Increased mTicket availability in the North East

[JaJaWa]

m-ticket trial
We are working with train operators in the north east, to offer a wider choice of mobile tickets on our app for a trial period.

If you are making a journey on any train between Newcastle and York, Newcastle and Hexham or Harrogate and York and you purchase an Advance, Anytime or Off-Peak ticket via the tpexpress app, you can chose to receive an m-ticket for your journey.

Which journeys does the m-ticket cover?
If you are travelling between any of the following stations, you can chose to receive an m-ticket:
Blaydon, Cattal, Chester-Le-Street, Corbridge, Darlington, Dunston, Durham, Hammerton, Harrogate, Hexham, Knaresborough, Metrocentre, Newcastle, Northallerton, Poppleton, Prudhoe, Riding Mill, Starbeck, Stocksfield, Thirsk, Wylam, York.

Which tickets are available as m-tickets?
At the moment, our app offers m-tickets on First TransPennine Express Advance tickets, however the trial widens this to include Anytime and Off-Peak tickets on First TransPennine Express, Cross Country, East Coast or Northern services.

http://www.tpexpress.co.uk/tickets-offers/tickets/m-ticket-trial/

These are also available to purchase on the CrossCountry app.

I personally like mTickets, hope this is useful for anyone that uses these routes.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Anytime and Off Peak on mobile ticketing is an excellent idea, provided extra restrictions are not introduced.

Neil

 

[185143]

To the average passenger they are great-less things to forget!

I don't use them, I like keeping all of my tickets and have done for years. Also helps keep booking office staff in Northernland!

 

[maniacmartin]

Not so handy with a flat battery though

 

[Bletchleyite]

Not so handy with a flat battery though

Anyone who has perpetual battery problems would do well to buy a portable battery pack. Or a phone with better battery life - the Sony Xperia Z3 series manage 2 days of light usage or 1 full day of heavy usage, excellent kit.

Neil
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To the average passenger they are great-less things to forget!

I don't use them, I like keeping all of my tickets and have done for years. Also helps keep booking office staff in Northernland!

I mainly like the idea because I start my journeys at what are often busy stations, and it means I would not need to leave extra time for ticket purchase/collection nor trust the vagiaries of ToD. However I near enough always travel walk-up so Advances are of no interest.

Neil

 

[TUC]

Odd that Middlesbrough and Thornaby are missing from the list.

 

[life210]

Has there been any update on this trial (successful?)

 

[JaJaWa]

Has there been any update on this trial (successful?)

Support for them was added to the Northern app a couple of days ago, so hopefully the rollout should continue extending.

 

[island]

The reduced facilities for changing/amending M-tickets as well as the difficulties buying for someone else and issues if your device runs out of battery all put me off using them.