Travel

Trainline Scraper

Extract European train and bus schedules, fare comparisons, and booking options from Trainline travel platform. Powered by spider-browser .

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thetrainline.com target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

trainline-scraper.ts

import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";

const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
  apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
  stealth: 2,
});

await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.thetrainline.com/book/results?journeySearchType=single&origin=urn%3Atrainline%3Ageneric%3Aloc%3A5696&destination=urn%3Atrainline%3Ageneric%3Aloc%3A4916&outwardDate=2026-07-01T09%3A00%3A00");
await page.content(12000);

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const journeys = [];
  document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid='journey-option']").forEach(el => {
    const departure = el.querySelector("[data-testid='departure-time']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const arrival = el.querySelector("[data-testid='arrival-time']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const duration = el.querySelector("[data-testid='journey-duration']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const price = el.querySelector("[data-testid='journey-price']")?.textContent?.trim();
    const operator = el.querySelector("[data-testid='operator-name']")?.textContent?.trim();
    if (departure) journeys.push({ departure, arrival, duration, price, operator });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: journeys.length, journeys: journeys.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);

console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();

✓ ready to run | spider-browser | TypeScript

Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

Extract structured JSON from thetrainline.com with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.

POST /fetch/thetrainline.com/

Departure timeArrival timeDurationPriceOperatorChanges

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/thetrainline.com/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'

Python

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/thetrainline.com/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())

Node.js

const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/thetrainline.com/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Extraction