COVID-19 Virus Outbreak

If you are using the bus or train you should, where possible, wear a face covering, follow social distancing and wash your hands before and after travel.  Buses and trains are operating with a reduced capacity in order to facilitate social distancing.

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.

Full timetables are now running again on most routes (see all-year services page), except as noted below:​

• Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire Saturday service 75 to Malham remains suspended until further notice.
• Western Dales Bus Tuesday service S3 to/from Hawes remains suspended until further notice.
• Woofs services W2 and 567A are suspended until further notice.
• 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.
• ​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.
• ​Cumbria Classic Coaches Tuesday service 569 to Hawes will not operate in Summer 2020.
• ​Sunday Cravenlink services 873 and 884 are operating between Ilkley and Skipton only. The usual extra summer buses to/from Dewsbury, Bradford and Malham will not operate in Summer 2020.
• Wharfedale Packhorse services are suspended until further notice.
• Most summer-only DalesBus services will not run this year, but DalesBus 875 between Wakefield, Leeds, Ilkley, Grassington, Buckden, Aysgarth and Hawes will run on Sundays until 18th October.
• 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 Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway is currently running on a prebooked basis from Embsay Station only.
• All services on the Wensleydale Railway are suspended until further notice, but the Polar Express service will start in November.

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.