After 6 years of railcard ownership, I allowed mine to lapse in 2020 because the pandemic meant that I wouldn't go on any trains. In fact, I have had two train journeys in the past 2 years, neither of which was planned in advance.
I have just bought some tickets for a return journey that I will undertake in August, and claimed the Senior Railcard discount. I will have to buy a railcard in advance of the journey. But it seems that now one's Senior Railcard can only be purchased as a virtual thing and it resides in the Trainline app. I checked my phone and I do indeed have a Trainline app.
Has anyone else any experience of adding discount railcards to the Trainline app? And is it actually possible to obtain a proper card to wave at a train guard/manager/ticket inspector, or is the electronic route The Only Way now?
The one good thing seems to be that it's still £70 for 3 years, and that's a price that hasn't changes since before I was 60 - over 8 years ago.