We shared the news that the 'magstripe' train ticket could be nothing more than a museum exhibit within five years, according to Northern.

The current version of the 'iconic' orange ticket was first used in 2014.

The train operator reported a marked shift towards digital and paper options, with 12 per cent (2.3 million) fewer magstripe tickets in use in 2023/24 compared to 2022/23.

In the 2023/24 period, under 20 per cent of journeys on Northern services used magstripe tickets, and digital ticket use grew by almost 19 per cent, reaching 65.2 million.

Here's what readers thought.

Moira MacDiarmid said: "It's obvious more people are using apps now. You only have to listen to the number of beeps from the ticket scanner as the ticket examiner makes their way through the carriage to know a majority haven't bought a paper version."

Maureen Vernon said: "Give me paper any day," which Julie Stanford Paul Hal Irving agreed with.

One web user said: "Personally I purchase tickets from the machine at my local station when the ticket office is closed. There are people who do not or wish to own a smartphone or the passengers who require assistance."