Travel
16-18 year old learners may be issued a bus pass if they live over 1.5 miles away from the college. Students aged 19+ at the start of your course will need to apply for funding for a travel pass at bacoll.ac.uk/learningsupportfunds
Bishop Auckland College are in partnership with Arriva and Weardale Travel to accommodate your transport requirements to and from college.
Your pass will either be issued to you upon enrolment or within your first week at college.
Students who qualify and use Arriva Services will be issued with either an Arriva Promo Code for you to purchase an annual ticket or an Arriva Smart card. Those travelling from Darlington are not eligible to use the Promo Codes.
Promo Codes – you must download the Arriva UK Bus app and create an account. You will need to enter an e mail address and the phone number for which the app is installed on. You will then select:
- Buy ticket
- Durham (under select Zone)
- More ticket types
- Student tickets
- Student Annual (hit the + button)
- View basket
- Add promo code then select apply (type in box that says do you have a promo code?)
- Follow the instructions in the app to download your e ticket.
From the home screen you can then view your annual ticket in “view my ticket” which you will scan when boarding the bus.
Arriva Smartcard, this will be issued to you in your first week in college. You will need to tap this on the driver’s ticket machine and travel will be granted. Please collect from Student Progression Hub situated at the back of the canteen on the ground floor.
Please note that you can not screen shot your ticket and you must have your ticket open, in the app in order to travel. You will need data access on your phone in order to do this.
Students who qualify and use Weardale Travel Services will be issued a bespoke travel card which you will need to show to the driver. These are valid for 1 term and you will therefore need to be issued with a new travel card in January and April. Please see Lisa Robson in student finance for further information regarding this. Please collect from Student Progression Hub situated at the back of the canteen on the ground floor.
Both Arriva and Weardale Travel will have an amnesty in the first week of September whereby students who do not have their travel card as yet, may use the services by showing their student ID card. You must attain a valid travel card/promo code ASAP upon or after your first day in college.
Due to changes in funding, Arriva are no longer able to bring/or collect students direct from college grounds. Students who need to use Arriva will need to change services at Bishop Auckland main bus station or Cabin Gate. Please visit https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/ to access timetables and services. You can also download the Arriva app to your phone which has real live tracking and up to date delays/cancellations.
Due to this, we have moved our Willington and Crook services over to Weardale travel who are able to offer a service which comes directly on to the college grounds on a morning and collect from college grounds on an evening. Students who live in the following areas will be issued with a Weardale travel card should this be required:
- Stanhope
- Frosterley
- Wolsingham
- Crook
- Howden-Le-Wear
- Toronto
- Willington
Please collect a pass form the Student Finance and Transport Assistant.
Should you lose your travel card for Arriva or Weardale Travel, a £15 replacement fee will be charged and your original travel card will be cancelled.
Should you withdraw from your course, please return your travel card to either Lisa Robson or the main reception.
