Infrastructure - https://thetrainline.com BeaverCheck Audit

C

IPv6 Readiness

Action

No IPv6 support

REVIEW

No IPv6 support

No IPv6 (AAAA) records found

IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.

No IPv6 Support

About 40% of internet users have IPv6. Consider adding AAAA records.

IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.

Why this matters

No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.

Source: Google IPv6 stats

B

URL Variants

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

REVIEW

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

Both www and non-www versions serve content

Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other

HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.thetrainline.com/

200https://thetrainline.com/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://thetrainline.com/ → https://thetrainline.com/

Consistent

B

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

136 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

136

days left

0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
Add the preload directive and submit to hstspreload.org once max-age + includeSubDomains are in place
Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy

A+

DNS Records

4 A records, 110 ms lookup

PASS

4 A records, 110 ms lookup

Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 52.222.177.45, 52.222.177.111, 52.222.177.108, 52.222.177.44

No IPv6 (AAAA) records

2 nameserver(s) configured

Got: chuck.ns.cloudflare.com, journey.ns.cloudflare.com

1 mail exchanger(s) configured

CAA records not checked

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

SPF record present in TXT

DNS resolution time: 110 ms

Got: 110 ms

A	52.222.177.45, 52.222.177.111, 52.222.177.108, 52.222.177.44
AAAA	—
CNAME	—
NS	chuck.ns.cloudflare.com, journey.ns.cloudflare.com
MX	0 thetrainline-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT	google-site-verification=LnNQArC8rgeQ8pACZQbOJr8RWSgv4hlUSrFPknxNaaY _globalsign-domain-verification=mTEzKXy-0xQSCiupoeH27RPKTkYIhFhEXTvtiZQF8U CKO=cli_d3f5bogcmyburfc2k2kxg7vws4 facebook-domain-verification=yxu4e5x57ifadqon3zme5jdzaosiww atlassian-domain-verification=nrd7IY7RKQBPxk9ztZC7r2BqXiFFX0qsBcU9BQPVPvaaoGzRMY... google-site-verification=8FiyJFUBzyPfjOojl1-tvoHwluWxmMBcY-zSuwXMK7A jamf-site-verification=k23hwMD31hFVdMKApP7i9w jetbrains-domain-verification=4000fd11geocn4cq3oumucmkb notion-domain-verification=IYxCZuFdRqUIZ8b9U7HHHdJtkOgO0UFxAeTviGZRjHQ _globalsign-domain-verification=WUfX3hsvixxhA-MyAYS2p1ydSYaX1ZjDPlEbmVhcfT O7AQVjfEUlP7/KfKARHZCWvCvxEIPHeO6DtkRo+k4ig966IbIfvGZYvaG4JQcc0/hRfsNY9oG8v16htm... vmware-cloud-verification-23710926-1698-4b13-8bb5-fe7019aa1b1c miro-verification=725a6c92d301f7228f85f9ca5445979adb6e1838 MS=ms71298604 facebook-domain-verification=xhmbtl18g0swqcz33xbvk0zcr9sfik Trustpilot-Verification-kqvVskCm6JQ9Vg1qAmahpBSJ5tvZORbriFyVIk4E SPF v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:mailgun.org ip4:168.245.67.115... globalsign-domain-verification=FB54BE6DD544F85EEAA68B2C127423F5 openai-domain-verification=dv-duhUireEPXtqf08vSi0LE3Us as=1483625869 globalsign-domain-verification=D0CEED975DCDB4A8F88A179D3A96310D google-site-verification=d30_vV9AIjRvxczBWu0XZqo6MjWY6u5Z5U5VOvyQnSU google-site-verification=mgqEaO42I0yq9FUr4asuuudI-JFOuZ6NfrbOsCkoSCY dropbox-domain-verification=xmn5u2vbnn86 anthropic-domain-verification-fnat0r=sDVQFAsNZ82jIkBOvkkcSDYT3 globalsign-domain-verification=dLzusaPb1exavXBkEXpSYmqHIo5S6VYUGU-wxKlnf1 2548c894-e9d4-4c0e-b2eb-662fa4cef489
CAA	Lookup not available with standard resolver

Resolved in 110 ms

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

Why this matters

Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.

A

Redirect Chain

1 redirect(s), 545 ms total

PASS

1 redirect(s), 545 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://thetrainline.com → https://www.thetrainline.com/ (301)

WWW normalization redirect

Redirect overhead: 545 ms total

Got: 545 ms

https://thetrainline.com

85 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.thetrainline.com/

460 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://thetrainline.com	301	85 ms	HTTP/1.1	CloudFront
2	https://www.thetrainline.com/	200	460 ms	HTTP/1.1	CloudFront

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+

Crawlability

robots.txt present, sitemap with 5292 URLs

PASS

robots.txt present, sitemap with 5292 URLs

robots.txt is present

Got: 5559 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 5292 entries

robots.txt references sitemap

robots.txt 200 OK

Size 5559 B Sitemaps referenced 49 User-agents *, AdsBot-Google, AdsBot-Google-Mobile Blocking No — crawling allowed

# If you're a robot, hello there and please have a good look around our website.

# If you're a human, we're chuffed you're checking out our robots.txt file. If you're into your SEO or a developer why not come work for us? Say hello at https://www.trainlinegroup.com/careers/en/.


User-agent: *


#Blocked parameters

Disallow: /news?page=*

Disallow: *?oriCode

Disallow: *?oricode

Disallow: /*lang=

Disallow: /*?cm=

Disallow: /live/*?*


#Blocked resources

Disallow: /RenderPDF.aspx*

Disallow: /SecureRenderPDF.aspx*

Disallow: /combinedmatrix.aspx

Disallow: /customerror.aspx

Disallow: /hotel/JavaScriptDisabled.aspx

Disallow: /hotel/UnsupportedBrowser.aspx

Disallow: /destinations/*.shtml

Disallow: /newpaymenterror.aspx

Disallow: /terms.aspx

Disallow: /m/api

Disallow: /api

Disallow: /login-service

Disallow: /version


#Blocked slugs

Disallow: /admin/

Disallow: /book/

Disallow: /dpi

Disallow: /graphql

Disallow: /seo/graphql

Disallow: /button_bar_pages/

Disallow: /buytickets

Disallow: /maintenance/

Disallow: /season/

Disallow: /tools/tunetool

Disallow: /my-account/

Disallow: /m/checkout

Disallow: /m/results

Disallow: /train-times/*/1

Disallow: /train-times/*/2

Disallow: /train-times/*/3

Disallow: /train-times/*/4

Disallow: /train-times/*/5

Disallow: /train-times/*/6

Disallow: /train-times/*/7

Disallow: /train-times/*/8

Disallow: /train-times/*/9

Disallow: /train-times/*/0

Disallow: /affiliate

Disallow: /unsupported-browser

Disallow: /diagnostics/

Disallow: /season-ticket/fare-selection?

Disallow: /content/lgl/*


User-agent: AdsBot-Google

Allow: /dpi

Disallow: *buytickets/datapassedin

Disallow: /api

Disallow: /graphql

Disallow: /seo/graphql

Disallow: /version

Disallow: /login-service

Disallow: /live/*?*

Disallow: /*?cm=

Disallow: /graphql


User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile

Allow: /dpi

Disallow: /version

Disallow: /graphql

Disallow: /seo/graphql

Disallow: /login-service

Disallow: *buytickets/datapassedin

Disallow: /api

Disallow: /live/*?*

Disallow: /*?cm=

Disallow: /graphql


# Sitemaps

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/live/sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/sitemap-cms

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/cs/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/da/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/de/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/de-at/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/de-ch/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/en/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/en-us/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/es/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/fr/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/fr-ch/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/it/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/it-ch/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/nb/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/nl/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/pl/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/pt/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/pt-br/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/sv/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/vul/sitemaps/zh/trains/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/ESS/de/station/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/ESS/en/station/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/ESS/es/station/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/ESS/fr/station/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/ESS/it/station/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/ess/maps/com/bus/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/ess/maps/de/bus/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/ess/maps/es/bus/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/ess/maps/fr/bus/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/content/ess/maps/it/bus/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/fr/cms-sitemap-fr

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/it/cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/es/es-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/de/sitemap-cms

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/en/europe-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/nl/sitemap-cms

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/da/da-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/nb/no-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/pl/pl-sitemap-cms

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/sv/sv-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/pt-br/pt-br-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/de-at/de-at-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/de-ch/de-ch-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/fr-ch/fr-ch-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/en-us/us-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/pt/pt-cms-sitemap

Sitemap: https://www.thetrainline.com/it-ch/it-ch-cms-sitemap

sitemap.xml 200 OK

Type URL Set URLs 5292 entries Valid XML Yes

Sample URLs:

A+

Domain Intelligence

thetrainline.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 27 years, 9 months old, hosted on AWS

PASS

thetrainline.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 27 years, 9 months old, hosted on AWS

Domain registered until Dec 6, 2026 (7 months remaining)

DNSSEC is enabled

Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Registrar lock is NOT enabled

The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.

Hosting: AWS

Got: AS16509

Domain expiry

173 days

December 6, 2026

SSL certificate

136 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

27 years, 9 months

Registered December 7, 1998

DNSSEC

Enabled

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

52.222.177.45

Registrar

CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Unlocked 2 NS records

Expiry timeline

Today

+1 year

Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)

Recommended actions

Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) to block unauthorized domain transfers

Registrar CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Created December 7, 1998 (27 years, 9 months ago)

Expires December 6, 2026 (7 months)

Last Updated December 2, 2025

Name Servers chuck.ns.cloudflare.com, journey.ns.cloudflare.com

DNSSEC Enabled

Hosting

IP Address 52.222.177.45

ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)

Provider AWS

Data source: rdap (0.3s)

The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.

Why this matters

Without registrar lock, an attacker who phishes your registrar credentials can transfer the domain in minutes — total brand hijack.

Learn more ▾

Registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited, clientDeleteProhibited) requires extra verification before any transfer/update/delete. Every major registrar offers it free. Combined with 2FA on your registrar account, it's the strongest defense against domain hijacking.

Source: ICANN / domain-security best practice

A+

HTTP Probe Timing

Total 171 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown

PASS

DNS Lookup

63 ms

TCP Connect

26 ms

TLS Handshake

29 ms

Time to First Byte

171 ms

Total Time

172 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 63 ms TCP Connect 26 ms TLS Handshake 29 ms Server Processing 54 ms Content Transfer 0 ms

A

CDN & Delivery

AWS CloudFront (Miss from cloudfront)

PASS

AWS CloudFront (Miss from cloudfront)

Site is served via AWS CloudFront CDN (edge: LHR95-P2)

Got: x-amz-cf-id: NvMXQSLrRuMHwFA6iOyPW2Outo0S_JjNYTBS4_nPfPcbWvxQ_hrGpg==

CDN cache status: Miss from cloudfront

CDN Detected: AWS CloudFront

Provider AWS CloudFront Cache Status Miss from cloudfront Evidence x-amz-cf-id: NvMXQSLrRuMHwFA6iOyPW2Outo0S_JjNYTBS4_nPfPcbWvxQ_hrGpg==