Rail companies join forces to offer students in North Yorkshire huge discount on school commute
Rail companies Northern and TransPennine Express have joined forces on a ticket scheme designed to get more students commuting to school by rail.
The U16 Education Season Ticket scheme, which Northern has run for several years, will now extend to a number of TransPennine Express services across the region.
It offers a 50% discount on the regular price of a child ticket on all Northern services and TransPennine Express services between:
- York to Leeds, Seamer and Scarborough
- Malton to York and Scarborough
- Northallerton to Middlesbrough and York
- Thirsk to York and Darlington
- Hull to Huddersfield and Manchester (Deansgate, Oxford Road, Piccadilly & Victoria)
- Darlington to Northallerton
- Yarm to Middlesbrough
- Stockport to Manchester (Deansgate, Oxford Road, Piccadilly & Victoria)
- Carlisle to Penrith
- Grimsby to Scunthorpe
Alex Hornby, the new commercial and customer director at Northern who joined the train operator last month, said: “Northern has a long-running campaign to encourage students to convert their commute from road to rail – and we’re delighted to extend the scheme to even more stations by joining forces with our colleagues at TransPennine Express.”
Darren Higgins, commercial director at TransPennine Express, said: “We’re pleased to be able to work with Northern to bring this fantastic offer to students which provides a significant saving on the cost of the school commute – and Education Season tickets can be used at weekends and bank holidays too.”
Visit northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/educational-season for more information and details of how to buy a ticket.