The service is really easy to use .. there's no need to book in advance, and the bus stops at all bus stops.
If Barden Moor Road is inaccessible due to adverse winter weather conditions Cravenlink 873 will divert via the A59 between Embsay and Bolton Abbey and will not call at Eastby or Strid Wood.
K-Day tickets and K-Zone Extra tickets are only valid between Ilkley and Skipton.
Cravenlink services 873 and 884 are operated by the Keighley Bus Company (01535 603284), as part of the DalesBus network managed by Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company with financial support from Metro, Friends of the Dales, North Yorkshire County Council's Locality Budget and Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council.