EFC

[ EFC ]

Merseyrail tickets

Posted by Heisenberg Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Heisenberg+Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 11:10 am

Online, harder to buy than BMD ones. Journey planner, times, ticket specs etc..... buy option, nope.

"When I think of Everton, I think of Howard Kendall"

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by Est-1878 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Est-1878' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 5:06 pm, in reply to "Merseyrail tickets"

My usual drill is a train to LS
Bus to Walton or train to K’dale

Same going home

All covered by a all area Savesway which was £6.50

Now it’s £2 each way on the bus

https://theblockaff.org/

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by WaltonBlue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=WaltonBlue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 5:02 pm, in reply to "Merseyrail tickets"

Get old and you get a card with no problem.

In Moyes We Trust

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Is the age for the MT pass 60 ?

https://theblockaff.org/

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by johnbartonstache <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=johnbartonstache' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 5:16 pm, in reply to "Re: Merseyrail tickets"

still 60 at the moment, hopefully it won't change in next 12 months!

for you I'd lose my self-esteem
for crewe I'd use junction 16

Re: Merseyrail tickets

The chancellor will probably scrap it for any pensioner with a yearly income of less than £60k claiming lack of human contact / social isolation is part of healthy well being

https://theblockaff.org/

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by ste <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=ste' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 3:42 pm, in reply to "Merseyrail tickets"

Just bought the card mentioned by Faz and set up a payment card for tap and go. It’s annoying that you can’t just use a bank card to tap in and out but this is Rotherham/Mersey travel

CHEER UP, PLUMS

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by Toe_bunger <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Toe_bunger' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 4:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Merseyrail tickets"

It's just a shit oyster card 20 years late

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by Oscar_ <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Oscar_' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 4:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Merseyrail tickets"

I’ve done the same, was hoping I could add the tap and go to my wallet on my phone, but that isn’t possible.

It's not a lie if you believe it.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by ste <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=ste' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 5:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Merseyrail tickets"

Just helps if you’re in a rush and don’t have time for a ticket office

I will no doubt forget it tomorrow as well

CHEER UP, PLUMS

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by Heisenberg Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Heisenberg+Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 5:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Merseyrail tickets"

They're starting text messaging next week though.

"When I think of Everton, I think of Howard Kendall"

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by Ta La <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Ta+La' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 1:41 pm, in reply to "Merseyrail tickets"

Just get your steps in instead mate.

Yours

A.M. Ersey-Rail Official

It's us, not me. Fight inequality.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by newbie <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=newbie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 12:44 pm, in reply to "Merseyrail tickets"

That fucking knobhead mayor grinning at the launch last week like he’d just invented the wheel: A launch of a shite version of technology that most other cities have had for years and years. Absolutely embarrassing.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by old_tom_morris <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=old_tom_morris' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 11:43 am, in reply to "Merseyrail tickets"

They're doing that Tap&go thing now. Buy a card for £1 at any office, register online and you can just use that. It should give you the cheapest ticket for your journey each time. I think they're up and running now, but you might want to check.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by DuncanFerguson9 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=DuncanFerguson9' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 11:53 am, in reply to "Re: Merseyrail tickets"

I bought one yesterday and set my card up etc. then tapped it and it kept saying no valid ticket. Ended up having to buy a ticket from the machine. Hoping it was just because I'd only just done it and will work tomorrow when I need to use it

Re: Merseyrail tickets

I set mine up and somehow managed to close the account immediately. Just says 'pending closure' on it and won't let me reverse it.

I've emailed them to see if I can sort it. The concept is decent (about 5 years too late) so lets hope it works okay soon enough.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

It is Tom. It's on the website at least. UNLIKE BUYING TICKETS ONLINE!

"When I think of Everton, I think of Howard Kendall"

Re: Merseyrail tickets

They're light years behind everywhere else mate. It's pathetic really.

I heard they're introducing a system where you just tap your debit card as well shortly , although I don't know how true that is.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by Lizardo <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Lizardo' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 12:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Merseyrail tickets"

State of the art WiFi on the new trains too.

That doesn't work

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Yeah it's shite. Works about half the time. And the new trains are too small with not enough seats.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

It's never worked for me. Shows up but won't connect

Re: Merseyrail tickets

I have had it work but never particularly well. More of often than not it says 'connected without Internet access' which is a little pointless!

I only really use it so I can listen to music to demonstrate out the sound of some halfwit prattling on the whole journey.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

I went to Munich recently and the WiFi on the S-Bahn was lightning quick. So it can be done

Yeah same, I have some music saved to my phone just in case I get stuck without signal!

Re: Merseyrail tickets

I was sat behind two older women talking about their dogs last week. Endless nonsense. I had to switch off the WiFi signal and use my data just so I could get a decent signal to play something, anything, so I didn't have to listen to them.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Isn't that what you do on London Underground instead of Oyster now?

"When I think of Everton, I think of Howard Kendall"

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Yep.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Yeah. Unsure if Oyster is still a thing too or been phased out but you've been able to tap and go with a debit card for years now

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by Forcryinoutloud1 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Forcryinoutloud1' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 12:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Merseyrail tickets"

In most big cities it is tap & Go now.

I'm travelling out to Aigburth next week & me ticket is electronic until Bidston where I have to buy a paper ticket for my return journey there. Madness.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

How do you get an electronic ticket? Train line?

"When I think of Everton, I think of Howard Kendall"

Re: Merseyrail tickets

I use TfWales

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by Fazak_Blue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Fazak_Blue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 11:11 am, in reply to "Merseyrail tickets"

Use trainline.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

don't think merseyrail accept digital tickets from 3rd party like trainline,apart from city line.
remember loads got fined last year.
they've brought in tap and go this week, but you need a metrocard and to set up an account

for you I'd lose my self-esteem
for crewe I'd use junction 16

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by Sherpa <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Sherpa' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 11:26 am, in reply to "Re: Merseyrail tickets"

They do

Re: Merseyrail tickets

You have to print your ticket off at the station before travelling. May as well just go the ticket office.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Print your digital ticket they email to you?

Righto

Rotherham must still be sleeping in his Jag

"When I think of Everton, I think of Howard Kendall"

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Haha they give you a code.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

What do you do with the code? Still can't find the "buy now" option anyway

"When I think of Everton, I think of Howard Kendall"

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Either use the self serve machine or go to the counter.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

How pointless. Might as well just go and buy a ticket. Especially as I can't actually buy one online. Do they even test anything before rolling it out?

"When I think of Everton, I think of Howard Kendall"

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Aye. Don't even think they're ever cheaper booked in advance either on Merseyrail.

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Posted by ste <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=ste' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 23, 2025, 11:17 am, in reply to "Re: Merseyrail tickets"

Do you still have to go and print them at a machine as well though! Annoyed me that

CHEER UP, PLUMS

Re: Merseyrail tickets

Yup.

« Back to index

662

[ EFC ]