In addition to this, Durham County Council provides pass holders with free bus travel between 11pm and midnight Monday to Friday.

Additionally, those eligible get 50 pence single fares for travel before 9.30am, and 50 pence single fares for travel before 9.30am.

The scheme allows similar benefits, but because it would be locally implemented, it would only be eligible for journeys boarding and alighting in County Durham.

It had already been agreed by the main bus operators in the county, and is set to be introduced on March 1 following the County Council’s Cabinet giving the scheme a green light.

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