ScotRail M tickets

[Wallsendmag]

If I buy a paper ticket for Pitlochry to Stirling, for example, it can be used on both LNER and Scotrail services. This is not the case for tickets loaded on to a smartcard which, except for season tickets, are not accepted on LNER services. Does the same restriction applies to Scotrail mTickets?

Incorrect I'm afraid, all formats are accepted on LNER services

 

[_toommm_]

If I buy a paper ticket for Pitlochry to Stirling, for example, it can be used on both LNER and Scotrail services. This is not the case for tickets loaded on to a smartcard which, except for season tickets, are not accepted on LNER services. Does the same restriction applies to Scotrail mTickets?

The format with which a ticket is presented bears no relation to its validity on TOCs. A ticket could be presented on your phone/a bit of paper/a CCST/a smart card, and it has the same validity (as long as it isn’t one of the aforementioned m-tickets that has to be displayed on the app (unfortunately)).

 

[kkong]

I tried the m-ticket in the new app yesterday, a super off-peak day return from Aberdeen to Inverurie.

Failed with "Seek assistance" message at the Aberdeen gates on both the outward and return journeys.

I will stick to paper tickets - especially for anything other than a trivial local journey.