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North Yorkshire Bus Changes

Click here to view the latest summary of forthcoming bus service changes, produced by North Yorkshire County Council (PDF file).

 

Service 820 Change

From 8th August 2010 service 820 from Seacroft and Leeds to Richmond is upgraded to operation by a coach-style vehicle. The stop at Leeds City Bus Station is replaced by a stop at the adjacent Leeds Coach Station (Stand 7). All other stops will be unchanged, and the service continues to operate as a local bus service.

 

More Dales Experience Buses from Bradford and Keighley

After the success of the Dales Experience Wednesday buses last summer, services will be increased for 2010, running twice a week during the Summer school holidays.

The buses will run to Malham on Wednesdays and to Bolton Abbey, Grassington and Kettlewell on Fridays.

They depart from Bradford Interchange at 10.00 am, running via Manningham Lane, Shipley Market Place (10.15), Saltaire, Bingley (10.25) and Keighley Bus Station (10.40), returning late afternoon to arrive in Bradford at 5.15pm. Fares are pegged at £5.00 return with some great family offers and free travel for concessionary pass holders. Click here for further details.

There are many special family events lined up for bus users during the summer including short guided family walks, Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival (August 20th), guided tours of the Scargill Centre at Kettlewell as well as a chance to spot the peregrines at Malham Cove - click here for details.

The Dales Experience Buses are managed by the Dales & Bowland Community Interest Company, with funding from Metro.

These buses complement the regular Dales Bus services from Bradford and Keighley, which operate every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday together with the Northern Dalesman bus which links with the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle train at Ribblehead Station to provide a fast link to Wensleydale and Swaledale.

Dales Rover tickets are now sold every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday on First service 650 from Bradford and Shipley to Ilkley to connect with Dales Bus services to Malham and Buckden, and also on all Transdev Keighley & District buses to connect with the hourly 66A service from Keighley to Skipton (connections to Malham and Bolton Abbey) and Grassington.


Buses to Upper Nidderdale on Tuesdays and Saturdays

A new Summer bus service in Upper Nidderdale continues until 31st August. The Upper Nidderdale Rambler service links Pateley Bridge with Lofthouse, Studfold Trails, How Stean Gorge, Middlesmoor and continues up to Scar House Reservoir. It runs every Saturday and Tuesday until 31st August 2010, complementing the existing Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday service.

Buses will connect with service 24 from Harrogate at Pateley Bridge, and depart King Street at 10.30, 12.30 and 15.30. Buses back down the Dale to Pateley Bridge will connect with the 24 to Harrogate. The 11.50 departure from Middlesmoor gives Upper Nidderdale residents the opportunity to spend the afternoon visiting friends in Pateley Bridge – ideal for teenagers to meet up with school friends without the need for “Mum’s Taxi”.

The buses will be operated by local company AS Coaches of Fellbeck. The services ar
e managed by the Dales & Bowland Community Interest Company, with funding from Nidderdale AONB's Sustainable Development Fund.

Concessionary passes are valid for free travel with a £4 Day Return fare available (reduced to just £2.50 for holders of Transdev service 24 tickets).
 

Malham Tarn Shuttle

It will be much easier to explore the Malham area at weekends during the Summer Holidays thanks to the return of the Malham Tarn Shuttle.

The National Trust Malham Tarn Shuttle (service 890) runs every Saturday, Sunday and August Bank Holiday Monday from 24th July to 30th August.

The first bus starts from Skipton at 09.25 running to Malham, with a regular shuttle service running during the day between Malham, Malham Tarn and Settle and a last return bus at 5.52pm from Malham to Skipton.

Shuttle bus journeys depart Settle Market Place at 10.30, 12.00, 13.00, 14.00, 16.00 and 17.00 returning from Malham at 10.05, 11.30, 12.30, 13.30, 15.30 and 16.30.

Please note that concessionary passes and Dales Rover tickets are not valid on this service.
 

Red Squirrel Bus

There’s an easy new way to visit the red squirrel viewpoint in the Widdale Red Squirrel Reserve.

Little Red Bus, in conjunction with the Yorkshire Dales National Park, are providing a handy bus link from Hawes National Park Centre on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Why not take the bus and enjoy a 2.5 mile circular walk, taking in the red squirrel viewpoint, or walk to Snaizeholme following the red squirrel trail and catch the bus back (approx 6 miles)?

Click here for details.

 

Summer DalesBus Services

Regular bus services in the dales are enhanced with additional routes in the Summer months (mainly between Easter and mid-October), most of these running on Sundays and Bank Holidays only, with a few extra buses on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

 

Details of all the summer services are now available on the Summer Services page, and a copy of Metro's Summer DalesBus timetable booklet can be downloaded here (870KB PDF file).

 

Updates and corrections to the booklet are as follows:

 

DalesBus Tickets

Most ticket prices on the Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday DalesBus network have been frozen again for 2010.

The price of the All Dales Rover ticket has been reduced to £9.50, and this ticket is now available on all Transdev Keighley & District bus services.

The prices of Southern Dales Rover, Northern Dales Rover and 800 Dales Rover tickets remain unchanged.  Southern Dales Rover tickets are now available on all Transdev Keighley & District bus services.

Full details of the Dales Rover ticket scheme are available here.

Don’t forget that if you’re just making a single or return journey on just one DalesBus route an ordinary single or day return ticket will usually be cheaper than buying a Rover ticket. Rover tickets provide best value when you’re changing between buses during the day.

 

Ripon Roweller Changes

From 19th April 2010 the Monday to Saturday Ripon Roweller services is operated by Dales & District, in place of Little Red Bus, with revised timetables.

Service 139 to Fountains Abbey is one of the routes affected: The 1030 departure from Ripon is retimed to 0945 and the 1320 departure is retimed to 1330. Additional journeys between Ripon and Fountains Abbey will run at 1115 from Ripon, returning at 1540 and 1640 from Fountains Abbey. The service will no longer serve Studley Park or Studley Roger.

The Sunday and Bank Holiday shuttle service between Ripon and Fountains Abbey continues unchanged, operated by Little Red Bus.

 

Service 144

From 19th April 2010 service 144 between Bedale and Masham is operated by Dales & District, in place of Little Red Bus, with a revised timetable.

 

Skipton Bus Station Improvements Proposed

Since the opening of the new bus station facility in Skipton in early 2009 North Yorkshire County Council and Craven District Council have monitored comments from users and bus operators.
 
In response to feedback North Yorkshire County Council and Craven District Council propose to make some changes to the bus station to improve the facility for bus passengers and other users of the area.
 
These improvements include:
• Extension of the bus shelter to provide more space internally
• Additional seating both inside and outside the shelter
• Improved passenger information including clearer stand numbering
• Information Boards

Further information is available here: http://www.northyorkstravel.info/pdf/Skipton%20Bus%20Leaflet_Layout%201.pdf (PDF file).

 

Beer 'n' Buses

A new holiday company is providing an opportunity to visit the Dales by public transport, and enjoy a pint or two of beer along the way.

 

The Beer 'n' Buses itinerary comprises an  8 night tour in the North East of England, centred around Leeds and York, but also including visits to the stunning North East Coast between Berwick and Newcastle, and the Border town of Carlisle, with journeys on the spectacular Settle and Carlisle Railway Line.

 

For further details visit the Beer 'n' Buses website.

 

DalesBus Driver of the Year 2009

The YDPTUG DalesBus Driver of the Year award for 2009 was won by Gordon Lumley of Arriva Yorkshire, who was the regular driver on services  870 and 874 over the summer season.
 

The award was decided by a vote amongst the User Group's membership. Gordon is very popular with all the bus users; always providing a safe, reliable service and creating a friendly atmosphere on the journey. He also proposed that name badges be worn by all DalesBus drivers adding that extra degree of professionalism to the job.

The award was presented to Gordon at Ilkley Bus and Train interchange on 6th December by Howard Handley (YDPTUG Chairman) who again stated that, like most of the drivers on the DalesBus service, Gordon provided an excellent service but also went that extra mile.
 

DalesBus Driver of the Year 2009

 

 

Concessionary Fares

 

Holders of English National Concessionary Passes are entitled to free local off-peak bus travel throughout the Yorkshire Dales.

 

Concessionary free travel is generally available between 0930 and 2300 on Mondays to Fridays, and at anytime on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

 

Passes may also be used at anytime for journeys starting within the Craven District Council area, and from 0900 onwards on any journey starting within North Yorkshire or the City of York.

 

Passes may also be used on the following journeys:

The new scheme makes travel to the Yorkshire Dales more affordable for many people, particularly those living in West Yorkshire or Lancashire. All local bus services are part of the scheme, including cross-boundary services which were previously excluded such as Yorkshire Coastliner and Pride of the Dales routes.

 

Opportunities to visit the Dales now include:

 

Yorkshire Dales Transport News Service from Yahoo Groups

A moderated email service to disseminate information relevant to public transport in the Dales is now available. For more details about this service, please click here.

 

Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group

The YDPTUG are keen to encourage people to join the group, and help support their work to improve public transport in the Yorkshire Dales. Click here for details.

 

Old News

Older news from the Dalesbus Website is available on the archive page.

 

Your Comments and Suggestions

If you have any comments or suggestions about this website please email us, if you have comments or suggestions about the Summer Sunday services or other buses in the Dales please email us or contact the user group.

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