​Buses between Skipton, Grassington and Buckden

Buses run between Skipton "Gateway to the Dales", Grassington and Upper Wharfedale as follows:
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• Service 72/72R: Skipton - Grassington               runs on Monday to Saturday by The Keighley Bus Company
  
  
• Service 72A: Skipton - Grassington - Buckden    runs on schooldays by North Yorkshire County Council
  
  
• Service 72B: Grassington - Buckden                   runs on Monday to Saturday by Upper Wharfedale Bus CIC
  
  
• Witch Way service X43: Manchester - Burnley - Skipton - Grassington      runs on Sundays and Bank Holidays by the Burnley Bus Company
  
  
• Service 874: Wakefield - Leeds - Ilkley - Grassington - Buckden        runs on Sundays and Bank Holidays by Arriva Yorkshire
  
  
• Wharfedale Packhorse                                        provides an evening service on the first Saturday of each month between Cray, Grassington and Appletreewick

There are some changes to Monday to Saturday services 72, 72A, 72B and 72R from 16th April 2018, when the Skipton to Grassington service operated by Pride of the Dales is replaced by the Keighley Bus Company, under contract to North Yorkshire County Council.  The new timetable is available here.

The Dalesman bus 875 will operate on Sundays and Bank Holidays from 1st April 2018, from Wakefield, Leeds, Otley and Ilkley to Cracoe, Kettlewell, Buckden, Aysgarth and Hawes  (returning from Hawes via Grassington and Burnsall, not Cracoe).

Through fares are available between Upper Wharfedale service 72B and Skipton service 72/72R and Ilkley/Hebden service 74A.

Return tickets are interavailable between services 72, 72A, 72B and 72R.

Dales Rambler (train+bus) tickets are valid on services 72, 72R, 874 and X43 - but are not valid on services 72A, 72B or 74A.

Dales Rover tickets are valid on Sunday and Bank Holiday services 874 and X43.

​One Way £1 tickets for young people are valid on all services, but separate tickets must be bought on each bus if changing buses in Grassington. 


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