Senior citizens and disabled people from throughout England are entitled to free local off-peak bus travel. In order to benefit from this entitlement an English National Concessionary Pass is needed - details of how to apply for a pass are available from your local council.
Concessionary free travel is generally available to North Yorkshire residents from 0900 onwards on Mondays to Fridays (from 0930 for holders of passes issued elsewhere in England), and at anytime on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Passes may also be used for free travel on certain journeys on Mondays to Fridays before 0900 - including the 0720 service 24 bus from Pateley Bridge to Harrogate and the 0830 service 30 bus from Reeth to Richmond. For details contact North Yorkshire County Council or the bus operator.
Passes are however not valid for free travel on some demand responsive services, nor for free travel for journeys starting within Lancashire, Cumbria, North Yorkshire or the City of York on any of the following Sunday and Bank Holiday bus services. This is due to decisions by the relevant local authorities, to whom any queries should be referred.
Concessionary passes do however remain valid on all other Sunday & Bank Holiday DalesBus services and for any journeys commencing outside North Yorkshire on Northern Powergrid Country Bus service 830 (from Middlesbrough/Darlington). For journeys where concessionary passes are not valid passholders pay standard adult fares - up to a maximum of £4 single fare. A Dales Privilege Rover is available to passholders for £7.50. Concessionary passes are also not valid for free travel on demand responsive journeys on Upper Dales CONNECT.
Dales Rover tickets offer unlimited travel on all DalesBus services, and some key connecting bus services, on Sundays and Bank Holidays only. They can be bought from the driver.
There are two types of Dales Rover for Summer 2018:
DALES FREEDOM ROVER £12.00
DALES PRIVILEGE ROVER £7.50 Available if you are: – Student, with NUS Card or Metro Student Photocard – ENCTS passholder – Railcard holder
Dales Rover tickets offer unlimited travel on all these services on Sundays and Bank Holidays:
Up to two children (aged up to 16) or young people (if holding a Metro Scholar's PhotoCard or YOzone card) may travel free with each Dales Rover holder.
If you have any valid Metro MCard loaded with a weekly or longer period ticket you can travel for free throughout Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services to and from West Yorkshire - these are services 873, 874, 875 and 884.
Southern Dales Explorer tickets provide great value for money for people using DalesBus services in the Craven and Nidderdale areas on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays. The ticket comes in two versions: an adult ticket priced at £9.00 and a family ticket (for 2 adults and up to 3 children) for just £15.00. The ticket is available from the driver on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays on:
All Keighley Bus Company buses, including the SHUTTLE service 662 from Bradford to Keighley, Dalesway service 66 from Keighley to Skipton, and service 62 from Keighley to Ilkley.
Northern Dales Explorer tickets are valid on Sundays and Bank Holidays on buses 830, 831, 855, 856, 857, 859 and 875 in the area between Settle, Ribblehead, Garsdale, Hawes, Keld, Richmond, Northallerton and Masham. Buy from the driver.
Adult: £9.00 Family (up to 2 adults and 3 children): £15.00
Western Dales Explorer tickets are valid on Sundays and Bank Holidays on buses 830, 833, 873, 881, 884 and X80 in the area between Clitheroe, Preston, Morecambe, Lancaster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Ingleton, Malham and Skipton. Buy from the driver. Tickets bought on Rotala Preston Bus buses are also valid on all Rotala Preston Bus services.
Adult: £9.00 Family (up to 2 adults and 3 children): £15.00
Craven Connection Day Tickets are valid on Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire Craven Connection buses 580 (Skipton - Settle), 581 (Settle - Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale) and 582 (Kirkby Lonsdale - Lancaster), plus on Saturdays bus 75 (Skipton - Malham). Tickets are (as March 2018) £10 for adults and £6.50 for children.
Daytripper tickets are priced (from 21st January 2018) at:
£10.00 Adult
£6.60 Young Person
£19.00 Group (up to 5 people travelling together)
Daytripper Plus tickets also include travel on Coastliner and CityZap, and on the open-top York City Sightseeing bus. Daytripper Plus Tickets are priced (from 21st January 2018) at:
£16.00 Adult
£10.50 Young Person
£30.00 Group (up to 5 people travelling together)
K-Day tickets allow unlimited travel for a day on most buses operated by The Keighley Bus Company, including service 62 to/from Otley, Dalesway service 66 to/from Skipton, service 72 between Skipton and Grassington, and Wharfedale Links services. K-Day tickets are also valid on Mainline service m4 between Keighley and Colne, and on Witchway service X43 between Barnoldswick and Skipton (and Grassington on Sundays/Bank Holidays).
Tickets, available from the driver, are priced (November 2017) at £4.30 for adults (£4.90 before 0930 on Mondays to Fridays).
On Cravenlink services 873 and 884 K-Day tickets are only valid between Ilkley and Addingham; and on Nidderdale Rambler service 821 K-Day tickets are only valid between Keighley and Otley.
A Freedom ticket, priced (at April 2016) at £9.00 for adults, £5.50 for children and £18.00 for a family ticket, is available on buses operated by Dales & District on Mondays to Saturdays. On Sundays and Bank Holidays Dales Rover tickets are available.
Rover tickets, priced (at June 2016) at £9.00 for adults, £18.00 for a family ticket and £4.50 for children are available for a day on all services operated by Little White Bus, and on service 155 between Bedale and Leyburn operated by North Yorkshire County Council. A Student Day Rover Ticket is available for £7.00 on Little White Bus Service 156 college day journeys and accepted on connecting Dales & District service 610R at Leyburn for onward travel to/from Darlington College.
Dales Rambler Day Ranger tickets are available for a day trip to the Dales from Leeds and Bradford and all stations on the Airedale and Wharfedale railway lines.
Tickets include travel on Northern Rail services between Bradford Forster Square / Leeds and Ilkley / Skipton, and unlimited travel on any of these DalesBus services:
72, 72R and X43 between Skipton and Grassington
75 between Skipton and Malham (Saturdays only)
873/884 between Ilkley, Skipton and Malham (Sundays and Bank Holidays only)
874/875 between Ilkley, Grassington and Buckden/Cray (Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays only)
Dales Rambler Day Ranger tickets cannot be used before 0930 on Mondays to Fridays. Dales Rambler tickets can only be purchased at staffed railway stations or from the conductor on the train (when boarding at unstaffed stations or where the ticket office is closed). Tickets cannot be purchased on the bus. Note that Dales Rambler tickets are not valid on services 72A/74A (NYCC) or 72B (UWB). Therefore there are no valid bus connections to/from Ilkley Station on Dales Rambler tickets on Mondays to Fridays (except on bank holidays).
Day Rangers allow travel from any station between Leeds or Bradford Forster Square and Carlisle (via Settle). The ticket is valid for one day, but is not valid on trains due to depart before 0845 on Mondays to Fridays. It allows passengers to get on and off the train as they wish, travelling in any direction. Tickets are priced (as at January 2018) at £31.00 for adults and £15.50 for children – and railcard holders (including the local Dales Railcard) are eligible for a 1/3 discount. The Day Ranger ticket can be purchased at any staffed station ticket office or (if you board at a station without ticket purchasing facilities) from the guard on the train.
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.
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 (until May 2018, £13 thereafter) and entitle holders to a one third discount on fares on the: Leeds-Settle-Carlisle line, Leeds-Morecambe line, between Whalley and Hellifield (Sundays only) and to/from Brampton and Wetheral on the Tyne Valley line. They even offer travel on those lines from stations between Leeds, Bradford and Skipton, and permit up to four accompanying children to travel at discounted child fares. Dales Railcards can be purchased at Appleby, Carlisle, Carnforth, Settle and Skipton stations, or online at here.
Details of a special winter offer for Dales Railcard holders are available here.
Further details of the Dales Railcard scheme are available on the Settle-Carlisle line website. Members of the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line or the Friends of DalesBus are also able to purchase a Dales Railcard for £14 a year regardless of where they live.
Further details of the FoSCL Dales Railcard scheme and how to join online are available on their website.
Friends of DalesBus members can download an application form here (PDF file) and details of how to join online are available on their website.
A2BNoW is a reduced fare bus travel card for 5-18 year olds living in South Lakeland. If you are aged 5 - 18 and live in South Lakeland your A2BNoW card can let you travel on local buses for a maximum of £1.80 for a single journey or £3.00 return.See Cumbria County Council website for further details.
