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Access to the picturesque Washburn Valley is improved from this weekend with the reintroduction of the Sunday DalesBus service from Keighley, Shipley, Guiseley and Otley, with an increased service for Summer 2023.
This popular service into Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has been improved to provide an hourly shuttle service on DalesBus 820 between Otley, Fewston village (for the Washburn Heritage Centre), and Fewston/Swinsty reservoirs every Sunday and Bank Holiday until 22nd October 2023. Buses leave from Keighley Bus Station at 0925 & 1025, Shipley Market Place at 0950 & 1050, Guiseley White Cross at 1000 and 1100; and from Otley Bus Station at 1020 and every hour until 1520. Nidderdale DalesBus 821 will also provide the usual link from Guiseley and Otley to Pateley Bridge and Scar House Reservoir in Upper Nidderdale, connecting at Pateley Bridge with double-decker DalesBus 822 to Grassington. The bus leaves Keighley Bus Station at 0925 and Otley Bus Station at 1020 & 1320, providing access not just to the Washburn Valley but also Blubberhouses, Coldstones Cut, Pateley Bridge, Gouthwaite Reservoir. Lofthouse and Scar House Reservoir in Upper Nidderdale. Stronger walkers can walk from Scar House either past or over Little Whernside then climb up to Great Whernside summit, before descending to Kettlewell to catch other DalesBus services back to the West Yorkshire area. Full details of both these services are available online at www.dalesbus.org/821 and in a timetable leaflet available locally. Visit the Love Yorkshire section of the www.yorkshirewater.com website for ideas for walks around reservoirs in the Washburn Valley. Due to strike action by members of ASLEF no Northern trains are expected to run on the following dates:
Due to strike action by members of the RMT only a limited Northern train service is expected to run on:
There may also be some disruption to services between Sunday 14th and Saturday 20th May inclusive, and on Thursday 1st June. For further information please see Northern's website. Bus services in and around the Yorkshire Dales area will operate a Sunday timetable on these bank holidays:
Train services will generally operate a normal weekday timetable on these days. Summer timetables started at Easter on weekend DalesBus services to Wharfedale, Wensleydale and Malhamdale.
This year, there is an additional Sunday and Bank Holiday service (DalesBus 876) running from York, Leeds, Otley and Ilkley to Grassington, with onward connections to Upper Wharfedale and Hawes. DalesBus 875 is also extended to start from York, calling at Seacroft. DalesBus services 875 and 876 will both normally be operated by double-decker buses to provide more space and great views. £2 single fares will continue to be available until the end of June. On Saturdays Wharfedale DalesBus 74 again links York, Harrogate, Otley, Ilkley, Bolton Abbey, Burnsall and Grassington, connecting with double-decker DalesBus 59 between Harrogate, Bolton Bridge and Skipton. On Sundays and Bank Holidays these DalesBus services are now running:
Other Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services will start later in the year, including:
Following a major review of bus services in the Burnley area the Pendle Wizz service between Burnley and Skipton will be replaced by new service M6, running via Nelson, from 16th April 2023 Buses will continue to serve Skipton approximately hourly seven days a week.
The new timetable can be downloaded here (PDF file) Changes will be made to many Western Dales area bus services from April 2023, with improved links between Kirkby Stephen, Appleby and Penrith.
S1 Dent Station - Dent - Sedbergh - Kendal (Saturdays)
S3 Sedbergh - Hawes (Summer Fridays).
S4 Sedbergh - Kirkby Stephen - Brough.
S6 Sedbergh - Kirkby Stephen - Brough - Penrith (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
563 Kirkby Stephen - Brough - Appleby - Penrith (Saturdays)
Bus fares will be capped at £2 by most bus companies until the end of October 2023 as part of a special offer funded by the Department for Transport.
The offer is currently available on all scheduled bus services in the Yorkshire Dales area, including buses run by:
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 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) 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. |