Best Android E Ticket App?

[Red Dragon]

I've recently been booking a couple of trips involving multiple E tickets.

I'm looking for an Android ticket app, one which is reliable, user friendly, which maybe has sections where I can group and file the tickets for different future trips easily.

For example, in May we're taking the sleeper from King's Cross to Inverness to stay in Plockton. On the way back we're staying in Inverness and then Edinburgh for a few nights and finally back to King's X. Lots of E tickets!

Your experiences and advice would be appreciated.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Easiest way is probably to file them in your e-mail client and download them to e.g. Adobe Reader before use. I don't think any of the ticketing apps have a facility to organise them as such.

 

[Red Dragon]

Thanks Bletchleyite, I did wonder about that.
I can set up files for various trips in my e-mail account.

 

[miklcct]

Pass2U in combination with Trainsplit (Apple Wallet).

 

[Red Dragon]

Pass2U in combination with Trainsplit (Apple Wallet).

Does Apple Wallet work on Android?

 

[Wallsendmag]

Does Apple Wallet work on Android?

I doubt it

 

[miklcct]

Does Apple Wallet work on Android?

Yes - Pass2U is one of the Apple Wallet replacement on Android.

 

[Bletchleyite]

There are apps for Android that provide the same facility using the same Apple PKPASS files. Pass 2U is one as noted above.

Another option is to store the PDFs in Google Drive.

 

[Haywain]

Google Pay is where I have eTickets stored on my Android phone.

 

[Lewlew]

The Trainline app is good, all tickets stored in one place and has a nice user experience with split ticketing (not always as good as trainsplit).

Fee free if purchased on day of travel. I also don't mind paying the small fee to have a fairly streamlined experience.

They have come along way since all the sheep adverts.

 

[Red Dragon]

The Trainline app is good, all tickets stored in one place and has a nice user experience with split ticketing (not always as good as trainsplit).

Fee free if purchased on day of travel. I also don't mind paying the small fee to have a fairly streamlined experience.

They have come along way since all the sheep adverts.

Is it possible to store pdf tickets from other sources in this app?

 

[Bletchleyite]

Is it possible to store pdf tickets from other sources in this app?

No, you have to buy them from TTL.

If you want to store PDFs as PDFs, Google Drive (or on an iPhone, iCloud Drive if preferred) is your thing.

 

[Red Dragon]

No, you have to buy them from TTL.

If you want to store PDFs as PDFs, Google Drive (or on an iPhone, iCloud Drive if preferred) is your thing.

What made me bring up this topic was the trip which I made with my wife to Cardiff on Saturday to see Wales play Scotland in the 6 Nations. TED - WAT, WAT-PAD, PAD-CDF rtn.

We had 4 digital train tickets, 2 digital NHS Covid passports (required to get into the stadium), and 2 digital WRU match tickets too!
Oh and 2 Snr Railcards of course!!!

I heard someone on the train remark "Paper was perfect" as they tortuously tried to negotiated their way around inside their phone to try to retrieve their tickets.
If you mislay your phoned you're XXXXed !

Maybe there's a window of opportunity for a clever software developer within the forum to give us an all singing all dancing App.
Unfortunately my program expertise is a bit out of date, based on Fortran 2D nearly 60 years ago in university using "steam powered" computers, so I'll maybe pass on that one!

Thanks Betchleyite, very useful.

 

[miklcct]

What made me bring up this topic was the trip which I made with my wife to Cardiff on Saturday to see Wales play Scotland in the 6 Nations. TED - WAT, WAT-PAD, PAD-CDF rtn.

We had 4 digital train tickets, 2 digital NHS Covid passports (required to get into the stadium), and 2 digital WRU match tickets too!
Oh and 2 Snr Railcards of course!!!

I heard someone on the train remark "Paper was perfect" as they tortuously tried to negotiated their way around inside their phone to try to retrieve their tickets.
If you mislay your phoned you're XXXXed !

Maybe there's a window of opportunity for a clever software developer within the forum to give us an all singing all dancing App.
Unfortunately my program expertise is a bit out of date, based on Fortran 2D nearly 60 years ago in university using "steam powered" computers, so I'll maybe pass on that one!

Thanks Betchleyite, very useful.

I have a folder called "e-tickets" on my Android phone, which stores all the e-tickets, including train tickets, museum tickets, Covid passes, etc.

 

[trei2k]

Are any of your tickets going to be purely on ScotRail? If so, the issue you are going to have is that ScotRail only retail mTickets, therefore any ScotRail only flow, you'll need to use an app that allows you to use mTickets. (E.g. Inverness to Plockton and you'll be using a ScotRail service).

As mTickets require activation, you have to do this within an app and can't use a 3rd party/PDF ticket.

 

[Red Dragon]

Are any of your tickets going to be purely on ScotRail? If so, the issue you are going to have is that ScotRail only retail mTickets, therefore any ScotRail only flow, you'll need to use an app that allows you to use mTickets. (E.g. Inverness to Plockton and you'll be using a ScotRail service).

As mTickets require activation, you have to do this within an app and can't use a 3rd party/PDF ticket.

Thanks - I didn't know that, so that's very useful.

Yes you're right The Inverness to Plockton leg is purely Scotrail.

I've already booked the sleeper to Inverness, and the Inverness to Edinburgh leg on The Highland Chieftain, along with Edinburgh back to King's X.
The ScotRail sleeper tickets are PDFs.

Other ScotRail tickets, I guess, aren't available until 12 weeks before so in that case I could buy paper tickets for the Inverness-Plockton out and return if I wanted to avoid mTickets.

Many thanks

I have a folder called "e-tickets" on my Android phone, which stores all the e-tickets, including train tickets, museum tickets, Covid passes, etc.

Which App have you created this in?

 

[miklcct]

Which App have you created this in?

Any file manager will do

 

[alistairlees]

Which App have you created this in?

I expect he means a folder, like you get on a PC. Nothing to do with any app. Just organising where things are stored on your phone, to make it easier when you need to find / use them.

 

[Red Dragon]

Ok thanks - I've now set up folders for various trips and transferred the relevant PDF tickets to the folders. I also renamed the downloads to reflect the journey.
That's easier to sort and find.
Cheers