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The winter offer for Dales Railcard holders is back but this time you can enjoy 50% off Off-Peak Day Returns on the Leeds – Settle - Carlisle and Leeds – Lancaster/Morecambe via Bentham routes, with discounts of up to 81% for accompanying children.
If you have a Dales Railcard claiming your discount is easy: simply select ‘Dales Railcard Winter CDR’ as the railcard option when purchasing your ticket online or from a ticket vending machine. Alternatively, show your Dales Railcard when purchasing at ticket offices or the conductor on board the train when boarding at unstaffed stations where no ticket facilities are available. The offer is available from 30th October 2022 until 1st April 2023 inclusive. For full details see Northern's website. Dales Railcards can be purchased for £10 for a year by residents in the postcode areas adjacent to the Skipton-Settle-Carlisle and Skipton-Lancaster railway lines, and also by members of the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line (FoSCL) or LASRUG. For further information click here. The full normal timetable on the Leeds - Settle - Carlisle line is expected to resume from 7th December 2022, following recent disruption caused by a freight train derailment near Carlisle. Train services will be severely reduced on the following dates due to strike action by RMT members, with no service expected between Skipton & Carlisle, Skipton & Lancaster or Leeds, Harrogate & York.
In addition services may also be disrupted by strike action later in the day on 24th December and on 27th December. Please see Northern website for further information. As usual, there will be changes to bus and train services in the Yorkshire Dales area over the Christmas and New Year Holiday period. Please check with individual service operators for full details.
Christmas Eve - 24th December A normal Saturday timetable will operate on most bus and train services, but with bus services finishing by early evening. Train services may be disrupted by strike action later in the day. Christmas Day - 25th December No bus or train services will operate. Boxing Day - 26th December No train services will operate. The only local bus service running will be service 36 between Leeds, Harrogate and Ripon - click here for timetable. Bank Holiday - 27th December Trains were planned to operate a normal weekday service, but this may be disrupted by strike action. Buses will operate a Sunday service Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th December Trains will generally operate a normal weekday service. Most buses will operate a normal weekday service, but some (including First Leeds, Keighley Bus Company and Harrogate Bus Company) will operate a Saturday service. DalesBus 59 will however not run. New Year's Eve - 31st December A normal Saturday timetable will operate on most bus and train services, but with bus services finishing by early evening. New Year's Day - 1st January 2023 Trains will generally operate a normal Sunday service. No buses will operate locally. Bank Holiday - 2nd January Trains will generally operate a normal weekday service. Buses will operate a Sunday service Bus services will return to normal from Tuesday 3rd January, but trains will be affected by strike action on 3rd and 4th January 2023. The following changes will be made to Western Dales Bus services to/from Dent from 9th December 2022
Changes will be made to Little White Bus services from Monday 28th November 2022 as follows:
Garsdale Station Shuttle & Demand Responsive Service
Wensleydale Voyager 156 There are some small timing changes to this timetable with the Leyburn bus starting and finishing slightly earlier to allow passengers to connect from Leyburn to Garsdale Station, coordinating with the first outbound Garsdale Shuttle service. In addition, buses will only make three scheduled stops at Sycamore Hall each day. Non-scheduled stops will become book in advance only, and booking should be made through the Little White Bus office. Click here for the new timetable (PDF file) Swaledale Shuttle 30 No major changes here, but an emergency timetable is in operation until 16th December due to roadworks. When the emergency timetable has finished the bus that starts in Keld at 1015 will connect on Wednesdays with the Richmondshire Rover bus to Northallerton. The return bus from Northallerton will connect with the 1535 service from Richmond to Keld. Richmondshire Rover RR1 The timing of the Wednesday bus to Northallerton will be altered to allow it to meet the inbound Swaledale bus in Richmond at 1120. Click here to download the new timetable (PDF file). Regrettably, funding is no longer available for the Thursday service, and this will now cease. The last Ripon service will be 17th November and the last Barnard Castle service will be 24th November. Click here for the new timetable (PDF file) Due to closure of the main road between Reeth and Richmond Swaledale Shuttle service 30 is currently diverted via Marrick and Marske.
Buses are not calling at Grinton, and all journeys between Reeth and Keld need to be booked in advance. Click here for the revised timetable, which is expected to apply until 16th December 2022. Most.bus services in the Yorkshire Dales run to the same timetable all year-round, but some services, particularly at weekends, operate only during the summer months, or with a revised timetable for the winter period.
Forthcoming changes for the start of the winter season are as follows: Saturday 22nd October
Sunday 23rd October Wednesday 26th October
Sunday 30th October Saturday 5th November
The winter DalesBus timetable can be downloaded as a PDF file here. A revised timetable will be introduced on First Leeds service X84 between Leeds, Otley and Ilkley from Sunday 2nd October - click here for details.
Most journeys will depart from Stand B in Ilkley Bus Station, instead of stand C. Service 70 between Northallerton, Thirsk and Ripon will have a revised timetable from Monday 12th September 2022, with improved connections at Thirsk with buses to/from York. Through fares will be available.
The service will be operated by Reliance and Hodgsons, in place of Dales & District. Minor changes will be made to Keighley Bus Company service 64 from 5th September 2022.
The service will operate between Skipton and Ilkley only, and there will be an additional journey from Skipton to Ilkley at 0732 on Monday to Friday. Click here for timetable details (PDF file). |