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Various road closures in Upper Swaledale and Upper Wensleydale are expected to disrupt DalesBus services 80, 830, 831 and 858 in the next few weeks - please check here before travelling as details of the road closures are subject to change.
On Sunday 26th April, Sunday 3rd May and Bank Holiday Monday 4th May Northern DalesBus services 830 and 831 are expected to need to divert between Simonstone and Hawes via Hardraw due to the closure of Brunt Acres Road. No bus stops will be missed, but the diversion may cause some minor delays to these services. Bus services between Hawes and Ribblehead will be disrupted by road closures on the B6255 road to Ribblehead for drainage works plus road and boundary walls reinstatement in the next few weeks. The road is currently scheduled to be closed between 6th May and 12th June, with a break during school half term. On Saturdays 9th May, 16th May and 6th June DalesBus 80 will be unable to run between Ribblehead and Hawes, and will run between Lancaster, Ingleton and Ribblehead only. We hope to run extra journeys from Ribblehead to Ingleton connecting with the Yorkshire Dales Explorer train - details to be confirmed. On Sundays 10th May, 17th May and 7th June DalesBus 830 and 858 will be diverted to serve Garsdale Station instead of Ribblehead Station. Full details will be posted here when available. On Sunday 10th May the Buttertubs Pass will be closed, so DalesBus 830 and 831 will be diverted between Hawes and Reeth, and will not call at Muker, Gunnerside or Low Row, Due to operational reasons Lonsdale Buses regret to inform passengers that the following service 580 journeys on Monday to Friday will no longer run:
The 1545 journey from Skipton to Settle, and all other service 580 journeys, will continue to operate as scheduled. Yorkshire Water will be undertaking works in Skipton Bus Station from Monday 13th April for approximately 4 weeks (estimated end date Friday 8th May). Stands 6 and 7 will be closed during the work so several services will depart from different stands to usual as follows:
Little White Bus is trialling a new Dales Jumper minibus service between Hawes, Buttertubs Pass, Swaledale, Tan Hill, Arkengarthdale and Reeth.
This new service will run most Fridays throughout the summer from 15th May until 25th September 2026 (excluding period when Tan Hill road is closed in June). The bus leaves Hawes Board Inn at 0900/1300 and arrives at Reeth for 1030/1430. The return journeys from Reeth are 1045/1445 from Reeth Bus Shelter, arriving in Hawes at 1215/1615. Six seats can be pre-booked for each journey here, with the other 10 seats available on a first come first served basis. The £3 fare cap does not apply to this service, and concessionary passes are not valid. Click here for the timetable and fares (PDF file) and for further details see Little White Bus' Facebook page. Most bus services in the Yorkshire Dales area run all-year round, but many Sunday DalesBus services only operate during the Summer months.
The full summer DalesBus network will be running again this year, with some minor changes to provide more opportunities to explore the Yorkshire Dales:
The following Saturday DalesBus service started for the Summer season on 4th April 2026:
The following Sunday DalesBus services started for the Summer season on 5th April 2026:
The following Sunday DalesBus services will start for the Summer season on 3rd May 2026:
The summer network map can be downloaded here (PDF file). A revised timetable will be introduced on Stagecoach service 280 between Preston, Clitheroe and Skipton from 30th March 2026, with minor changes to times on Monday to Friday.
The timetable can be downloaded here (PDF file). Stagecoach bus 567 runs between Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale and Ingleton on Saturdays - from 23rd March 2026 this service will run to/from Ingleton on Monday to Saturday.
Click here to download new timetable (PDF file) Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit social enterprise, which aims to improve people's lives by promoting public transport and providing much of the weekend DalesBus network, helping to provide sustainable access into and around the Yorkshire Dales area. We are a subsidiary of Friends of the Dales, a registered charity, which is the leading voice campaigning for a sustainable future for the Yorkshire Dales.
We are currently seeking additional volunteers to join our marketing team - please follow the links below for details (PDF files). For more information or to apply please email us here. New Transdev Yorkshire tickets (available from 18th January 2026) offer the freedom to travel for a day on all buses in the Yorkshire area run by Harrogate Bus Company, Keighley Bus Company, Coastliner/York&Country, Team Pennine, Flyer and Burnley Bus Company.
This includes DalesBus services 24, 59, 72, 74, 864 and 873, as well as many connecting services including the 36, 64 and M6 (from Barnoldswick). They are not valid on Coastliner services 840 or 843 east of FERA. From 5th April 2026 they will not be valid on:
One-day Transdev Yorkshire tickets are priced at:
They are also available at £27 for 7 days (£20 U19s) and £95 for 28 days (£70 for U19s), with annual tickets at £990 (£800 for U19s). For full details see Transdev website. A new national rail timetable will be introduced from Sunday 14th December 2025.
There will be major changes on some routes, including the East Coast Mainline, with changes to trains stopping at Northallerton. There will be minor changes to some train times on the Bentham Line and Leeds-Settle-Carlisle Line, and:
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