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The Summer Sunday DalesBus network is now running for the 2025 season, including all the popular routes from last summer.Changes for 2025 include:
The Summer Sunday DalesBus network includes all the following routes, with most routes also running on Bank Holiday Mondays.
A network map is available here. Single fares are no more than £3 on all DalesBus services, and under 19s travel for just £1. Dales Rover day tickets are valid on all Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services and on many connecting buses - click here for details. From Sunday 30th March 2025 the cap on single fares for bus journeys entirely within West Yorkshire will increase from £2 to £2.50, and the price of DaySaver tickets valid within West Yorkshire will increase from £5 to £6.
Fares elsewhere remain unchanged, with the fare cap for cross-boundary journeys to/from North Yorkshire remaining at £3. From the same date Transdev West Yorkshire Plus tickets will be valid throughout all routes operated by the Keighley Bus Company, so will include the full-length of Cravenlink service 864 between Bradford and Malham. Major changes will be made to bus services in the Sedbergh and Westmorland Dales area from 31st March 2025:
- buses between Kendal, Sedbergh and Kirkby Stephen on Tuesdays and Thursdays, run by Western Dales Bus - buses between Kendal, Sedbergh and Dent on Wednesdays, run by Western Dales Bus - buses between Kendal, Sedbergh, Dent and Dent Station on Saturdays, run by Western Dales Bus
Stagecoach service 567 between Kendal and Kirkby Lonsdale will be extended to Ingleton on Saturdays from 5th April 2025, with a revised timetable.
Click here for timetable details. 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 limited stop service from Leeds to Ilkley will be reinstated, replacing services 25 and 26. It will not drop off passengers before Weetwood Police Station on journeys towards Ilkley, and not pick up passengers after Weetwood Police Station on journeys towards Leeds. It will run approximately every 40 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes, and approximately hourly on evenings and Sundays. The new timetable is available here. 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 29th March 2025. From 30th March 2025 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. 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.
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.
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