COVID-19 Virus Outbreak

If you are using the bus or train you should, where possible, avoid peak times, wear a face covering, follow social distancing and wash your hands before and after travel.

The wearing of a face covering over mouth and nose is now compulsory on all public transport in England, other than for young children, disabled people and those with breathing difficulties. Click here for details.

Some bus and train services in the area are still operating reduced timetables due to the coronavirus outbreak.​

• First West Yorkshire are running reduced timetables on some routes - service X84 is only running between Leeds, Otley and Ilkley (service 784 will run between Otley, Ilkley and Skipton on Monday to Saturday from 13th July). 
• Harrogate Bus Company, Keighley Bus Company and Burnley Bus Company are running reduced timetables on some routes, including service 24 between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge*, service 36 between Leeds, Harrogate and Ripon, Pendle Wizz between Skipton and Burnley and service 72 between Skipton and Grassington*. 
  * = Note that the temporary timetables on services 24 and 72 run only on Monday to Saturday, there is no Sunday service on these routes until further notice.
• Upper Wharfedale Venturer service 72B between Hebden, Grassington and Buckden is now running a full timetable again.
• Connexions are running reduced timetables on some routes, including service X52 between Harrogate, Otley, and ilkley.
• Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire are running a reduced Craven Connection timetable on services 580/581/582 between Skipton, Settle, Ingleton, Kirkby Lonsdale and Lancaster. Saturday service 75 to Malham is suspended until further notice.
• All services run by Western Dales Bus (S1, S3, S4, S5) and Woofs (W1, W2, 567A) are suspended until further notice.
• Little White Bus Swaledale Shuttle service 30 is running a revised timetable on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays only.
• Little White Bus Garsdale Shuttle Service is operating as an on-demand service seven days a week - to travel please book by phone - click here for details.
• The Little White Bus Richmondshire Rover service is amended to operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only providing links to Catterick Tesco and Richmond - click here for revised timetable.
• Little White Bus service 156 in Wensleydale is running a normal service.
• Dales & District service 159 between Richmond, Leyburn, Masham and Ripon is running a reduced timetable.
• Dales & District service 73 between Bedale and Northallerton is running a reduced timetable, running mainly hourly.
• The following journeys on Dales & District service 139 between Ripon and Fountains Abbey will not run until further notice, as Fountains Abbey has limited opening: From Ripon at 1115 and 1625;  From Fountains Abbey at 1130 and 1640.
• Other Dales & District services are running a normal service, except the 0900 journey from Ripon to Northallerton on service 70 will not operate.
• North Yorkshire County Council Fleet Services are running a full normal timetable on all services.
• Cumbria Classic Coaches are running a full normal timetable on routes 570, 571 and 574 but Tuesday service 569 to Hawes will not operate this year.
• Stagecoach North Lancashire​ are now running a full normal timetable on services 80/81 between Ingleton, Kirkby Lonsdale and Lancaster.
• Stagecoach South Lancashire are now running a full normal timetable on service 280 between Skipton, Clitheroe and Preston, with increased service from 28th June.
• Wharfedale Packhorse services are suspended until further notice.
• Sunday Cravenlink services 873 and 884 between Ilkley and Skipton, and Sunday DalesBus 874 between Wakefield, Leeds, Ilkley, Grassington and Buckden are suspended until further notice.
  
  
• Train services are reduced across the national rail network, Northern are operating a reduced timetable including the Leeds - Skipton - Settle - Carlisle and Skipton - Lancaster lines.
• The Sunday DalesRail service from Lancashire will not operate in Summer 2020.
• The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway will run on a prebooked basis on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from Saturday 25th July.
• All services on the Wensleydale Railway are suspended until further notice.

A summary of changes to bus and train services in West Yorkshire is available on the Metro website.

A summary of changes to bus services in Cumbria is available on the Cumbria County Council website.

The normal time limits now apply again for the use of concessionary passes for the elderly and disabled.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak all summer seasonal DalesBus services are suspended until further notice.