The Leeds - settle - Carlisle railway line will be closed between Appleby and Carlisle on Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th July 2024 due to engineering works. Bus replacement services will run between Appleby and Carlisle.
Click here for the revised timetable on those days (PDF file). From 22nd July 2024 the North Craven Village Bus (service DR06) and South Craven Village Bus (service DR07) will again be operated by North Yorkshire County Council. The booking telephone number will be 01609 533877.
The only journey on service 80 from Kirkby Lonsdale to Ingleton and Lancaster, departing Kirkby Lonsdale at 1650, no longer operates.
There are no changes to the timetable on Craven Connection services 580 or 581, but on some journeys it may now be necessary to change buses at Settle Market Place when making a through journey. Due to the closure of Galphay Lane for the installation of new power cables Eastern DalesBus 825 will be diverted between Fountains Abbey and Kirkby Malzeard via High Grantley until 4th August inclusive, and will not serve Studley Roger or Galphay.
DalesBus 59 between Harrogate, Blubberhouses, Bolton Bridge and Skipton is now running every Saturday, following the reopening of the A59 at Kex Gill.
A revised timetable will be introduced on Hodgson's service 70 between Ripon, Thirsk and Northallerton from Monday 10th June 2024 to improve reliability.
Click here to download the new timetable (PDF file). The Lancashire Dalesrail service will resume in a revised format as the Yorkshire Dales Explorer train on 8th June 2024, running on Saturdays from Rochdale via Manchester Victoria, Bolton, Blackburn and Clitheroe to Settle, Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Ribblehead.
Trains will leave Rochdale at 0752 and 1452 every Saturday, returning from Ribblehead at 1108 and 1805. There will be good connections with the Leeds to Carlisle service for those wanting to travel along Mallerstang to Kirkby Stephen as well as to the Eden Valley, Appleby and Carlisle. Full timetable details are available here. The bus station at Bradford Interchange is closed until further notice.
From 19th May DalesBus 864 to Ilkley, Skipton and Malham will start from stop B2 on Bridge Street (opposite the Interchange). No further strikes affecting Northern services have been announced.
For further information please see Northern's website. These Summer Sunday DalesBus services providing access into and around Wensleydale and Swaledale will run every Sunday from 5th May:
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