Weekend bus services to Malham will be improved for the summer season, starting at May Day Weekend.
A timetable showing all buses to/from Malham can be downloaded here (PDF file). The Garsdale Station Shuttle Bus service operated by the Little White Bus has been significantly improved for Summer 2024, providing easy access between the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle railway line and Upper Wensleydale.
On Mondays to Saturdays there are now two additional scheduled return trips between Gayle, Hawes, Hardraw, the Moorcock and Garsdale Station, both connecting with trains to/from both Leeds and Carlisle. The additional journeys run from Gayle at 1140 and 1415, and return from Garsdale Station at 1225 and 1455. There are now a total of six return journeys to/from the station on Mondays to Saturdays all year, with no need to book in advance. On Sundays the Wensleydale Explorer Bus returns for summer 2024 on 21st April, also providing six return journeys between Garsdale Station, the Moorcock and Hawes; with two journeys continuing to Bainbridge, Askrigg, Carperby, Redmire and Castle Bolton. The maximum single fare these buses is just £2, and elderly/disabled bus passes are valid for free travel until 1800 on Monday to Saturday and all day on Sundays. These Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services have now restarted for the 2024 season:
Also from Easter weekend revised summer timetables were introduced on these Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services:
The Wensleydale Explorer Bus will run on Sundays from 21st April: These Sunday and Bank Holiday DalesBus services will start for the 2024 season on Sunday 5th May:
Details of other Summer Sunday and Bank Holiday services starting in May will be available shortly. There will be several changes to bus services in the Yorkshire Dales area from 8th April 2024 following retendering of services by North Yorkshire Council.
From 25th March 2024 Stagecoach service 563 from Penrith to Appleby will be extended to Kirkby Stephen, Sedbergh and Kendal on Monday to Friday with a revised timetable.
On Saturdays service 563 will continue to run between Penrith, Appleby, Kirkby Stephen and Kirkby Stephen Station. Services operated by Western Dales Bus in the area will continue unchanged. Minor changes will be made to the timetable of Dales & District service 159 from 8th January 2024 to improve reliability:
A new national rail timetable starts on 10th December 2023. There are only minor changes to times on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle and Leeds-Lancaster-Morecambe lines. The new timetable is available here (PDF file)
On Sundays the 0859 train from Leeds to Carlisle is retimed to depart at 0909 and run around ten minutes later throughout the journey. Connecting trains to Shipley run from Ilkley at 0853 and Bradford Forster Square at 0913. In order to maintain connections at Skipton, the following Sunday buses are retimed:
The Dales Railcard Winter Offer is back, and continues until Sunday 24th March 2024.
It offers holders of Dales Railcards a 50% saving off the usual price of Off-Peak Day Return tickets on the Leeds to Carlisle via Settle, and Leeds – Lancaster/Morecambe via Bentham routes. Tickets can be purchased on Northern website, on the Northern app, at ticket offices, or from conductors on trains when boarding at unstaffed stations. The offer is not available on local journeys Skipton – Bradford Forster Square / Leeds inclusive or Carnforth – Morecambe / Heysham Port inclusive, as per conditions of the Dales Railcard. The usual Dales Railcard terms and conditions apply. Full details of the offer are available on the Northern website. Click here for further information on Dales Railcards, which are available to residents in the postcode areas adjacent to the Skipton-Settle-Carlisle and Skipton-Lancaster railway lines and also to members of the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line (FoSCL) or LASRUG. The Winter Saturday timetable on Craven Connection bus services 75 and 580 starts on 4th November 2023.
This year for the first time, Saturday DalesBus 74 from York to Harrogate, Ilkley, Bolton Abbey, Burnsall and Grassington will continue running throughout the winter months. As part of the national initiative to reduce the cost of bus travel the maximum single fare on these services is just £2, with under 19s travelling for £1. Elderly and disabled bus passes are also valid for free travel. Single bus fares will be capped at £2 by most bus companies until the end of December 2024 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:
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