The Trainline

Train ticket guru Barry Doe does not recommend the trainline for buying tickets on line. One reason he gives is the £1 minimum fee charged (which Raileasy also charges, and which he also doesn't recommend). He points out that if you start from http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ (a good journey planning / ticket price site, he says) you will click through to a train operating company's (TOC's) ticket buying site. Many, but not all TOCs don't charge a fee even though the ticket "engine" is the same one.