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Cumbria Classic Coaches

25/11/2025

 
Sadly, 30th September 2025 was the last day of operation of Cumbria Classic Coaches scheduled services.
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Service 106 has been retendered by the 106 Partnership, and a replacement service between Kendal and Penrith is provided by Lonsdale Buses on Tuesdays and Fridays. From 4th December 2025 this service will also run on Thursdays.

Service 571 will resume on Mondays from 1st December 2025 running between Kendal, Kirkby Stephen and Brough, operated by Lonsdale Buses - click here for details.

Service 572 will resume on Wednesdays from 3rd December 2025 running between Kendal, Kirkby Stephen, Brough and Barnard Castle, operated by Lonsdale Buses - click here for details.

Shap Bus Service 106

25/11/2025

 
Service 106 between Kendal, Shap and Penrith on Tuesdays and Fridays is now run by Lonsdale Buses. This service will also run on Thursdays from 4th December 2025.

The Monday to Saturday journeys between Penrith and Shap continues to be run by Stagecoach.  A revised timetable was introduced from Monday 17th November 2025, including an extra early morning and late afternoon service between Penrith and Shap.

Weekend DalesBus Services

19/10/2025

 
We're now into the winter season. Most bus services in the Yorkshire Dales area run all-year round, but many Sunday DalesBus services only operate during the Summer months.

However these Sunday DalesBus services continue all-year round:
  • Nidderdale DalesBus 24: Harrogate - Pateley Bridge​​
  • DalesBus 72: Skipton - Grassington
  • Wensleydale Flyer 856: Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Aysgarth - Hawes - Gayle
  • Cravenlink 864: Bradford - Ilkley - Skipton - Malham  (winter timetable from 26th October 2026)​
  • Cravenlink 873: Ilkley - Bolton Abbey - Skipton  (winter timetable from 26th October 2026)
  • Wharfedale DalesBus 874: Wetherby - Leeds - Otley - Ilkley - Bolton Abbey - Grassington - Buckden 
    (winter timetable from 26th October 2026)

The following Summer Sunday DalesBus services have now finished for the winter:
  • Nidderdale DalesBus 820: Bradford - Shipley - Otley - Washburn Valley - Pateley Bridge 
  • Nidderdale DalesBus 821: Keighley - Shipley - Otley - Washburn Valley - Pateley Bridge - Ramsgill - Lofthouse - Scar House​
  • ​DalesBus 822: Pocklington - York - Ripon - Fountains Abbey - Pateley Bridge - Grassington
  • Eastern DalesBus 825: York - Harrogate - Brimham Rocks - Fountains Abbey - Masham - Leyburn - Richmond 
  • Northern DalesBus 830: Ribblehead - Hawes - Reeth - Richmond  
  • Northern DalesBus 831: Middlesbrough - Darlington - Richmond - Reeth - Hawes 
  • Northern DalesBus 832: Hawes - Settle - Ingleton
  • Wensleydale Explorer Bus 857: Garsdale Station - Hawes - Castle Bolton​  
  • Northern DalesBus 858: Darlington - Richmond - Catterick - Hawes - Ribblehead  
  • Eastern DalesBus 859: Richmond - Leyburn  
  • Cravenlink 866:  Keighley - Skipton - Malham
  • Wharfedale DalesBus 875:  York - Leeds - Horsforth - Ilkley - Cracoe - Grassington - Kettlewell - Buckden - Aysgarth - Hawes
  • Wharfedale DalesBus 876:  Leeds - Horsforth - Ilkley - Cracoe - Grassington - Kettlewell - Buckden - Aysgarth - Hawes

On Saturdays:
  • DalesBus 74 between York, Harrogate, Ilkley and Grassington has a revised timetable from 25th October
  • Service 75 between Skipton, Malham and Settle is now running the usual winter timetable between Skipton and Malham only from 1st November 
  • DalesBus 80 between Lancaster, Ribblehead and Hawes has now finished for the winter

Volunteers Wanted

3/9/2025

 
DalesBus is urgently looking for new volunteers to help us to provide, promote and develop DalesBus services into and around the Yorkshire Dales.

Weekend DalesBus services into and around the Yorkshire Dales.are managed by Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company, a volunteer-run company owned by charity Friends of the Dales.

The public are showing that they need our services more than ever and we urgently need more help to rise to the challenge of maintaining and developing our services.

We are particularly keen to find people with interest/knowledge/skills/ideas in:
  • Recruiting, managing and supporting volunteers 
  • Marketing bus and train services - including tasks such as producing online and printed materials, managing social media, leaflet distribution and keeping bus stop timetables updated
  • Engaging with local communities, raising awareness of DalesBus
  • Generating new ideas to increase DalesBus’ positive impact
  • Leadership, strategy and governance of organisations

If you share our passion for improving lives within and around the Yorkshire Dales by bus and think you may be able to help, we’d love to hear from you. We will offer support to help you settle into any specific roles you take on. We would really appreciate offers of help at all levels.

The Board of Directors meets around four times a year at mutually convenient times and locations, in person or online, with directors and other volunteers carrying out various tasks throughout the year, depending on the responsibilities they agree to take on.

We actively welcome expressions of interest from people from a diverse range of backgrounds. Everyone volunteering with us should be willing to commit to the values set out on our website.

Please email [email protected] as soon as possible to express interest, providing information about the interest/knowledge/skills/ideas and time you might be able to share. Feel free to ask any questions, and please don’t hesitate to promote this opportunity to anyone else you know who might be interested.

We will respond to questions and expressions of interest as quickly as we can on a rolling basis, and look forward to hearing from you shortly.

DalesBus from Bradford

29/8/2025

 
From Sunday 31st August DalesBus 820 to Pateley Bridge and DalesBus 864 to Malham will depart from stand E at Bradford Interchange.

Nidderdale Service 24

18/7/2025

 
New evening buses will be introduced on service 24 between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge from 31st August 2025.

The new journeys will run from Harrogate at 1825 (Monday to Saturday) and 2055 (Fridays & Saturdays only). Buses will run from Pateley Bridge to Harrogate at 1925 (Monday to Saturday) and 2155 (Fridays & Saturdays only).

Minor changes will also be made to be timings of other journeys to improve reliability.

Click here for timetable details (PDF file).

Summer Saturday Bus Services

26/4/2025

 
Most buses in the Yorkshire Dales area on Saturdays continue running to the same timetable all-year round.

However two routes have seasonal timetables, with summer timetables running from Saturday 3rd May 2025:
  • Lonsdale Buses service 75 between Skipton and Malham extends to run to/from Malham Tarn and Settle during the summer.
  • DalesBus 80 is a new bus service linking Lancaster, Bentham, Ingleton, Ribblehead and Hawes on Summer Saturdays, connecting with the Yorkshire Dales Explorer train from Manchester at Ribblehead Station.

Summer Sunday DalesBus Network 2025

13/4/2025

 
The Summer Sunday DalesBus network is now running for the 2025 season, including all the popular routes from last summer. Changes for 2025 include:
  • a new link from Bradford to the Washburn Valley and Pateley Bridge on Nidderdale DalesBus 820, connecting with DalesBus 822 to Ripon.
  • an improved service between Otley, Fewston, Blubberhouses, Greenhow and Pateley Bridge on Nidderdale DalesBus 821.
  • Northern DalesBus 832 will now run between Hawes, Ribblehead, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Settle, Austwick, Clapham and Ingleton, with connections on DalesBus 831 from Middlesbrough, Darlington and Richmond and on DalesBus 875 from York. Leeds, Ilkley and Grassington.

The Summer Sunday DalesBus network includes all the following routes, with most routes also running on Bank Holiday Mondays. 
  • Nidderdale DalesBus 24: Harrogate - Pateley Bridge​​
  • Nidderdale DalesBus 820: Bradford - Shipley - Otley - Washburn Valley - Pateley Bridge 
  • Nidderdale DalesBus 821: Keighley - Shipley - Otley - Washburn Valley - Pateley Bridge - Ramsgill - Lofthouse - Scar House​
  • ​DalesBus 822: Pocklington - York - Ripon - Fountains Abbey - Pateley Bridge - Grassington
  • Eastern DalesBus 825: York - Harrogate - Brimham Rocks - Fountains Abbey - Masham - Leyburn - Richmond 
  • Northern DalesBus 830: Ribblehead - Hawes - Reeth - Richmond  (not Bank Holidays)
  • Northern DalesBus 831: Middlesbrough - Darlington - Richmond - Reeth - Hawes 
  • Northern DalesBus 832: Hawes - Settle - Ingleton
  • Wensleydale Flyer 856: Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Aysgarth - Hawes - Gayle
  • Wensleydale Explorer Bus 857: Garsdale Station - Hawes - Castle Bolton​  (not Bank Holidays)
  • Northern DalesBus 858: Darlington - Richmond - Catterick - Hawes - Ribblehead  (not Bank Holidays)
  • Eastern DalesBus 859: Richmond - Leyburn  (not Bank Holidays)
  • Cravenlink 864: Bradford - Ilkley - Skipton - Malham
  • Cravenlink 866:  Keighley - Skipton - Malham
  • DalesBus 72: Skipton - Grassington
  • Cravenlink 873: Ilkley - Bolton Abbey - Skipton   
  • Wharfedale DalesBus 874: Wetherby - Leeds - Otley - Ilkley - Bolton Abbey - Grassington - Buckden
  • Wharfedale DalesBus 875:  York - Leeds - Horsforth - Ilkley - Cracoe - Grassington - Kettlewell - Buckden - Aysgarth - Hawes
  • Wharfedale DalesBus 876:  Leeds - Horsforth - Ilkley - Cracoe - Grassington - Kettlewell - Buckden - Aysgarth - Hawes

A network map is available here.

Single fares are no more than £3 on all DalesBus services, and under 19s travel for just £1.


Dales Rover day tickets are valid on all Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services and on many connecting buses - click here for details.

West Yorkshire Bus Fare Changes

29/3/2025

 
From Sunday 30th March 2025 the cap on single fares for bus journeys entirely within West Yorkshire will increase from £2 to £2.50, and the price of DaySaver tickets valid within West Yorkshire will increase from £5 to £6.

Fares elsewhere remain unchanged, with the fare cap for cross-boundary journeys to/from North Yorkshire remaining at £3.

From the same date Transdev West Yorkshire Plus tickets will be valid throughout all routes operated by the Keighley Bus Company, so will include the full-length of Cravenlink service 864 between Bradford and Malham.

Westmorland Dales Area Buses

7/3/2025

 
Major changes will be made to bus services in the Sedbergh and Westmorland Dales area from 31st March 2025:
  • Stagecoach service 563 will be revised to run between Penrith, Appleby, Kirkby Stephen and Kirkby Stephen Station only, with an increased frequency. Buses to/from Kirkby Stephen Station are timed to connect with trains on the Leeds- Settle - Carlisle line.
  • Minibus service S1 will be increased to include:
                - buses between Kendal and Sedbergh on Mondays and Fridays, run by Westmorland & Furness Council
                - buses between Kendal, Sedbergh and Kirkby Stephen on Tuesdays and Thursdays, run by Western Dales Bus
                - buses between Kendal, Sedbergh and Dent on Wednesdays, run by Western Dales Bus 
                - buses between Kendal, Sedbergh, Dent and Dent Station on Saturdays, run by Western Dales Bus
  • Minibus service S6 will be replaced by expanded services S1 and 563.
  • Minibus service S5 between Sedbergh, Kirkby Stephen, Ravenstonedale and Kendal continues unchanged on Fridays
                
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