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Northern offers students HALF PRICE school run tickets for ENTIRE academic year

Northern is offering students across its network half-price school run tickets for the entire 2024-25 academic year.

The train operator hopes the discount will convince children under 16 and their parents or guardians to convert their school run from road to rail.

The discount is available until Friday, 20 September through Northern’s Under 16 Education Season Ticket scheme.

Some of the sample savings across its network include:

County

School/Academy

Travel From:

Travel To:

Annual Cost: Standard Child Ticket

Annual Cost: U16 Education Season Ticket Price

           
           

Cheshire

St Nicholas Catholic High School

Cuddington

Greenbank

£402.00

£201.00

Cumbria

Queen Katherine School

Staveley

Kendal

£408.00

£204.00

East Yorkshire

Hull Trinity House Academy

Driffield

Hull

£958.00

£479.00

Greater Manchester

Highfields College

Rose Hill Marple

Brinnington

£306.00

£153.00

Lancashire

Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

Preston

Lancaster

£996.00

£498.00

Merseyside

The Sutton Academy

Whiston

Lea Green

£270.00

£135.00

North Yorkshire

Nunthorpe Academy

Great Ayton

Nunthorpe

£252.00

£126.00

South Yorkshire

All Saints Catholic High School

Woodhouse

Sheffield

£360.00

£180.00

Tyne & Wear

Newcastle High School for Girls

Morpeth

Newcastle

£676.00

£338.00

West Yorkshire

UTC Leeds

Brighouse

Leeds

£752.00

£376.00

For more information and details of how to buy a ticket for any student commute, visit: northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/educational-season

Mark Powles, commercial and customer director at Northern, said: “As well as providing a significant saving on the cost of the school commute, U16 Education Season Tickets can be used at weekends and bank holidays too – not just the 195 days a year that schools are open.

“We have a long-running campaign to encourage people to convert from road to rail – and if we can get young people in the habit while they’re at school, we hope they will stick with it when they move into further education or the workplace.”

Northern is the second largest train operator in the UK, with nearly 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England.

Contact Information

Northern Trains Press Office

press.office@northernrailway.co.uk