RAIL operator Northern is offering customers the chance to win a free or reduced season ticket. 

The passes will be rewarded to 1,000 of its season ticket customers with the cost of their commute. Anyone who buys a daily, weekly, or annual season ticket during September or October and 500 people a month will have the chance to win back the cost of their ticket up to £100. 

Mark Powles, customer and commercial director at Northern, said: “Following the success of our £1 flash sale, we wanted to give something back to our season ticket customers, who commute to work with us on a regular basis.

“And to those that haven’t bought a season ticket before – but are facing rising petrol prices and mounting city centre parking charges - we hope the chance to win back the cost of their commute might help convince them to make the switch from road to rail."

Northern runs services across the branch lines in Cumbria.