Two further days of strike action on Thursday 18th August and Saturday 20th August have been announced by the RMT union, which are expected to severely disrupt services. 

There will be no train services between Skipton, Lancaster and Morecambe nor between Skipton, Settle and Carlisle on these dates, and there may also be some reductions to service on the days immediately following each strike day so please check before travelling.

From 1st August 2022 the YorBus demand-responsive minibus service in the Ripon, Masham and Bedale area offers a pre-booking facility. It is now possible to pre-book journeys up to a day in advance using the YorBus app or by calling North Yorkshire County Council's Customer Service Centre on 01609 780780.

The service runs from 0655 to 1800 on weekdays and from 0900 to 1800 on Saturdays. The fares are now £2 for adults and £1 for children between the ages of 5-17.

Further information about the YorBus service is available on North Yorkshire County Council's website.

The access road to Scar House Reservoir has now reopened, so Nidderdale DalesBus 821 is now running normally again.

Connexions service X52 between Ilkley, Otley and Harrogate will be amended to only operate between Otley and Harrogate from 16th May 2022.

​The revised timetable is available here. (PDF file)

​Alternative buses between Ilkley and Otley are available on services X84 and 962.

The following DalesBus services will start for the Summer 2022 season on Sunday 15th May:

• Eastern DalesBus 825: Richmond – Leyburn (Sundays)
• Northern DalesBus 830:  Preston – Lancaster – Ingleton – Ribblehead – Hawes – Muker – Reeth – Richmond  (Sundays)
• Northern DalesBus 831: Middlesbrough – Darlington – Richmond – Reeth – Muker – Keld – Hawes – Ribblehead – Ingleton – Kirkby Lonsdale  (Sundays and Bank Holidays)
• Malham DalesBus 881: Lancaster – Ingleton – Settle – Malham Tarn – Malham  (Sundays and Bank Holidays)​

The full current DalesBus timetable is available online here.

The summer timetable will be introduced on Saturday service 75 from 7th May 2022, with buses running between Skipton, Malham and Settle.

Buses will leave Skipton at 0945 and 1430, and Settle at 1135 and 1555.

The new service 75 timetable can be downloaded here (PDF file).

There are also some changes to Craven Connection service 580 from the same day.  The journeys at 1145 from Skipton to Settle and 1230 from Settle to Skipton will no longer run on Saturdays.

The new service 580 timetable can be downloaded here (PDF file).

Several seasonal weekend DalesBus services have now started for the 2022 season, including:

• DalesBus 74 running between York, Harrogate, Otley, Ilkley, Bolton Abbey, Burnsall and Grassington every Saturday.
• Nidderdale DalesBus 821 running between Keighley, Otley, Washburn Valley, Pateley Bridge and Upper Nidderdale every Sunday and Bank Holiday
• Double-decker DalesBus 822 running between Pocklington, York, Ripon, Fountains Abbey, Pateley Bridge and Grassington every Sunday and Bank Holiday.
• Double-decker DalesBus 875 running between Leeds, Horsforth, Rawdon, Ilkley, Grassington, Buckden, Aysgarth and Hawes every Sunday and Bank Holiday.
• Cravenlink 884 running between Bradford, Ilkley, Skipton and Malham every Sunday and Bank Holiday.

Links to timetables for all the buses now running in the Yorkshire Dales area on Sundays and Bank Holidays are available here.

Some of these services were finalised at short notice so please note that online journey planners and real time information displays may not yet show the correct information. Please check this website for the latest timetables before travelling.

Revised timetables will be introduced on Western Dales Bus services from 27th March 2022, including:

• re-introduction of early evening journeys on Saturday service S1 for the summer season, running at 1855 from Sedbergh to Dent Station and at 1947 from Dent Station to Sedbergh.
• re-introduction of service S3 between Dent, Sedbergh and Hawes running every Wednesday throughout the summer
• very minor timing changes on services S4, S5 and S6, but please note that some journeys will run a few minutes earlier.

Bus service 64 between Skipton and Ilkley will follow a different route in Skipton from 28th February 2022. Buses will run along the High Street, The Bailey and Harrogate Road, following the same route as Cravenlink Sunday service 884. 

Service 64 will no longer serve Newmarket Street or Otley Road. Otley Road will still be served by North Yorkshire County Council minibus service 73 on Monday to Friday. 

Barden Moor Road is due to reopen on 26th February, so from 27th February Cravenlink Sunday service 873 between Skipton and Ilkley will revert to the usual route between Embsay and Bolton Abbey via Eastby, Barden Moor and Strid Wood.

Major changes will be made to bus services between Lancaster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Bentham and Ingleton from 4th April 2022, following Stagecoach's decision to withdraw routes 80 and 81.

​New services 81 and 82 will operate between Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale on Monday to Saturday, with services generally every hour during the day between Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale via Halton, Caton, Brookhouse and Hornby.  Alternate journeys every two hours will operate via Wray, Wennington, Melling and Tunstall (as Service 81) or via Gressingham, Arkholme & Whittington (as Service 82). These services will be operated by Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire in partnership with Lancashire County Council, also replacing service 582.

Sunday and Bank Holiday Lune Valley services 81A and 81B between Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale will be renumbered 81 and 82, to tie in with the Monday to Saturday services and simplify the numbering on the routes. These journeys will continue to serve the Beaumont area of Lancaster between the city centre and Halton and run every hour between Lancaster and Hornby extending two-hourly on either side of the River Lune.

Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire will continue to operate their existing Craven Connection through buses from the Lune Valley services for onward travel to Ingleton, Settle and Skipton, which operate in partnership with North Yorkshire County Council. The times will be revised to fit around the revised Lune Valley services. 

As part of their partnership with North Yorkshire County Council, Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire will introduce service 583 running on Monday to Saturday between Kirkby Lonsdale, Ingleton, Burton-in-Lonsdale, High Bentham and Low Bentham. 

Bus passes will be available to purchase for children attending schools on the expanded Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire network - please complete this enquiry form for details.