Bishop Auckland College Bus Travel
Heading to Bishop Auckland College? Your place in college allows you to travel for free on Arriva services within County Durham!
Arriva have teamed up with Bishop Auckland College and South West Durham Training to allow free college day travel on all Arriva services, in order to make the journey to and from campus as simple as possible.
Simply show your Campus ID card to the driver then sit back, relax and enjoy the journey. We offer a comprehensive network of services within County Durham, along with some dedicated college day only services and journeys designed to ensure as many students as possible can benefit.
Whilst the full Arriva County Durham network is available to use on college days, there are also small number of bespoke journeys and services that will operate directly to and from the college on college days, helping to make the journey even easier.
A summary of these services are shown below and connections can be made to other Arriva services in Bishop Auckland Bus Station as required.
Service | 1 | 86 | 6 | 5A |
From Darlington | From Trimdon | From Durham | From Newton Aycliffe | |
Bishop Auckland Bus Station | 825 | 836 | 838 | 835 |
Bishop Auckland College | 833 | 850 | 847 | 843 |
Service | 5 | 86 | 1 |
To Newton Aycliffe | To Trimdon | To Darlington | |
Bishop Auckland College | 1649 | 1705 | 1706 |
Bishop Auckland Bus Station | 1657 | 1713 | 1713 |
Key info
Free travel is only permitted on Arriva services, operating within County Durham and Darlington on college days only. Free travel is available to all 16-18 year old students studying a FE course. 19 year old+ students can apply for transport funding. Visit Student Services at your campus for further information.