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Sadly, 30th September 2025 was the last day of operation of Cumbria Classic Coaches scheduled services.
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. 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. 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:
The following Summer Sunday DalesBus services have now finished for the winter:
On Saturdays:
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:
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. From Sunday 31st August DalesBus 820 to Pateley Bridge and DalesBus 864 to Malham will depart from stand E at Bradford Interchange.
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). 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:
The Summer Sunday DalesBus network is now running for the 2025 season, including all the popular routes from last summer. Changes for 2025 include:
The Summer Sunday DalesBus network includes all the following routes, with most routes also running on Bank Holiday Mondays.
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. 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. Major changes will be made to bus services in the Sedbergh and Westmorland Dales area from 31st March 2025:
- 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
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