Transpennine e-tickets

[urbophile]

I've just booked two off-peak returns from Liverpool to York, outward journey tomorrow 09/08/22. I was expecting to be offered e-tickets but the only option on the website was 'collect from station'. As it happens I shall be at Lime Street this afternoon, so this is no real inconvenience, but it could have been. I would have thought that by now all TOCs (except local ones such as Merseyrail, and why not even for them?) would have the technology to cope with e-tickets. What is the problem?

 

[northwichcat]

Which website did you book through?

I remember TPE offering an e-ticket option for their own services well before people starting having so many things stored on their mobile devices.

 

[urbophile]

Which website did you book through?

I remember TPE offering an e-ticket option for their own services well before people starting having so many things stored on their mobile devices.

TPE's own.

 

[CHESHIRECAT]

It's because it's Liverpool...do it from edge hill and then you get option for e ticket

 

[urbophile]

It's because it's Liverpool...do it from edge hill and then you get option for e ticket

Why???

 

[CHESHIRECAT]

It allows e ticket when you select Edge Hill as starting point same price and allows travel from lime street

 

[Haywain]

Why???

Because the ticket from Lime Street will be issued from Liverpool Stations and allows travel on the anti-eTicket Merseyrail.