Just a heads-up for everyone. Please share this around so as many people as possible can see it!

http://www.northernrail.org/JP2015?utm_c..._fare_B+v2&utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=
Northern Rail are running a promotion/offer which gives you the chance to buy an all-route Northern Day Ranger for just £10 (I don't think these are ordinarily available) or you can get a weekend ranger for £17.50.
To do this you have to collect two tokens from a list of specially selected newspapers (these papers are on a list on the website above). The three I have noticed for the North East are the Morpeth Herald, Hartlepool Mail and the Sunderland Echo.

You must get these tokens from the above newspapers printed before the 23rd January 2015, complete the form and buy your ticket from any staffed ticket office (ie Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Hexham, Carlisle etc).

Travel is available between 24 January and 15 March 2015 (excluding 14 - 22 February).


Note this is for the whole Northern Rail network which runs from Carlisle, Newcastle, Morpeth and all the way south to Crewe, Nottingham, Doncaster, Cleethorpes and also serving York, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield etc etc.
This ticket will not be valid for travel to get to the likes of York from the North East. The only ways you can get to Yorkshire via Northern Rail are via the Settle & Carlisle line to Leeds, or the Cumbrian Coast route through Workington and Whitehaven to Lancaster.

Otherwise you will have to buy a ticket for the route you'd like (for example, Newcastle to York or Carlisle to Preston).


This is £10 for adults (16 and over) or £5 for children. As stated you can get a Weekend ranger for £17.50 or £8.50 for children.
Please check the T&Cs on the above link.