Buses will replace trains on the Wharfedale Line between Bradford Forster Square and Ilkley on Sundays 25th July and 1st August 2021, due to engineering works.

Trains will operate normally between Leeds and Ilkley.

​Revised timetables can be downloaded here: 25th July / 1st August.

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).

Bus 784 between.Ilkley and Skipton will be renumbered as service 64 from 25th July, with a slightly revised timetable to improve reliability. On Monday to Friday one journey will continue to run from/to Otley.

The service will be now usually be run by green Keighley Bus Company buses.

Sunday buses between Ilkley and Skipton on Cravenlink services 873 and 884 will continue unchanged.

An on-demand bus service that allows users to choose when and where they want to travel is being piloted in the Ripon, Bedale and Masham area.

YorBus is a demand responsive transport (DRT) service that allows passengers to book a ride on-demand, anywhere within the operating area. YorBus is run by North Yorkshire County Council and allows users to book via a dedicated app, which is now available to download, or by phone.

Click here for further information.

During June 2021 an hourly diesel shuttle service will operate between Bedale, Leeming Bar and Scruton on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. There will be opportunities to view the award winning restored station at Scruton and the restored Station House at Leeming Bar. There will be volunteers at both locations to show visitors around.

Passengers are requested to buy tickets in advance though the railway’s website if possible.

More seasonal bus services in the Yorkshire Dales area will start during May 2021.

The following Sunday DalesBus services started on 16th May:

• Nidderdale DalesBus 821: Keighley - Otley - Swinsty - Blubberhouses - Pateley Bridge - Lofthouse - Scar House
• Eastern DalesBus 825: York - Harrogate - Brimham Rocks - Fountains Abbey - Masham - Leyburn - Richmond
• Eastern DalesBus 829: Richmond - Bedale
• Northern DalesBus 830: Preston - Lancaster - Ingleton - Ribblehead - Hawes - Reeth - Richmond
• Northern DalesBus 831: Middlesbrough - Darlington - Richmond - Reeth - Hawes - Ribblehead - Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale
• Malham DalesBus 881: Lancaster - Slaidburn - Settle - Malham Tarn - Malham

From the same date, Sunday and Bank Holiday services were added to the following routes, providing a service seven days a week:

• Nidderdale DalesBus 24: Harrogate - Birstwith - Darley - Pateley Bridge
• Craven Connection 580/581:  Skipton - Settle - Clapham - Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale 

A new bus link between Harrogate, Blubberhouses, Bolton Bridge and Skipton will be provided on DalesBus 59 every Saturday from 22nd May.

From 22nd May Saturday service 75 between Skipton and Malham will be reinstated and will extend via Malham Tarn to Settle.  There will also be changes to the times of service 580 between Skipton and Settle from the same date.

From 2nd June Western Dales Bus service S3 between Dent, Sedbergh, Garsdale and Hawes will be reinstated, running every Wednesday.

Some minor changes will be made to Cumbria Classic Coaches services:

• from 19th May 2021 Wednesday service 572 between Ravenstonedale, Kirkby Stephen and Barnard Castle will adopt a standard year-round route, via the A66 Stainmore summit both ways. A vintage bus will be used between May and October. Click here for the new timetable.
• from 20th May 2021 the timetable on Thursday service 570 between Ravenstonedale, Shap, Tebay and Kendal will be slightly revised.

Several bus services will be increased during April 2021, in line with the easing of coronavirus restrictions.

• Harrogate Bus Company will resume full timetables on most routes from 11th April, including service 36 between Leeds, Harrogate and Ripon.
• Burnley Bus Company will resume full timetables on most routes from 11th April, including the Pendle Wizz service between Burnley and Skipton.
• Connexions will resume full timetables on some routes from 12th April, including service X52 between Harrogate and Ilkley.
• Woofs of Sedbergh will resume service W1 between Sedbergh and Kendal from 12th April.
• ​Western Dales Bus will restart services from 13th April.
• Little White Bus Richmondshire Rover services from Richmond to Northallerton, Barnard Castle and Ripon will resume from 14th April 2021, running to Northallerton every Wednesday, and alternating between Barnard Castle and Ripon on Thursdays.
• The summer timetable will be introduced on Saturday DalesBus service 74, running between Bradford, Ilkley, Bolton Bridge, Embsay, Burnsall and Grassington from 17th April.
• The summer timetable will be introduced on Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus service 822, running between York, Ripon, Fountains Abbey, Pateley Bridge and Grassington from 18th April.
• The summer timetable will be introduced on Sunday and Bank Holiday Cravenlink services 873 and 884, running between Bradford, Ilkley, Skipton and Malham from 18th April.
• The summer timetable will be introduced on Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services 874 and 875, running between Leeds, Ilkley, Grassington, Buckden and Hawes from 18th April.