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Northbound Tunnel weekend maintenance works in place until Summer 2025. Bi-directional layout in the Southbound Tunnel. Learn more.

Get the new Tyne Tunnels App!

Our App has been refreshed, with new features including live journey times to help plan your journey on the go, lock screen notifications to inform you of important travel info & alerts, a refreshed rewards & offers section with a range of discounts, offers & rewards for businesses in the North East!

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Toll charges

A toll is due each time you travel through. If you travel north and south, a toll is due for two passages. A passage covers one direction of travel only.

Vehicle Cost per Passage 10% discount
Pre-Paid Account
Motorbike,
Exempt Account Holder
Free N/A
Car, Van or Bus less
than 3.5 tonnes
£2.50 £2.25
LGV, Van or Bus
over 3.5 tonnes
£5.00 £4.50

*all tolls & charges are exempt from VAT

Useful FAQs

See our “Plan your Visit” page here to learn how to use the Tunnels.

You have until midnight the day after you use the Tyne Tunnel(s) to pay your toll. Failure to pay your toll may result in the issue of an Unpaid Toll Charge Notice.

You can pay online or via our app, as well as our automated telephone payment line on 0191 574 0030 or at a PayPoint retailer.

We can NOT accept payment via cash or cheque. Cash payments can be made at a PayPoint retailer.

Please be aware we do not accept American Express as a card payment.

Learn more about how a Unpaid Toll Charge Notice (UTCN) works here.

Click here to find out more about our appeals process.

Click here to find out more about our complaints process.

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