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Changes will be made to many Western Dales area bus services from April 2023, with improved links between Kirkby Stephen, Appleby and Penrith.
S1 Dent Station - Dent - Sedbergh - Kendal (Saturdays)
S3 Sedbergh - Hawes (Summer Fridays).
S4 Sedbergh - Kirkby Stephen - Brough.
S6 Sedbergh - Kirkby Stephen - Brough - Penrith (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
563 Kirkby Stephen - Brough - Appleby - Penrith (Saturdays)
Bus fares will be capped at £2 by most bus companies until the end of October 2023 as part of a special offer funded by the Department for Transport.
The offer is currently available on all scheduled bus services in the Yorkshire Dales area, including buses run by:
The following changes will be made to Western Dales Bus services to/from Dent from 9th December 2022
Changes will be made to Little White Bus services from Monday 28th November 2022 as follows:
Garsdale Station Shuttle & Demand Responsive Service
Wensleydale Voyager 156 There are some small timing changes to this timetable with the Leyburn bus starting and finishing slightly earlier to allow passengers to connect from Leyburn to Garsdale Station, coordinating with the first outbound Garsdale Shuttle service. In addition, buses will only make three scheduled stops at Sycamore Hall each day. Non-scheduled stops will become book in advance only, and booking should be made through the Little White Bus office. Click here for the new timetable (PDF file) Swaledale Shuttle 30 No major changes here, but an emergency timetable is in operation due to roadworks. When the emergency timetable has finished the bus that starts in Keld at 1015 will connect on Wednesdays with the Richmondshire Rover bus to Northallerton. The return bus from Northallerton will connect with the 1535 service from Richmond to Keld. Richmondshire Rover RR1 The timing of the Wednesday bus to Northallerton will be altered to allow it to meet the inbound Swaledale bus in Richmond at 1120. Click here to download the new timetable (PDF file). Regrettably, funding is no longer available for the Thursday service, and this will now cease. The last Ripon service will be 17th November and the last Barnard Castle service will be 24th November. Click here for the new timetable (PDF file) Most.bus services in the Yorkshire Dales run to the same timetable all year-round, but some services, particularly at weekends, operate only during the summer months, or with a revised timetable for the winter period.
Forthcoming changes for the start of the winter season are as follows: Saturday 22nd October
Sunday 23rd October Wednesday 26th October
Sunday 30th October Saturday 5th November
The winter DalesBus timetable can be downloaded as a PDF file here. A revised timetable will be introduced on First Leeds service X84 between Leeds, Otley and Ilkley from Sunday 2nd October - click here for details.
Most journeys will depart from Stand B in Ilkley Bus Station, instead of stand C. Service 70 between Northallerton, Thirsk and Ripon will have a revised timetable from Monday 12th September 2022, with improved connections at Thirsk with buses to/from York. Through fares will be available.
The service will be operated by Reliance and Hodgsons, in place of Dales & District. Minor changes will be made to Keighley Bus Company service 64 from 5th September 2022.
The service will operate between Skipton and Ilkley only, and there will be an additional journey from Skipton to Ilkley at 0732 on Monday to Friday. Click here for timetable details (PDF file). 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. |