticket as a guest on the website there is no way to get it into the app and you end up trying to explain yourself to the person to exit at the gate. When you go to your account profile in the app, it takes you back out to the internet to login to see it. Useless!!
Stuart Cormie
1 year ago
I like this app. On occasion it makes the difference between choosing to use the train or not. One plus is that, unlike Trainline, there are no booking fees. And, despite 'belonging' to Northern, you can buy tickets for travel in any part of the country. Finally, I like that you can select routes to show in the Live Tracker based on your recent searches in the app - that saves a lot of faff in the heat of the moment!
