The Garsdale Station Shuttle Bus service operated by the Little White Bus has been significantly improved for Summer 2024, providing easy access between the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle railway line and Upper Wensleydale.
On Mondays to Saturdays there are now two additional scheduled return trips between Gayle, Hawes, Hardraw, the Moorcock and Garsdale Station, both connecting with trains to/from both Leeds and Carlisle. The additional journeys run from Gayle at 1140 and 1415, and return from Garsdale Station at 1225 and 1455. There are now a total of six return journeys to/from the station on Mondays to Saturdays all year, with no need to book in advance. On Sundays the Wensleydale Explorer Bus returns for summer 2024 on 21st April, also providing six return journeys between Garsdale Station, the Moorcock and Hawes; with two journeys continuing to Bainbridge, Askrigg, Carperby, Redmire and Castle Bolton. The maximum single fare these buses is just £2, and elderly/disabled bus passes are valid for free travel until 1800 on Monday to Saturday and all day on Sundays. Queen Street Bridge near York Railway Station will be closed to all traffic over the weekends of 21st/22nd and 28th/29th April.
As a result, DalesBus services will be diverted as follows: Saturdays 21st & 28th April - DalesBus 74 to Harrogate, Ilkley and Grassington will divert from Station Avenue stop CE via Leeman Road and Water End to resume normal route on Boroughbridge Road at the Malvern Avenue bus stop. It will not stop at York Rail Station, Blossom Street, Holgate or Poppleton Road. Sundays 22nd & 29th April - DalesBus 822 to Ripon, Fountains Abbey and Grassington will be diverted, but will still serve all the usual bus stops, including opposite York Rail Station, as normal. Sundays 22nd & 29th April - DalesBus 875 to Leeds, Ilkley, Grassington and Hawes will divert from Lendal Bridge via Rougier Street, Skeldergate and Nunnery Lane to resume normal route on Blossom Street. It will not stop at York Rail Station. The bus station at Bradford Interchange is closed until further notice.
From 14th April DalesBus 864 to Ilkley, Skipton and Malham will start from stop B1 on Bridge Street (opposite the Interchange) and also call at stop L on Cheapside. No further strike action affecting Northern services has been announced.
For further information please see Northern's website. These Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services have now restarted for the 2024 season:
Also from Easter weekend revised summer timetables were introduced on these Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services:
The Wensleydale Explorer Bus will run on Sundays from 21st April: These Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services will start for the 2024 season on Sunday 5th May:
Details of other Summer Sunday and Bank Holiday services starting in May will be available shortly. There will be several changes to bus services in the Yorkshire Dales area from 8th April 2024 following retendering of services by North Yorkshire Council.
We’re sorry to advise that DalesBus 59 is now suspended during the closure of the A59 at Kex Gill for emergency repairs.
Very few people have been using the service during the long diversion via Ilkley,and the diversionary route will be subject to additional roadworks and delays at Manor Park from 18th March. Click here for details (PDF file). We’re sorry for the inconvenience caused. The full normal timetable will restart as soon as the road reopens. An alternative bus from Harrogate to Bolton Bridge is available on Saturdays on DalesBus 74, departing at 0925. Cravenlink service 873 runs from Skipton to Bolton Abbey on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays. The Lancashire Dalesrail service will resume in a revised format as the Yorkshire Dales Explorer train on 8th June 2024, running on Saturdays from Rochdale via Manchester Victoria, Bolton, Blackburn and Clitheroe to Settle, Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Ribblehead.
Trains will leave Rochdale at 0752 and 1452 every Saturday, returning from Ribblehead at 1108 and 1805. There will be good connections with the Leeds to Carlisle service for those wanting to travel along Mallerstang to Kirkby Stephen as well as to the Eden Valley, Appleby and Carlisle. Full timetable details are available here. From 25th March 2024 Stagecoach service 563 from Penrith to Appleby will be extended to Kirkby Stephen, Sedbergh and Kendal on Monday to Friday with a revised timetable.
On Saturdays service 563 will continue to run between Penrith, Appleby, Kirkby Stephen and Kirkby Stephen Station. Services operated by Western Dales Bus in the area will continue unchanged. Minor changes will be made to the timetable of Dales & District service 159 from 8th January 2024 to improve reliability:
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