Students in the north of England can obtain season tickets for train travel during the entire 2024-25 academic year at half price.

Train operator Northern hopes the discount will encourage children under 16 and their parents or guardians to change their travel to school pattern from driving to travelling by train.

The tickets are available under Northern’s Under 16 Education Season Ticket scheme. Applications must be made by Friday, 20th September to obtain a half-price season ticket.

Some of the typical savings include:

• From Cuddington to Greenbank for St Nicholas Catholic High School in Cheshire – £201.00 instead of £402.00
• From Staveley to Kendal for Queen Katherine School in Cumbria – £204.00 instead of £408.00
• From Driffield to Hull for Hull Trinity House Academy in East Yorkshire – £479.00 instead of £958.00
• From Rose Hill Marple to Brinnington for Highfields College in Greater Manchester – £153.00 instead of £306.00
• From Preston to Lancaster for Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School in Lancashire – £498.00 instead of £996.00
• From Whiston to Lea Green for The Sutton Academy in Merseyside – £135.00 instead of £270.00
• From Great Ayton to Nunthorpe for Nunthorpe Academy in North Yorkshire – £126.00 instead of £252.00
• From Woodhouse to Sheffield for All Saints Catholic High School in South Yorkshire – £180.00 instead of £360.00
• From Morpeth to Newcastle for Newcastle High School for Girls in Tyne & Wear – £338.00 instead of £676.00
• From Brighouse to Leeds for UTC Leeds in West Yorkshire – £376.00 instead of £752.00

Further information about the offer and details of how to buy a ticket for any student commute is online at  northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/educational-season.

Earlier this year, Northern introduced a special offer that gives Carers a 25% discount on the price of their tickets, and also regularly offers discount codes to regular travellers.

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.

Mark Powles, commercial and customer director at Northern