Multi-journey Saver tickets in North East
Arriva has a choice of money-saving multi-journey tickets offering great value to customers in the North East area.
You can now pre-purchase your Day Saver, Weekly Saver and 4-Weekly Saver tickets using your mobile phone. It's easy, hassle-free and you can save money on 4-Weekly Saver tickets too. Find out more about m-tickets or register for m-tickets now.
Buying tickets
Ticket prices
Bishop Auckland Zone plus
| Day Saver |
Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver m-ticket or online price |
| £3.50 |
£15.00* |
£60.00* |
£54.00* |
* also valid for journeys on service 5 to and from Durham
Download a map of the Bishop Auckland Zone.
Cramlington Zone
| Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver m-ticket or online price |
| £14.00 |
£56.00 |
£50.40 |
Darlington Zones
| |
Day Saver |
Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver m-ticket or online price |
| Darlington Town Zone adult |
£2.50 |
£8.50 |
£28.00 |
£25.20 |
| Darlington Town Zone child |
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£5.00 |
£19.50 |
n/a |
| Darlington Borough Zone adult |
£4.00 |
£10.00 |
£37.00 |
£33.30 |
| Darlington Borough Zone child |
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£6.50 |
£25.00 |
n/a |
Download a map of the Darlington Zones.
Durham Zones
| |
Day Saver |
Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver m-ticket or online price |
| Durham City Zone |
£3.00 |
£11.00 |
£44.00 |
£39.60 |
| Brandon + Durham City Zone |
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£12.00 |
£48.00 |
£43.20 |
| Durham District Zone |
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£14.00 |
£56.00 |
£50.40 |
Download a map of the Durham Network
Morpeth Zone
Download a map of the Morpeth Zone.
Redcar Zone
Download a map of the Redcar Zone.
Teesside and East Cleveland Zone
| Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver |
4-weekly Saver m-ticket or online price |
| £16.00 |
£64.00 |
£57.60 |
Download a map of the Teesside and East Cleveland Zone.
Tyne and Wear Zone
| Day Saver |
Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver m-ticket or online price |
| £3.50 |
£15.00 |
£60.00 |
£54.00 |
Download a map of the Tyne and Wear Zone.
North East All Zones
| |
Day Saver |
Weekly Saver |
Weekly Saver m-ticket or online price |
4-Weekly Saver |
4-Weekly Saver m-ticket or online price |
| Adult |
£6.00 |
£22.00 |
£19.80 |
£88.00 |
£79.20 |
| Child |
£4.50 |
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| Concessions |
£4.50 |
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| Family |
£10.00 |
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Easyrider tickets
Easyriders are go-as-you-please bus tickets. They are valid for travel on any Arriva or Stagecoach bus in the zones shown on the map: plus Stokesley, Great Ayton, Hutton Rudby and Hinderwell. They can also be used on any council-subsidised Borough or Hartlepool bus.
If you want to travel outside of the Easyrider Boundary, simply show your Easyrider ticket when you board and pay the difference to travel from the boundary to your destination.
Easyrider tickets can be bought in any Arriva or Stagecoach Travel Shop in the Teesside & East Cleveland area or onboard any Arriva or Stagecoach bus in the same area.
| |
Monthly |
Weekly |
| Easyrider - All Zones |
£86.00 |
£22.00 |
| Easyrider - Middlesbrough/Stockton |
£62.00 |
£17.00 |
Download a map of the Easyrider validity area
Teesside Tripper tickets
| |
Day Ticket |
| Adult |
£4.00 |
| Child |
£2.50 |
| Family |
£8.00 |
Explorer tickets
Explorer Tickets are the only regionwide integrated public transport ticket. From the Scottish Borders throughout Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Teesside and North Yorkshire the Explorer North East ticket gives you the freedom to plan your days out.
Valid on most bus services throughout the region including Arriva North East, Go North East and Stagecoach North East as well as the Tyne and Wear Metro and Shields Ferry. Tickets are available from bus drivers. Valid for travel after 9am Monday to Friday and all day weekends and public holidays.
| |
Day Ticket |
| Explorer - Adult |
£8.00 |
| Explorer - Child/Concession |
£7.00 |
| Explorer - Family |
£16.00 |
Terms of travel
Saver tickets can be used on any Arriva North East buses within the given zones except services X61 and 737.
Children under 5 travel free with Arriva. Child fares conditions vary from area to area as follows:
Cleveland
Children under 5 years of age are carried free, providing they do not occupy a seat and are accompanied by a fare-paying passenger or a pass holder. Up to three children under 5 years of age may travel free with any passenger. Any more than three children under 5 years should be charged half the adult fare. There is no limit to the number of under-5s that may accompany an adult fare paying passenger or pass holder on Boroughbus services. Children aged 5 and under 16 are charged half the adult fare for journeys wholly within the Cleveland area. Half fares on cross-boundary journeys, i.e. to points beyond the Cleveland boundary, are available only to children aged 5 and under 14.
County Durham
Children under 5 years of age are carried free, providing they do not occupy a seat and are accompanied by a fare-paying passenger or a pass holder. Up to three children under 5 years of age may travel free with any passenger. Any more than three children under 5 years should be charged half the adult fare. Children aged 5 and under 14 are charged half the adult fare or any journey starting or finishing in County Durham.
County Durham Child 14-16 Passes (IIC Card)
Holders of these passes may travel at half fare after 1700 hours on schooldays and all day on Saturday, Sunday or during school holidays. It is valid on any local bus service for journeys starting or finishing in County Durham.
Darlington Borough
Within the Darlington Borough boundary children aged 5 and under 16 are charged half the adult fare. Please note that for any through-journey crossing the boundary from Darlington into Durham, Cleveland, Tyne & Wear or North Yorkshire the age limit is aged 5 to under 14.
North Yorkshire
Children under 5 years of age are carried free, providing they do not occupy a seat and are accompanied by a fare-paying passenger or a pass holder. Up to two children under 5 years of age may travel free with any passenger. Any more than two children under 5 years should be charged half the adult fare. Children aged 5 and under 14 are charged half the adult fare for any journey starting or finishing in North Yorkshire. The age limit for tendered services is 5 and under 16.
Tyne & Wear
Children under 5 years of age are carried free, providing they do not occupy a seat and are accompanied by a fare-paying passenger or a pass holder. Up to three children under 5 years of age may travel free with any passenger. Any more than three children under 5 years should be charged half the adult fare. Children aged 5 and under 14 are charged half the adult fare for any journey starting or finishing in Tyne & Wear.
Tyne & Wear child fares are subsidised before 1900 hours on Monday to Friday and at all time during August. During these periods children aged 5 and under 16 who have a valid 'under 16 card' may travel for 40p single or 50p Transfare. Outside these periods 60p single or 70p Transfare will apply. On cross-boundary journeys the appropriate fare should be paid to the Tyne & Wear boundary and then half fare from the boundary point (children aged 5 and under 16).
Northumberland
Children under 5 years of age are carried free, providing they do not occupy a seat and are accompanied by a fare-paying passenger or a pass holder. Up to three children under 5 years of age may travel free with any passenger. Any more than three children under 5 years should be charged half the adult fare. Children aged 5 and under 14 are charged half the adult fare for any journey starting or finishing in Northumberland.
Cumbria
Children under 5 years of age are carried free, providing they do not occupy a seat and are accompanied by a fare-paying passenger or a pass holder. Up to three children under 5 years of age may travel free with any passenger. Any more than three children under 5 years should be charged half adult fare. Children aged 5 and under 16 are charged half the adult fare for any journey within Cumbria.
