Students go online to save money on travel

Savvy students are saving money in record numbers – by buyingstudent season tickets discounted online from Arriva's website.

Bob Hind, managing director of Arriva North West and Wales,said: "We know that students are very comfortable using IT and weare delighted that an ever increasing number of them are choosingto buy their Arriva Student bus tickets online.

The site allows parents to purchase tickets too –giving them peace of mind that travel has been paid for inadvance.

Student tickets already offer great value for money but forthose students who purchase online there is an additional 10 percent discount available.

On Merseyside, students at University of Liverpool, John MooresUniversity and Hope University have been snapping up the discountedtickets with total sales equivalent to over 13 per cent of theentire university student population of the city!

In fact online sales to students studying at colleges anduniversities in Merseyside and Lancashire now represent a massive62 per cent of the total sales – an increase of 18 per cent year onyear.

Bob Hind added:

We are always looking at ways to make our tickets moreaccessible – through the web and through schemes such as our linkup with PayPoint and Connexions UK. Through online sales inparticular, we are increasing the opportunities for students tosave money and plan their travel costs over one or two terms – andthe numbers would suggest this is a very popular move.

Student tickets are available online for students at collegesand universities in Wales, Scotland, Cheshire, Lancashire,Merseyside, Greenwich, Durham, Teesside, Tyne and Wear, and WestYorkshire.

For more information about Arriva's services and tickets, pleasevisit its website on www.arrivabus.co.uk.

Travel information and details of ticket availability are alsoavailable from Arriva's customer comment helpline on 08701 20 1088.

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