Unlimited rail travel

Daily papers from Iconic Media Group are available Monday 27th April - Saturday 16th May. See daily papers available to purchase below. 

• Yorkshire Post: Monday
• Yorkshire Evening Post
• The Star: Monday
• Sunderland Echo
• Blackpool Gazette
• Lancashire Post
• The Visitor (Morecambe)
   

Weekly papers from Iconic Media Group are available for a week following Thursday 30th April, 7th & 14th May. Please note, these are print dates for weekly papers. Each issue is subject to availability.

• 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
• Wigan Post
• Wigan Observer
• Chorley Guardian
• Burnley Express Friday
• Nelson Leader
• Clitheroe Advertiser
• Lytham St Annes Express
• Lancaster Guardian
• Hartlepool Mail

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.

Find your nearest library

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

1. newspaper tokens available for sale from Monday 27th April 2026 – Saturday 16th May 2026. Tickets can be purchased no more than three days in advance of travel.
2. Travel is available between Monday 20th April 2026 – Thursday 16th July 2026. One-day tickets are available every day for the duration of this offer. Weekend Rover tickets are available each Saturday and Sunday between Saturday 25th April 2026 and Sunday 12th July 2026.
3. Time restrictions: only valid on trains timed to depart from 0845 Mondays to Fridays. Valid at any time, weekends, and Bank Holidays.
4. 3 tokens allow you to buy up to 4 Northern Day Ranger tickets or 4 Weekend Rover tickets.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Affix 3 tokens from participating print copies of newspapers to the application form and take it to any staffed station serviced by Northern trains. The tickets for this offer cannot be purchased on trains.
8. 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. Tokens from digital versions of newspapers, photocopies of tokens and application forms are not accepted.