A new national rail timetable will be introduced on Sunday 19th May 2019.

There will be minor changes to services on the Leeds - Skipton - Settle - Carlisle and Leeds - Skipton - Lancaster - Morecambe lines - for details download the new timetable here.

Changes will be made to bus services operated by Western Dales Bus from mid-May as follows:

• a revised timetable will be introduced on Saturday service S1 between Dent Station, Dent, Sedbergh and Kendal
• a revised timetable will be introduced on Friday service S4 between Dent, Sedbergh, Kirkby Stephen and Brough
• Tuesday service S3 between Dent, Sedbergh, Garsdale and Hawes will be reintroduced from 21st May 2019

The new timetables are available here.

Download the latest edition of our DalesBus News newsletter to find out all about service and fare changes, including the start of summer season DalesBus services from Easter weekend, and the launch of a new Dales Freedom Rover family ticket.

Click here to download the newsletter (PDF file).

Many seasonal DalesBus services will restart for the summer season at Easter weekend.

Click here for a list of seasonal DalesBus services.

Most services will be similar to Summer 2018, but there will be some changes as follows:

Saturday Service from 20th April:

• The Saturday service between Wakefield, Ilkley and Grassington will operate as DalesBus 74, via Bradford and Shipley.

Sunday & Bank Holiday Services from 21st April:

• Nidderdale DalesBus 821 will be revised, with a new afternoon departure from Otley
• DalesBus 825 will be revised to run between Selby, Tadcaster, Wetherby, Harrogate, Brimham Rocks, Fountains Abbey, Kirkby Malzeard and Masham
• Bowland Explorer service 833 will nor tun this year, but links to Slaidburn and the Trough of Bowland will be provided by Coast & Cove DalesBus 881
• Cravenlink DalesBus 884 from Dewsbury and Bradford to Malham will operate via a shorter route, no longer serving Greengates or Otley. Connections from Otley will be available on DalesBus 874.
• An additional double-decker journey will operate between Grassington and Hawes on DalesBus 875, leaving Grassington at 1155.
• A Summer Sunday & Bank Holiday service will operate on Craven Connection route 580 581 582 between Lancaster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Ingleton, Settle and Skipton.

Minor changes will be made to services 24 and 144 from 28th April 2019.

On Harrogate Bus Company service 24 between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge:

• one journey in each direction will divert via the Army Foundation College on Penny Pot Lane on Monday to Friday
• there will be some minor adjustments to the timing of other buses on Monday to Friday afternoons
• on Sundays and Bank Holidays the 1015 and 1315 journeys from Harrogate will run five minutes later to provide more reliable connections off service 36 from Leeds

The new timetable can be downloaded here (PDF file).

On Dales & District service 144 between Bedale and Masham:

• Some journeys will operate via Exelby, Burneston and Carthorpe instead of Burrill and Thornton Watlass.
• An additional journey will run from Bedale to Masham at 1600.

The new timetable can be downloaded here (PDF file).
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Metro/Northern's winter offer for a Day Ranger valid on the scenic Leeds-Skipton-Settle-Carlisle and Bentham (Leeds-Skipton-Lancaster-Morecambe) railway lines for holders of ENCTS elderly or disabled passes issued by Metro finished on Saturday 6th April 2019.

Strike action by the RMT union on Northern trains services has been suspended, so a normal service is now running every day.

From 28th January 2019 Leeds Station Interchange will be closed for rebuilding work.

Sunday DalesBus 874 to Bolton Abbey, Grassington and Buckden will stop instead at bus stop Z1 on Bishopgate Street, opposite The Scarborough Hotel.

Trains now make additional stops to those shown in the current printed timetables for the Leeds - Settle - Carlisle line (Northern timetable leaflet 7) on Monday to Saturday as follows:

• the 0748 train from Leeds to Carlisle calls additionally at Gargrave (0831) and Hellifield (0841)
• the 1619 train from Carlisle to Leeds calls additionally at Gargrave (1816)

​The full revised timetable is available as a PDF file here.

​Several weekend DalesBus services are now financially supported by commercial businesses, enabling valuable services to continue to be provided for Yorkshire Dales residents and visitors to the area.

The largest commercial sponsorship deals in place for DalesBus services in 2018-19 are with:

• Northern Powergrid for Northern Powergrid Country Bus 830
• Acorn Stairlifts for Acorn Wensleydale Flyer 856
• Harrogate Spring Water for Winter Sunday buses on Nidderdale route 24.

​Simon Webster, head of marketing at Steeton-based Acorn Stairlifts, said: “We were keen to give something back to the community which supported our growth and sponsoring the Wensleydale Flyer has been a great way to do it. It’s a good fit for us, as both Acorn and the Flyer are all about empowering mobility, and having our company livery on the bus is a great way to raise our profile locally. I’d encourage any other business considering sponsorship of a DalesBus service to go ahead – it’s been a win-win situation for us.”

To help maintain and develop the DalesBus network we are now seeking further commercial sponsorship for Summer 2019 - if this may be of interest to your business please get in touch with us.

We're also very grateful to the many smaller businesses, charities, other organisations and individuals who support the DalesBus network - thank you to you all!