What bus ticket should I get?
Any bus ticket or pass can be used to redeem the offer.
Our Mayor’s Fares provide flexible and affordable travel across the North East, including:
- £2.50 capped adult single fares
- £1 single fares for young people aged 21 and under
- £3 day tickets for unlimited travel across the region for those aged 21 and under
- Regional Day Rover tickets, offering unlimited travel within local authority areas:
- £5 Durham Day Rover (bus only)
- £6 Northumberland Day Rover (bus only)
- £6.80 Tyne & Wear Day Rover (bus, Metro, Ferry and Northern Rail between Sunderland and Blaydon)
- £7.50 TNE Day Saver, for unlimited travel across the whole region on bus, Metro, Ferry and Northern Rail (Sunderland to Blaydon)
- Kids Go Free during school holidays - up to three children aged 11 and under travel free with a fare-paying adult
Concessionary passes are also accepted, along with weekly, four-week and annual season tickets.
How can I plan my journey?
All of our attractions are served by nearby bus stops, making it easy to reach your destination. If you haven’t used the bus in a while, the Good Journey website is a great starting point. It offers detailed guidance on getting to each venue by bus, plus door-to-door journey planning from anywhere in the region... and even beyond!
Try a Great Scenic Journey!
If stunning scenery is your thing, you’re in for a treat. Our Great Scenic Journeys pages showcase 20 incredible bus routes across the North East - with views so breathtaking, they’re worth the journey alone!
New venue sign-ups
If you're a leisure or cultural venue, restaurant, or any other type of visitor economy businessin the North East Combined Authoirty area, please email buses@northeast-ca.gov.uk to see how you can join up.
- It's free
- Regional and national promotion for your business
- Help ease your parking problems
- Contribute to your sustainability goals
- Attract new visitors (over 25% of North East households don't have a car)
Share your #DaysOutByBus moments
Whether you’ve enjoyed the view from the top deck, read a book, tucked into a picnic, or played cards on the way - spread the word on social media! Show us how you’ve made the bus part of your Days Out experience!
We’d also love to hear your stories by email: buses@northeast-ca.gov.uk.
Days Out By Bus – Standard Offer Terms and conditions:
- The type and availability of the offer is determined by the participating venue.
- The North East Combined Authority does not directly fund any offers and cannot be held liable if venues do not honour the advertised offer.
- Partner venues may change or withdraw the offer at any time.
- Partner venues may determine additional terms and conditions, for example ‘not to be used in conjunction with any other offer’.
Days Out By Bus – Regional Prize Draw Terms and conditions:
- One prize draw entry per attraction receipt.
- Closing date for entries is 1 September 2025. Winner will be notified by 5 September.
- The prize is a range of family day passes that can be used at participating venues across the region, along with free bus travel for the whole family to get to each one.
- Each family day pass will be valid for one visit to the stated venue and must be redeemed within the time period determined by the venue (where possible this will be up to 12 months.)
- Free travel will be provided by means of a Pay As You Go Pop card loaded with sufficient funds for all family members to travel to each attraction by bus from anywhere in the region. Each attraction will be counted as a different ‘Day Out By Bus’ so the value of the PAYG credit will be calculated as: £24 multiplied by the number of family passes. (£24 is the equivalent of two adults travelling on a TNE Day Saver and three young people travelling on an Under 22 Day Ticket.)
Offers across the North East
You can see a map view of all attractions at goodjourney.org.uk.
Looking for even more ideas?
Scroll down for a list view that includes restaurants and other local businesses not featured on Good Journey.
We’re adding new offers regularly - check back soon to see what’s new!