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A revised timetable will be introduced on Saturdays on Craven Connection services 75 and 580 from 4th December 2021 for the winter season.
Train operator LNER is currently providing a subsidy for the popular Northallerton-Bedale-Leyburn-Aysgarth-Bainbridge-Hawes Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus 856 service from its Customer and Community Investment Fund. This is because the company recognises the great value of the service to local people and visitors to the area, with connections provided at Northallerton station for passengers boarding and alighting from trains.
In recent years, a number of local and regional businesses, local councillors and other donors have also generously provided funding for this service. The 'Wensleydale Flyer' 856 runs all year round, through wonderful scenery and into the National Park.. Valid passes for free travel are accepted - but unfortunately the service doesn't qualify for support from NYCC's transport budget. Although there is much talk of possible government funding for future bus services, at present no reassurance can be given about the continuation of the DalesBus 856 beyond Easter 2022 when the LNER funding ends. A written approach is therefore being made to all the 19 town and parish councils along the 40 mile route between Northallerton and Hawes (and other parish councils close enough to it for their residents and visitors to use the service). The aim of the volunteers making this appeal is to raise a substantial proportion of the subsidy required for the financial year 2022-2023 for formal approaches to be made to external bodies for match-funding. Today's motorists may feel that bus services have nothing to do with them (except during snowy conditions or when the car is being serviced or repaired!). However the pressures and impact of rising fuel prices and climate change may bring a dependency on public transport that most people can barely imagine as yet, Donations or sponsorship from individuals, local businesses and organisations, would also be very welcome. Donations can be made online via Local Giving, and if you would like to discuss sponsorship opportunities or payment via bank transfer please get in touch with us here. We hope local support will help secure the future of this remarkable through service, which connects four market towns and all the villages between them with three return services every Sunday and Bank Holiday. The usual winter offers for holders of Metro-issued ENCTS elderly/disabled bus passes and Dales Railcards will be available again shortly, offering discounted travel on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle and Leeds-Lancaster-Morecambe lines.
£14 Rover tickets will be available to holders of Metro-issued ENCTS elderly/disabled bus passes from 5th December 2021. £7 (Bentham Line) / £9 ( Leeds - Carlisle line) Rover tickets will be available to holders of Dales Railcards from 2nd January 2022. Further details will be available shortly. Between Saturday 25th December 2021 and Monday 3rd January 2022, major work will continue to remodel the track layout between platforms 4 and 6 at Leeds Station.
As a result there will be reduced train services operating to/from Leeds, with rail replacement buses in operation. Services on the Bentham Line (Leeds - Skipton - Morecambe) and Leeds - Skipton - Settle - Carlisle line will start and finish at Skipton, with separate trains running between Leeds and Skipton. For details please check with National Rail Enquiries. A new national rail timetable will start on 12th December 2021.
Most services will continue unchanged, but a full service will resume on the Bentham Line between Leeds, Skipton, Lancaster and Morecambe. Timetables for all services operated by Northern, including the Bentham Line and Leeds - Settle - Carlisle line (route 7) can be downloaded in PDF format from the Northern website. Temporary reduced timetables are still operating on the following services as a result of a nationwide shortage of drivers:
Most bus services in the Yorkshire Dales operate the same timetables all-year round, but many weekend DalesBus services only operate during the summer months.
The last days of operation of summer-only services for the 2021 season are as follows:
Winter timetables will be introduced on Sunday DalesBus services 873, 874 and 884 from Sunday 24th October. DalesBus services 24, 59, 72 and 856 will continue unchanged for the winter period. Minor changes will be made to some morning journeys on the Pendle Wizz service between Burnley, Colne, Barnoldswick and Skipton on Mondays to Fridays from 4th October 2021:
The new timetable can be downloaded here (PDF file). Bus and train services are mainly running full timetables again. If you are using the bus or train you are still recommended to wear a face covering and wash/sanitise your hands before and after travel. Bus windows should be kept open to maximise ventilation. The wearing of a face covering is compulsory under the operators' conditions of carriage on some bus services, including Wharfedale Venturer service 72B and all Western Dales Bus services. Full timetables are running on most bus routes, except on Woofs of Sedbergh services W2 and W3 which remain suspended.  Minor changes will be made to the route and timetable of Little White Bus Wensleydale Voyager service 156 between Leyburn and Hawes from 26th July 2021. Most journeys will now serve Sycamore Hall in Bainbridge.
The new timetable can be downloaded here (PDF file). |