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thetrainline.com kept its Google rankings and lost 11% of its search traffic.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
6.6M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
5.9M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
−11%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
−7%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

04.7M9.3M2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-07-28: AI Mode launches in the UK2025-10-07: AI Mode adds 35 languages and 40 countries2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-03-27: March 2026 core update2026-05-19: I/O 2026: AI Mode hits 1 billion users, Gemini 3.5 Flash2026-05-20: AI Overviews and AI Mode combined worldwide2026-05-21: May 2026 core update2026-09-29: AI Mode information monitoring for all usersOct 20246.6MOct 20258.5MOct 20265.9M
thetrainline.com, Ahrefs estimated monthly organic search traffic, United Kingdom. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Keywords ranking in Google's top three

069K138K2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-07-28: AI Mode launches in the UK2025-10-07: AI Mode adds 35 languages and 40 countries2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-03-27: March 2026 core update2026-05-19: I/O 2026: AI Mode hits 1 billion users, Gemini 3.5 Flash2026-05-20: AI Overviews and AI Mode combined worldwide2026-05-21: May 2026 core update2026-09-29: AI Mode information monitoring for all usersOct 2024119KOct 2025125KOct 2026111K
thetrainline.com, keywords ranking positions 1 to 3, United Kingdom. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Points are Ahrefs Site Explorer estimates for the first of each month shown. Months in between are being collected. All 156,458 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 352,132 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite thetrainline.com

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT1,820
Google AI Mode4,139
Gemini3,067

Ahrefs AI responses index, captured 28 October 2026, United Kingdom, including subdomains.

Five questions we ask the AI engines about thetrainline.com

Written from the site's own top Google keywords, keeping the intent of the search.

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT3 of 54 of 5
Google AI Mode2 of 52 of 5
Gemini2 of 51 of 5
  1. Give me an overview of “trainline uk”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “trainline uk”
  2. Give me an overview of “train”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “train”
  3. How can I check UK train times for a chosen route and travel date?from the keyword “train times”
  4. Give me an overview of “train line”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “train line”
  5. Give me an overview of “trainline”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “trainline”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
10.9M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
12.1M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
2.1M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
11K
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026

Semrush Traffic Analytics modelled visits, United Kingdom, a separate source from the Ahrefs estimates above. Semrush restates this data on 9 November 2026.