Short-term Special Offers:
Nidderdale Evening Buses "2 for £10"
Ongoing Special Fares:
Harrogate & District Day Gold Tickets
Dales & District Freedom Tickets
Ilkley and Skipton Dalesbus (Train+Bus) Tickets
Friends of Settle-Carlisle Line Gold Card
OAP Concessionary Fares
Senior citizens from throughout England are entitled to free local off-peak bus travel. In order to benefit from this entitlement anyone aged 60 or over needs a English National Concessionary Pass.
Concessionary free travel is generally available in North Yorkshire from 0900 onwards on Mondays to Fridays, and at anytime on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Passes may also be used on the following journeys:
0740 Pateley Bridge to Harrogate (service 24)
0715 Gunnerside to Richmond (service 30)
0840 Reeth to Richmond (service 30)
0851 Thoralby to Hawes (service 156)
0854 Grassington to Ilkley (service 74)
0855 Grassington to Skipton (service 72)
0841 Gargrave to Skipton (service 580)
0859 Gargrave to Settle (service 580)
All local bus services are part of the scheme, including cross-boundary and DalesBus services.
Opportunities to visit the Dales now include:
Catch service 36 bus from Leeds to Harrogate, then change to service 24 to Pateley Bridge (daily)
Catch service 36 bus from Leeds to Ripon, then change to service 159 to Masham, Leyburn and Richmond (Mondays to Saturdays)
Catch service X84 bus from Leeds to Ilkley, then change to service 74 to Bolton Abbey and Grassington (daily) (on Sundays and Bank Holidays services 800 & 870 run through from Leeds to Grassington)
Catch service 820 bus from Bradford or Otley to Pateley Bridge, Fountains Abbey, Ripon and Leyburn (Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays)
Catch service 215/28/29/30 from Burnley to Skipton, then change to bus 72 (Mondays to Saturdays) to Grassington (on Sundays and Bank Holidays service 872 runs through from Burnley to Grassington)
Catch service 280/X80 bus from Preston or Clitheroe to Skipton, then change to bus 72 (Mondays to Saturdays) or 872 (Sundays and Bank Holidays) to Grassington
Catch service 66 bus from Keighley to Skipton, then change to service X59 to Bolton Abbey Station or Blubberhouses (Mondays to Saturdays) or service 884 to Embsay and Bolton Abbey (Sundays and Bank Holidays)
Catch service 770 from Wetherby to Harrogate, then change to bus X59 to Blubberhouses, Bolton Abbey Station and Skipton (Mondays to Saturdays)
Dales Rover tickets offer unlimited travel on most
DalesBus services on Sundays and Bank Holidays only. They can be bought
from the driver on any participating DalesBus service.
There are four types of Dales Rover for the
Winter season from 30th October 2011:
Southern Dales Rover £7.50 - valid on all participating DalesBus services in the Southern Zone, as far as Malham, Buckden, Middlesmoor and Knaresborough (see map), plus all bus services operated by Transdev Keighley & District, Transdev Burnley & Pendle and Transdev Lancashire United services, except routes X41/X43 south of Haslingden/Rawtenstall.
Northern Dales Rover £7.50 - valid on all participating DalesBus services in the Northern Zone, between Garsdale and Northallerton (see map).
All Dales Rover £9.50 - valid throughout all participating DalesBus services, plus all services operated by Transdev Harrogate & District, Transdev Keighley & District, Transdev Burnley & Pendle and Transdev Lancashire United.
800 Dales Rover for Students & MetroRover Holders £5.00 - Show your student card or MetroRover pass to buy an 800 Dales Rover – for travel throughout DalesBus services 825, 855, 856, 870, 872, 874, 883, 884 and Upper Dales CONNECT within Wensleydale.
Up to two children (aged up to 16) may travel free with each Dales Rover holder.
Dales Rover Participating Services:
Dales Rover tickets are valid, within the appropriate zones, on Sundays and Bank
Holidays on the following DalesBus services:
24,
825,
855, 856, 870,
872, 874,
883,
884, Upper
Dales CONNECT
Dales Rovers are not valid on any other service,
except on Transdev Harrogate & District, Transdev Keighley &
District, Transdev Burnley & Pendle and Transdev
Lancashire United services as detailed above.
The £5.00 discounted version of the Northern Dales Rover for rail-ticket holders is no longer available.
MetroCard holders can travel for free throughout MetroConnect DalesBus services to and from West Yorkshire on Sundays and Bank Holidays - these are services 870, 874, 883 and 884.
A K-Day ticket allows travel on all Transdev Keighley & District bus routes, plus Transdev Burnley & Pendle service 872 between Skipton and Grassington only. A Sunday ticket is valid all day, and is available from the driver for £3.60.
Pride of the Dales Rovers are valid on the weekday Skipton to Grassington/Hebden/Buckden and Ilkley to Grassington/Buckden routes operated by Pride of the Dales.
They can only be purchased from the driver on the day of travel.
Prices (at January 2009): Adult £5.90, Under 16s £2.95, Family (2+3) £12.10
Harrogate & District Day Gold Tickets offer the freedom to travel on all routes run by Transdev Harrogate & District Travel, including buses from Leeds to Harrogate and Ripon, Harrogate to Skipton and Harrogate to Pateley Bridge. Day Gold tickets can also be used for travel on Ripon Roweller services to and from destinations beyond Ripon, including Fountains Abbey, Lightwater Valley and Masham.
Day Gold Tickets may be purchased from the driver on any Transdev Harrogate bus, by one adult travelling alone or by a group of people travelling together.
Day Gold Tickets are priced (from 29th January 2012) at:
£7.30 Adult
£14.60 Family (2
Adults travelling together; 2 Adults and up to 3 Children * or 1 Adult and
up to 4 Children *)
* - Qualifying children must be aged under 16, or be in possession of a valid SuperSaver.
Tickets are not restricted to family members, but are
available to any group travelling together.
A Freedom ticket, priced at £8.50 for adults, £5.00 for children and £17.00 for a family ticket, is available on buses operated by Dales & District.
Ilkley DalesBus & Skipton DalesBus Rail Tickets
Ilkley DalesBus and Skipton DalesBus tickets allow a day return by train to Ilkley or Skipton, then unlimited travel on the Wharfedale area buses, as far north as Buckden. The tickets cost just £3.00 on top of the Off-Peak Return fare to your chosen station.
The tickets are available to either Ilkley or Skipton Rail
Stations from Leeds, Bradford Forster Square and all stations on the Airedale
and Wharfedale lines. An added bonus is that the tickets are available anytime.
(Off-Peak Return tickets are usually only available after 9.30am on Mondays to
Fridays, although there’s no time restriction at weekends.)
The tickets are valid on Pride of the Dales weekday bus services 72 and 72R between
Skipton, Grassington and Hebden, and weekday bus service 74 between Ilkley, Grassington and
Buckden, on Sunday bus service 872 between Skipton and Grassington, on
Sunday Dalesbus service 874 between
Ilkley, Grassington and Buckden and on Cravenlink Sunday bus services 883 and
884 between Ilkley and Skipton. One slight limitation is that the Skipton and
Ilkley versions of the ticket aren’t interchangeable, so you need to return
home from the same station.
Example Fares:
Note that the DalesBus tickets can only be combined with
Off-Peak Return fares, not any other type of ticket. A half-price child version of
the ticket is available, but the tickets cannot be combined with concessionary
fares for MetroPermit holders.
Day Ranger tickets give you the freedom to explore all
over the North by train. Just hop on and off the train as many times as you
wish.
Rover tickets allow you to travel on four out of eight consecutive days within
your chosen area or on seven consecutive days covering the North East or North
West.
For details see the Northern website.
Dales Railcard
Dales Railcards can be purchased by residents in the postcode areas adjacent to the Skipton-Settle-Carlisle and Skipton-Lancaster railway lines. They cost just £10 and entitle holders to a one third discount on fares and permits up to four accompanying children to travel at discounted child fares. Further details of the Dales Railcard scheme are available on the Settle-Carlisle line website.
Friends Gold Card
Members of the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle line are able to purchase a Friends Gold Card. For just £12 a year it provides travel discounts on the Settle-Carlisle line, Leeds-Morecambe line and to/from Brampton and Wetheral on the Tyne Valley line. It even offers travel on those lines from stations between Leeds, Bradford and Skipton. Further details of the Friends Gold Card scheme and how to join the Friends online are available on the Settle-Carlisle line website.
Metro Winter Offer
Metro's offer for MetroCard and concessionary passholders on the scenic
Leeds to Settle - Carlisle and Lancaster - Morecambe railway lines is
returning between Monday 5th December 2011 and
Friday 23rd March 2012.
Once again, Metro and Northern Rail have teamed up to offer a special £9 day
return ticket on either the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle or
Leeds-Lancaster-Morecambe scenic railway lines.
For just £9 you can take a day return journey on either the Settle-Carlisle
or the Lancaster-Morecambe lines from Leeds, Bradford Forster Square, Ilkley
and intermediate stations as far as Skipton to any station as far as
Carlisle or Morecambe.
The offer runs every day of the week from Monday 5th December 2011 until
Friday 23rd March 2012 (excluding half term from 11th February to 19th
February 2012), and is available to holders of any adult Bus-only MetroCard,
StudentPlus MetroCard or Bus & Rail MetroCard (any zone, including Rail
Cards 6 &7).
Holders of Metro-issued English National Concessionary Passes can travel any
time Monday to Friday only (this includes companions aged over 11, as long
as your Pass has the companion symbol).
New to this year’s offer is a £4 flat fare per child for up to 4 children
under 16 travelling with one adult on a MetroCard/Rail Zone ticket.
Winter offer from Northern Rail for
Dales Railcard holders
There's also a
£6.50 flat-fare adult day return ticket offer for Dales Railcard holders on
the
Leeds-Settle-Carlisle and Leeds-Lancaster-Morecambe scenic railway lines
The offer is valid on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle and Leeds-Morecambe lines
(also to/from Brampton and Wetheral on the Tyne Valley line) and is
available from Monday 31st October 2011 until Friday 24th February 2012
inclusive.
Up to four children can accompany Dales Railcard holders for a child flat
fare of £3.00 each.
There are no restrictions on time of travel.
This offer is also available to holders of FoSCL Gold Cards.
Dales Bus Discounts
If you're travelling by public transport to or through the Yorkshire Dales, you can now take advantage of the Dales Bus Discount Scheme. Keep your eye open for the window stickers in participating cafés, pubs, B&Bs and other attractions in the Dales - or use the link below to search through a complete listing of businesses that offer a Dales Bus Discount.
Whether it's a free cup of tea with your meal, money off your overnight stay, or a discounted entry to one of the Dales' attractions, there's never been a better time to travel by bus or train. All you need is a valid public transport ticket when claiming your discount at participating businesses. See Travel Dales website for full details.
This webpage is part of the Dalesbus Website,
provided by the Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group
All information is provided in good faith, but we cannot be held responsible for any errors or inaccuracies. Please check details before travelling. This site also contains a number of external links the inclusion of which does not signify any endorsement. The YDPTUG is not responsible for the contents of such sites, or any links contained within them.