GMPTE traincard travelling to zone 2

[startingaparty]

I have a GMPTE train card

I want to travel to zone 2 chorlton

I used to buy a zone 2 card on the Get Me There App

Do I now need to get off at Cornbrook and tap in and get the next tram?

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Lol, just attempted to get off the tram, tap in, then board again and the doors closed before I had half a chance!! Waiting at Cornbrook now

 

[splashoutradio]

I've tried to do the same when travelling to Salford Quays in the past, although my success rate of jumping off, tapping in and boarding the same tram is pretty poor

I believe this is the only way to do it, unfortunately. I sometimes use a GetMeThere smart card, but this still requires tapping in and out at the zonal boundary.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Just about everything on the South side of Manchester calls at the zone 1 / 2 boundary at Cornbrook, so you can always get an Altrincham or Eccles tram to Cornbrook and temporarily alight there to tap in at the card reader, and a service for Chorlton (on the East Didsbury/Manchester Airport lines) is likely as not to be following just a minute or two behind.

 

[markwcel]

Didnt know you have to tap in and out at a zonal boundary? I get a zone 1 to 3 ticket on my getmethere ticket and just tap in at the start and out at the the end of the journey.
Am i wrong?

 

[jfollows]

Didnt know you have to tap in and out at a zonal boundary? I get a zone 1 to 3 ticket on my getmethere ticket and just tap in at the start and out at the the end of the journey.
Am i wrong?

Yes, you are not wrong.
The first poster has a GMPTE Traincard which is only valid in the Central Zone (technically Zone 1 nowadays) for the tram, hence a new ticket is needed for travel to Zone 2, which can be done with a tap in at the boundary station, Cornbrook.
Your ticket covers the whole journey so you just tap in at the start and end of your journey as you are doing.