Ticket information

Pop Pay As You Go (PAYG) is the smart and exciting way to pay for public transport in North East England. Simply top up your Pop PAYG card and pay for your journeys as you make them.

Use the balance on your Pop PAYG card to buy your normal single, return or day ticket from the driver.

Use the balance on your Pop PAYG card to pay for single and day tickets on the Shields Ferry.

Day tickets allow unlimited travel on various forms of transport. Prices vary depending on the how many zones you're travelling in.

All the main bus operators offer a day ticket, which may save you money if you are making more than a return journey on their services in one day.

The Ferry Day Ticket allows you unlimited travel on the Shields Ferry for a full day. Buy on board the ferry for £3.10.

Single tickets are valid on Metro, Shields Ferry* and on local rail services between Newcastle and Sunderland.

You can buy single tickets direct from the driver, just state your destination when you board the bus.

Valid for one journey.  Buy on board the ferry. 

The single adult rail fare for journeys on Northern Rail services between Newcastle and Sunderland is £3.30.

If you commute or travel on Metro regularly then a Metro Season Ticket is for you.

If you travel frequently by bus, save money with a season ticket.

Available for 1 or 4 weeks travel.  (*only available with a Pop card.) 

Please note:  From 1 April 2021 Carnet tickets are no longer available to buy. However, any pre-purchased tickets will still be accepted for travel.

If you’re a regular commuter from stations outside Tyne and Wear, you could save money by buying a weekly, monthly or annual season ticket.

If you're travelling regularly on Metro and bus, or using buses run by different operators, save money with a Network One Travel Ticket.

Save money on day tickets on buses if you're a student.

Student Metro Season Tickets are available to students with a valid Student ID card and gives you 30% discount off an adult season ticket.

Students can save loads of money with special tickets and passes from bus operators.

If you're aged 18 or under Pop blue is the brand new way to pay for your Metro travel. A Pop blue card gives you special discounted fares on Metro that are much cheaper than buying adult Single or Day Tickets.

If you're 16-18, save money on single and day tickets on buses.

Simple and affordable new fares on the Shields Ferry for young people and 18 and under with a Pop blue card.

Save money with an 18 and under Metro Season Ticket

If you're aged 16-18, you can save loads of money with special tickets and passes from bus operators.

Young people aged under 19 and full-time students can save loads of money with a Network One Student Ticket.

With our Corporate Metro Season Ticket your staff get unlimited Metro travel from £11.12 a week*. There's no minimum purchase and the best part is it won't cost you a penny. All you have to do is buy discounted all zones annual Metro Season Tickets for your staff, then recover the costs over the year from their salary.

*based on an annual ticket

With a Metro Business Pass staff can travel anywhere on the Metro system between the hours of 9.30am and 5.00pm, Monday-Friday.

You can buy a Transfare ticket when your journey includes travelling on more than one type of transport in Tyne and Wear, eg Metro and bus, or bus and ferry.

This adult ticket offers one day's unlimited travel within Tyne and Wear. 

If you have an English National Concessionary Travel Pass (CT Pass), you can buy a Metro Gold Card which gives you unlimited on Metro, the Shields Ferry and Northern Rail services between Newcastle and Sunderland from 9.30am Monday-Friday, all day at weekends, on public holidays and throughout July and August.

If you have a Concessionary Travel (CT) Pass, and live in Tyne and Wear you can travel free of charge on buses in Tyne and Wear from 9.30am Monday-Friday and all day at weekends and Bank Holidays.

60p each single journey (you must have a Tyne and Wear Concessionary Travel Pass).  Ticket is valid 9.30am Monday-Friday and all day at weekends and public holidays.  You can travel free on the Shields Ferry if you have a Metro Gold Card (conditions apply*).

If you have a Concessionary Travel (CT) Pass, you can travel for 50p on Northern Rail services between Newcastle and Metrocentre/Blaydon from 9.30am Monday-Friday and all day at weekends and Bank Holidays.

Junior blue is the smart new way for young people aged 15 and under to pay for travel on Metro.

Simply top up your Junior blue card and use it to pay for your journeys as you make them.

Children with an Under 16 Pop card can travel on public transport in Tyne and Wear for just £1.10 a day with an Under 16 Child All-day Ticket (U16 CAT).

Unlimited travel on Metro for under 16s.

Children with an Under 16 Pop card can travel for the concessionary child single fare of 60p.

Children aged 5-15 who don't have an Under 16 Pop card travel for the commercial child single fare of 90p.

You may be asked for proof of age.

The fare for a single bus journey is 60p at any time, on any day if you have an Under 16 Pop card.

One single journey on the Shields Ferry costs 60p or you can travel all day for £1.10 with a Child All-day Ticket (on all modes of transport) - you will need an Under 16 Pop card to buy both of these tickets.

The fare for a single journey on Northern Rail services between Newcastle and Sunderland, and Newcastle and Metrocentre/Blaydon is 60p at any time, on any day if you have an Under 16 Pop card.

Buy a Transfare ticket when you want to travel on two types of transport to make your journey in Tyne and Wear - if you don't have an Under 16 Pop card.

A Network One Child Day Rover gives one day's unlimited travel within Tyne and Wear.

The Class and Youth Group Metro Pass is valid for up to 40 students aged 18 and under and up to 10 accompanying adults travelling in a group. You must be travelling in a group and after 9.00am.

School Passes allow you to pay for school journeys in advance so there is no need to find change for fares every day.

This ticket offers one day's unlimited travel within Tyne and Wear.

A Companion Card lets you take someone with you free of charge when you travel on buses in Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Northumberland and Darlington.

Valid for children (aged 15 and under) at a concessionary price and offers a whole day's unlimited travel in Tyne and Wear and beyond.

Explorer North East family ticket is valid for a family of one or two adults and up to three children (aged 15 and under) for a whole day's unlimited travel in Tyne and Wear and beyond.

Offers a whole day's unlimited travel in Tyne and Wear and beyond.

Nexus, in partnership with bus operators and the 5 local authorities in Tyne and Wear are introducing the Bridge Card to anyone who may need additional support whilst travelling.

This ticket allows you to add a different zone(s) to your Metro Season Ticket or Student Season Ticket for one day. Ideal if you wish to travel beyond the validity of your ticket.