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Due to the closure of the A6108 Downholme Road in Richmond, Hodgsons service 159 between Richmond, Leyburn and Ripon will operate non-stop between Richmond and Bellerby in both directions from 20th January until 24th January 2025.
Unfortunately it will not be possible to serve the following stops:
Appleby - Orton - Kendal minibus service 561 has been reinstated, running every Wednesday from 15th January 2025. The timetable allows for three hours in Kendal, before returning to Appleby - click here for details.
ENCTS elderly and disabled passes are valid, however the £3 fare cap does not apply, and normal ticket prices apply. This service is funded and operated by Westmorland & Furness Council using funding made available through UK Government’s Bus Service Improvement Plan. A revised cap of £3 on single bus fares applies in England throughout 2025. This applies to all bus services in the Yorkshire Dales area and elsewhere in North Yorkshire/York, including cross-boundary journeys to/from surrounding areas such as West Yorkshire.
Different arrangements apply in some local areas, including West Yorkshire, where the maximum fare for journeys entirely within West Yorkshire will remain at £2 until 31st March 2025. From 1st April the maximum fare in West Yorkshire will rise to £2.50. The special £1 fare for under 19s in North Yorkshire also remains in place. This is generally only for journeys entirely within North Yorkshire/City of York, but the £1 fare is also available throughout Saturday DalesBus 74 and Sunday DalesBus 864, 873 and 874. Unfortunately, as a result of a landslip following severe weather in the early hours of Wednesday 1st January, the A59 is currently closed at Kex Gill.
As a result DalesBus service 59 between Skipton and Harrogate will be suspended whilst rectification work is completed by North Yorkshire Council. It is aimed to complete this work by 29th January, so we hope to resume service 59 from 1st February 2025. An alternative service from Harrogate to Bolton Abbey is available on DalesBus 74, departing Harrogate Bus Station on Saturdays at 0925. From Saturday 25th January 2025 DalesBus 74 between York, Harrogate, Otley, Ilkley, Bolton Abbey and Grassington will be operated by York & Country, instead of Reliance. The service will start from York Theatre Royal, and will no longer call at Wigginton or Clifton, but there will be no other timetable changes.
Service X84 between Leeds, Otley and Ilkley was replaced by two new services, numbered 25 and 26 from Sunday 27th October 2024, in an attempt to improve coordination with other services along Headingley Road in Leeds.
This change did not prove successful, so limited-stop service X84 will be reinstated from 23rd February 2025, with a revised timetable. The Dales Railcard Winter Offer is back from 4th November 2024 until 13th April 2025.
It offers holders of Dales Railcards a 50% saving off the usual price of Off-Peak Day Return tickets on the Leeds to Carlisle via Settle, and Leeds – Lancaster/Morecambe via Bentham routes. Tickets can be purchased on Northern website*, on the Northern app*, at ticket vending machines*, ticket offices, or from conductors on trains when boarding at unstaffed stations. * = select "Dales Railcard Winter CDR’ as the railcard option when purchasing your ticket online, on the Northern app or at ticket vending machines. The offer is not available on local journeys Skipton – Bradford Forster Square / Leeds inclusive or Carnforth – Morecambe / Heysham Port inclusive, as per conditions of the Dales Railcard. The usual Dales Railcard terms and conditions apply. Click here for further information on Dales Railcards, which are available to residents in the postcode areas adjacent to the Skipton-Settle-Carlisle and Skipton-Lancaster railway lines and also to members of the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line (FoSCL) or LASRUG. From 16th November 2024 Hodgsons bus service 155 between Bedale and Leyburn will also run on Saturdays, at the same times as during the week.
From Monday 28th October, Little White Bus Swaledale Shuttle service 30 will be on winter timetable. Passengers will need to book 24 hours in advance to travel to and from villages above Reeth between 1245 and 1400.
Most bus services in the Yorkshire Dales operate all-year round, but some Sunday DalesBus services only run during the summer months, and have now finished for the 2024 season.
Revised timetables for the winter period will start on Sunday 27th October on these Sunday DalesBus services:
The following services will continue unchanged on Sundays for the winter period:
DalesBus services 820, 821, 822, 825, 830, 831, 832, 857, 858, 866, 875 and 876 have all now finished for the winter. |