Free bus fare zone introduced at Tyneside business park

Park employees will be able to travel on Arriva and Go Ahead vehicles to connect to other services

Park employees will be able to travel on Arriva and Go Ahead vehicles to connect to other services

Hundreds of bus passengers at North Tyneside’s Cobalt Business Park have signed-up to the North East’s first fare free zone which allows them to travel between a number of operators, within the park zone, at no extra cost.

The Cobalt FreeZone was devised by Cobalt’s two dedicated travel co-ordinators, Lynn Cramman and Amy Carroll. It is one of a wide range of initiatives introduced at Cobalt to help the 9,000 employees based on site get to and from work in the most cost...