Mobile Ticket apps

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Yesterday was my first day out on the trains in a while.
Seeing lots of people on Northern Trains using mobile app for tickets.
I'm going to try and use the app on my next travels. One question does the northern app allow you to buy and use other operators mobile tickets? Or do you need separate apps for each.

 

[Haywain]

Yesterday was my first day out on the trains in a while.
Seeing lots of people on Northern Trains using mobile app for tickets.
I'm going to try and use the app on my next travels. One question does the northern app allow you to buy and use other operators mobile tickets? Or do you need separate apps for each.

Apps should allow purchase of tickets for other operators in the same way that websites do. I am not aware of any that do not.

 

[Gricer99]

My Northern App regularly fails to find the services to sell tickets for. Its rubbish.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Apps should allow purchase of tickets for other operators in the same way that websites do. I am not aware of any that do not.

Some don't do M-tickets, which means they can only do "collect a paper ticket" for e.g. Scotrail and Southeastern.

M-tickets are rubbish, though, so maybe this is a good thing

 

[30907]

My Northern App regularly fails to find the services to sell tickets for. Its rubbish.

I have only used it for Northern and GWR. Perhaps I do simpler journeys, but I have not had issues.

 

[Haywain]

Some don't do M-tickets, which means they can only do "collect a paper ticket" for e.g. Scotrail and Southeastern.

Or Cross-London tickets etc, but in general terms...

M-tickets are rubbish, though, so maybe this is a good thing

Correct.

 

[Wallsendmag]

Use the LNER ap you'll get an eTicket , much better than the older mTicket. ScotRail are doing mTickets now so there is hope.

 

[setdown]

I’d always keep two apps on your phone, so that you can compare fares for the same trains. I used to swear by the Transpennine app, but they’re missing a lot of the cheaper “evening-out” fares on South Western, despite those fares showing on Trainline and the SWR app!