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Northern Rail Deals
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Ongoing
You can get 25% off train tickets when two adults take a day return journey on selected off-peak routes on the Northern Rail network.
Book online or by quoting 'Duo' at the ticket office – see the full list of stations offering Duo tickets.
Unfortunately you can't combine this offer with railcard or child discounts.
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Northern Rail £1 sale (50p for kids)
1,000,000+ available
ExpiredIt's back! Northern Rail is selling over 1,000,000 advance single tickets for £1 (or 50p for children aged 5-15) in its 'Flash Sale'. You'll find them on selected routes such as Blackpool to Leeds, Manchester to Liverpool, and Newcastle to Darlington, for travel between Mon 6 Sep – Fri 22 Oct, but be prepared to hunt around for them.
How to get the discounted tickets
To get the £1 and 50p seats, you’ll need to book a single adult or child (5-15 years) ‘Standard Advanced Ticket’ on the Northern website or via its app (Android/IOS). You won't be able to get this offer at station ticket offices. Return journeys don’t qualify so you’ll need to book two singles - be sure to check if this makes the total journey cheapest.
As the promotional routes cover various destinations and dates, it will be trial and error finding the cheaper seats. There'll be more availability the further in advance you book and it helps if you can be flexible on dates and destination.
Last time Northern ran this offer, it applied mostly to off-peak trains, with limited availability during weekday peak times, so be aware that this could be the case this time round.
Top fares we found:
We dug around and found there were over 200 stations included in the sale.
Here are some examples we found on Tue 24 Aug:
- York to Leeds
- Newcastle to Durham
- Blackpool North to Manchester Airport
- Doncaster to Chesterfield
Some of the destinations offering 'Flash Sale' tickets:
- Nottingham
- Stockport
- Rochdale
- Buxton
- Doncaster
- Newcastle
- Harrogate
- Manchester Piccadilly
These tickets are only valid for the specific train selected when booking, and are non-refundable.
How about children?
Discounted child tickets are available in this sale for half the price, so they'll be 50p each. A maximum of two children under the age of five can travel for free with each adult travelling on a qualifying ticket.
To complete your grand (cheap) day out, see our Cheap days out page.
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Northern Rail 10p sale (5p for kids)
180,000+ available
ExpiredIt's back! Northern Rail has priced over 180,000 tickets at just 10p (or 5p for kids) in its 'Flash Sale'. You'll find them on selected routes such as Blackpool to Leeds, Manchester to Liverpool, and Newcastle to Darlington, for travel between Mon 13 Jan-Fri 14 Feb and Mon 24-Sat 29 Feb - but be prepared to hunt around for them.
To complete your grand (cheap) day out, see our Travel deals.
How to get the discounted tickets
To get the 10p and 5p seats, you’ll need to book a single adult or child (5-15 years) ‘Standard Advanced Ticket’ on the Northern website or via its app. You won't be able to get this offer at station ticket offices. Return journeys don’t qualify so you’ll need to book two singles - be sure to check if this makes the total journey cheapest.
As the promotional routes cover various destinations and dates, it will be trial and error finding the cheaper seats. There'll be more availability the further in advance you book and it helps if you can be flexible on dates and destination.
Last time Northern ran this offer, it applied mostly to off-peak trains, with limited availability during weekday peak times, so be aware that this could be the case this time round.
Top fares we found
We dug around and found some examples of the 10p sale on Fri 10 Jan:
- 20p return - Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool Pleasure beach
- 20p return - Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- 20p return - York to Leeds
These tickets are only valid for the specific train selected when booking, and are non-refundable.
How about children?
Discounted child tickets are available in this sale for half the price, so they'll be 5p each. A maximum of two children under the age of five can travel for free with each adult travelling on a qualifying ticket.
- 20p return - Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool Pleasure beach
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