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    • All Year Buses >
      • Nidderdale Bus 24
      • Buses between Ilkley, Bolton Abbey and Grassington
      • Buses between Skipton, Grassington and Buckden
      • Craven Connection 75 580 581 582
      • Acorn Wensleydale Flyer 856
      • Cravenlink 873 884
      • DalesBus 874
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Train Services in and around the Yorkshire Dales

National Rail Enquiries
​​The Yorkshire Dales area is served by the Leeds to Lancaster/Morecambe line (also known as the Bentham Line) and the famous Leeds - Settle - Carlisle line, which has a service running several times daily operated by Northern Rail, plus Summer SundayDalesRail and Winter Sunday Ribble Valley Rambler services from Lancashire via Clitheroe.

Follow these links for timetable and general information about the Leeds - Settle - Carlisle railway.

The Bentham Line timetable is available here.

Many access points to the Yorkshire Dales are also well served by rail. The local rail operator in the Yorkshire area is Northern Rail, who provide frequent services to Skipton, Ilkley, Harrogate, Leeds and York.

Frequent long-distance inter-city trains serve York and Leeds, operated by Cross Country and East Coast. ​

The Airedale line provides frequent services from Leeds, Bradford and Keighley to Skipton, with some trains continuing to Settle/Carlisle and Lancaster/Morecambe. The Wharfedale line provides frequent services from Leeds and Bradford to Ilkley, for onward connecting buses to Bolton Abbey and Upper Wharfedale. Click here for timetables.

The railway line from Leeming Bar to Redmire, via Bedale and Leyburn is now operated by the Wensleydale Railway.

Steam trains operate on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.



​The best way to find out train times is to use the National Rail Enquiries website, which includes details of all train operators services.


The complete National Rail Timetable is available online on the Network Rail website.

The National Rail website also includes information on any disruptions to today's train running, and real-time station departure information.

Further details can also be obtained from National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484950.

​Additional information is available on the websites of the train operators themselves, links to which are provided below:
Northern

​Local services throughout the north of England, including the Leeds - Settle - Carlisle Railway, Summer Sunday Lancashire Dalesrail service and Winter Sunday Ribble Valley Rambler service.

TransPennine Express


​TransPennine Express services from Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle to York and Leeds

Virgin Trains East Coast


​InterCity services to Leeds, York and Bradford from London Kings Cross, Newcastle and Scotland (also limited service to Skipton and Harrogate)

Cross Country Trains

​InterCity services to Leeds and York from the SouthWest, Birmingham, Newcastle and Scotland

Grand Central Trains


​InterCity services to Bradford, York and Northallerton from London Kings Cross


Bus links into the heart of the Yorkshire Dales are available from numerous stations, including Northallerton, Harrogate, Ilkley, Skipton, Settle, Ribblehead, Dent and Garsdale. See map and All Year Bus Services and Extra Summer Bus Services pages for more details.

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