Junior blue
Ticket details
Valid on:
Ticket types:
Single / Day / Pay As You Go
Passenger types:
Under 16
Information
Junior blue is the smart new way for young people aged 15 and under to pay for travel on Metro. Simply top up your Junior blue card and use it to pay for your journeys as you make them.
Get your Junior blue card online . The card itself is free but must be purchased with a £5 balance.
What’s Junior blue?
If you’re aged 15 or under, why not try Junior blue? It’s a way to pay for your Metro travel; just load a balance onto your Junior blue card and use it to pay for journeys as you make them. And all with no need to find or carry cash!
Who can use a Junior blue card?
Junior blue is for children and young people aged 15 or under. You may be asked for proof of age when you travel on Metro with a Junior blue card.
How much does it cost?
You can use your Junior blue card to pay for commercial child fares. Metro’s commercial child fares are – £1.00 for a single trip or £2.20 for travel all day.
You can’t use your Junior blue card to pay for concessionary child tickets, which are concessionary single or Child All-day Tickets (CATS). Children aged under 16 who live in Tyne and Wear can apply for an Under 16 Pop card, which lets them buy concessionary child fares (60p single, £1.10 all day).
Where can I use my Junior blue card?
You can use Junior blue on Metro, on almost all buses in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and the Tees Valley, and on the Shields Ferry. Junior blue works differently on Metro, bus and ferry:
- On Metro – You need to touch in at the start of your journey and touch out at the end. You do this by touching your Junior blue card on to the reader on the yellow Metro station validator, or the orange card reader on the Metro station gates – even if they’re open. If you don’t do this, you won’t have a validated Junior blue card and you could be issued with a Penalty Fare Notice. Remember, you may be asked for proof of age when travelling on Metro, so make sure you have ID with you.
- On buses – pay for commercial single, return and day tickets, and concessionary single or Child All-day Tickets (CATs) from the driver using your Junior blue balance. Please ensure you have your Under 16 Pop card as ID with you in order to buy a concessionary ticket with your Junior blue balance.
- On the Shields Ferry – pay for a Child Single or a Metro Child Day ticket using your Junior blue balance.
- You can also travel on the Northumberland Line with Junior blue.
Proof of age
We’ll accept any of these as proof of age:
- ID card with the PASS hologram
- Under 16 Pop card
- Passport or birth certificate (can be a photo)
Where can I get a Junior blue card?
Get your Junior blue card online. The card itself is free but must be purchased with a £5 balance.
Where can I top up my Junior blue card?
• Online. Then load your purchase onto your Junior blue card at a Metro station validator, gate or ticket machine.
• At any Metro station ticket machine
To view ticket terms and conditions click here.
