Rail companies join forces to offer students in North Yorkshire huge discount on school commute

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.