Journey planner services

To plan a journey across the patch you can use the Journey Planner facility from Traveline North East or call 0870 608 2 608.

The facility allows you to travel from A to B, by as many modes of transport as you choose (bus, train, ferry or Tyne & Wear Metro) and searches through the latest timetables from operators across the region to plan your journey.

Traveline can also help with ticketing and route enquiries for all operators.

There are similar services that just deal with County Durham and North Yorkshire.

For more info on public transport in the region you can also call into the Travelshops run by the bus operators at:

The Shambles, High Street, Stockton, TS18 1AU between 0900 and 1700 Monday to Friday and 0830 to 1600 on Saturdays.

Middlesbrough Bus Station, Newport Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 5AH between 0900 and 1645 Monday to Friday and 0900 to 1500 on Saturdays.

32 Tubwell Row, Darlington, Co Durham, DL1 1NU between 0900 and 1700 Monday to Saturday.

8 Market Place, Hartlepool, TS24 7SB between 0845 and 1645 Monday to Thursday, 0845 to 1615 on Fridays and 0900 to 1200 on Saturdays.

Staffed railway stations like those at Middlesbrough, Darlington or Hartlepool will be able to help with UK rail enquries and buying tickets.

You can also use ticket machines or buy some local tickets from conductors on Arriva trains.

Buses

Stagecoach on Teesside , Stagecoach in Hartlepool and Stagecoach in Darlington run services across the Tees Valley.

Visit their websites to search Teesside , search Hartlepool or search Darlington service information.

Arriva run services across the North East. Access timetables and service information on their website. (Click on Bus, UK Bus Times and then North East for details).

Trains

We've detailed local and regional routeplanners here on BBC Tees.

Arriva Trains Northern operate local and Transpennine services, and manage most local stations including Middlesbrough.

The ATN website carries service information and news of the latest engineering work alterations.

GNER and Virgin operate services on the East and West coasts respectively.

Their websites feature full details of all services and special offers.

You can also access live departure boards (for Darlington, Durham, Middlesbrough and Northallerton) via the NationalRail website.

The site has a complete guide to travelling on the railways across the UK.

A number of commercial sites exist to book train tickets online - operators usually provide links to online booking on their websites.

Planes

Teesside International Airport is the region's own airport.

Write to Teesside International Airport, Darlington, County Durham, DL2 1LU or call 01325 332811.

Flights from bmi British Midland, Eastern Airways, KLMuk and Ryanair operate from the airport.

We feature real-time flight arrivals information on BBC Tees and links to other airport arrivals boards on BBC Where I Live sites.

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