STRANDED Flybe passengers will be able to get free trains across the UK today.

LNER, Northern Rail, CrossCountry, and TransPennine Express are all offering free transport to Flybe customers following the news that the airline has gone into administration.

LNER will offer free standard travel on any of the services the company operates along the East Coast route. 

Staff and customers should present their employee ID, boarding card or flight confirmation details in order to travel with LNER today. 

CrossCountry, which runs services from Aberdeen to Penzance, says Flybe customers have to show their booking confirmation or e-ticket on any service.

Meanwhile FlyBe employees will be able to travel by showing their staff ID.

 The offer extends is valid from today until Sunday, March 8.

FirstGroup, whose rail companies include Avanti West Coast; Great Western Railway; South Western Railway; TransPennine Express and Hull Trains, is offering free travel today.

 Customers will need to provide a boarding pass or other valid proof of booking for a flight today. Flybe employees should show staff ID to take up the same offer.

Northern Rail says it is also offering Flybe customers and staff free travel on services over the next week

 

 First Rail managing director Steve Montgomery said “Our rail services connect people and communities up and down the country and as a gesture of goodwill we want to ensure that anyone who was due to travel on Flybe’s grounded flights today can still complete their journey.”

Suzanne Donnelly, LNER commercial director, said: “We recognise this is a difficult time for Flybe staff and for customers booked to travel with the former airline. We are pleased to be able to offer free Standard travel to help people return home following the collapse of Flybe.” 

Ben Simkin, commercial director at CrossCountry, said: “The next few days are likely to be stressful for many Flybe travellers whose travel plans have been affected as a result of today’s news.

“As one of the largest train operators in the UK, we can play a role in helping their customers and employees get from A to B, which is why we’ve taken the decision to waiver standard fares across the network.”