Unlimited rail travel
£12 for one day or £20 for a weekend
Unlimited rail travel with Iconic Media Group
Hop on and off all day long. Kids go half price*.
To qualify for this special offer, simply collect three tokens from your local newspaper on participating dates, complete the correct online form, download and print the form and buy your tickets from any staffed ticket office.
You can travel anywhere on the Northern network using Northern services. Hop on and off all day long. Depending on your home station, you can visit Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Southport, Sheffield, York and more with Northern.
Three tokens allow you to buy up to four Northern only Day Ranger tickets or Weekend Rover tickets which must all be used on the same day or weekend (depending on the ticket chosen). Travel is available between Monday 2 March 2026 – Friday 27 March 2026. Weekend Rover tickets are available on Saturdays and Sundays between Saturday 7 March 2026 and Sunday 22 March 2026. Unlimited travel from 08:45 Mondays to Fridays and at any time at weekends
Before deciding on your travel dates, please check for any planned engineering works that may affect your journey.
Dates to collect tokens
Tokens will be available to collect from participating papers from Monday 2 March 2026 – Sunday 22 March 2026 for Iconic Media Group.
Check the lists below to see which papers you can collect tokens from.
- Yorkshire Post
- Yorkshire Evening Post
- The Star
- Sunderland Echo.
- Wakefield Express
- Pontefract & Castleford Express
- Halifax Courier
- Brighouse Echo
- Hebden and Todmorden Times
- Dewsbury / Batley Series
- Harrogate Advertiser Series
- Scarborough Evening News
- Bridlington Free Press
- Whitby Gazette
- Sheffield Telegraph
- Doncaster Free Press
- Rotherham Advertiser
- Buxton Advertiser
- Worksop Guardian
- Gainsborough Standard
- Derbyshire Times
- Blackpool Gazette
- Lancashire Post
- Wigan Post
- Wigan Observer
- Chorley Guardian
- Burnley Express Friday
- Nelson Leader
- Clitheroe Advertiser
- The Visitor (Morecambe)
- Lytham St Annes Express
- Lancaster Guardian
- Hartlepool Mail
Frequently Asked Questions
Adobe Reader is available to download for Windows PC and Apple Mac computers for free. Other PDF readers should also be able to open the form. If you are still unable to open the form – please contact our Customer Experience Centre.
Many local libraries provide access to a printer so you can print out the application form.
This offer is only available at staffed railway stations, please visit our stations page https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/stations to find the nearest staffed station.
Please contact Iconic Media Group on 0330 403 0066, where you will be able to order back copies of the relevant newspaper.
The newspaper insertion dates are available to view on https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/newspaper-offer/iconic-media-group
Terms and Conditions
Terms and conditions
- Tokens available for sale from Monday 2 March – Sunday 22 March 2026. Tickets can be purchased no more than three days in advance of travel.
- Travel is available between Monday 2 March 2026 – Friday 2 March 2026. Weekend Rover tickets are available on Saturdays and Sundays between Saturday 7 March 2026 and Sunday 22 March 2026.
- Time restrictions: only valid on trains timed to depart from 0845 Mondays to Fridays. Valid at any time, weekends, and Bank Holidays.
- 3 tokens allow you to buy up to 4 Northern Day Ranger tickets or 4 Weekend Rover tickets.
- Price: Day Ranger ticket - adult £12.00 each / child £6.00 each for one day ticket OR Weekend Rover ticket - £20.00 each / child £10.00 each for one weekend ticket - no further discounts available. *Children 5-15 years inclusive.
- Valid on trains operated by Northern only. This offer is not valid for travel on Transport for Wales, Cross Country, LNER, East Midlands Trains, Hull Trains, TransPennine Express, Grand Central, London Midland, Merseyrail Electrics or Avanti West Coast services. There are no direct travel routes available on Northern services between Newcastle and York.
- Affix 3 tokens from participating newspapers to the application form and take to any staffed station serviced by Northern Trains. The tickets for this offer cannot be purchased on trains.
- Completed application forms are valid to purchase up to four Northern Day Ranger tickets or Weekend Rover tickets (must include a minimum one adult ticket) for the same day/weekend of travel. Photocopies of tokens and application forms are not accepted.
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Streamline your journey and get tickets straight to your phone. Making your journey contact-free.