I am a recent convert to e-tickets [I know, being dragged into the 21st century!], and appreciate receiving them within a few minutes of booking and being able to store the attachment on my phone. I usually print out the ticket too -belt and braces approach!
But not all booking engines seem to offer them, and those that do, eg. trainscanbecheaper only offer them for certain journeys/tocs, like AvantiWestCoast. So for more local journeys eg on the North Wales Coast, the only options seem to be an m-ticket, needing the app, or paper tickets on TOD.
Am I missing a trick here, or is the availability of e-tickets limited? Given that most barriered stations now have the necessary readers, and, presumably conductors of tocs not using e-tickets have some way of checking those issued by other booking engines/tocs, why can they not be available throughout for any journey?
But not all booking engines seem to offer them, and those that do, eg. trainscanbecheaper only offer them for certain journeys/tocs, like AvantiWestCoast. So for more local journeys eg on the North Wales Coast, the only options seem to be an m-ticket, needing the app, or paper tickets on TOD.
Am I missing a trick here, or is the availability of e-tickets limited? Given that most barriered stations now have the necessary readers, and, presumably conductors of tocs not using e-tickets have some way of checking those issued by other booking engines/tocs, why can they not be available throughout for any journey?