DalesBus

DalesBus is a registered brand of a network of weekend bus services managed by Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company[1] which is a subsidiary of the Yorkshire Dales Society.[2]

DalesBus
HeadquartersGargrave
Service typeBus services
DestinationsLeeds, York, Bradford, Dewsbury, Skipton, Wakefield & Yorkshire Dales
Operator(see Participating operators)
Websitewww.dalesbus.org

In 2018, the service was expanded.[3] Most buses run on weekends and bank holiday Mondays, [4] from Easter Sunday until late summer.[5]

Some buses in the Dales run all year round. Most are operated by low floor easy access vehicles. The services are provided by a number of operators linking major centres of population with the Yorkshire Dales to allow for walking or enjoyment without the need for a car.

The services are funded by numerous organisations, including West Yorkshire Metro, the Yorkshire Dales National Park Sustainable Development Fund and the National Trust. Support is also offered with funding from the Friends of DalesBus, Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line, the Yorkshire Dales Society, Forest of Bowland AONB, TransPennine Express and several other organisations. These popular services carry increasing numbers of passengers, over 30,000 per year.[6] In 2015 North Yorkshire County Council withdrew English National Concessionary Travel Scheme payments for some of these services regarding them as only for "tourist" use and outside statutory provision.

Participating operators

York Pullman Leyland Tiger in
Ilkley in September 2011

Below is a list of operators who provide bus services in the Dales.

From Easter Sunday until late summer (Not all are seasonal.)[7][8]

OperatorServices
Arriva North East 830, 857
Arriva Yorkshire 74, 822/825, 831, 873/884, 874/875
Dales & District 856, 30, 137/138/159, 139
Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire 580/581/582, 830, 832, 881
Little White Bus Upper Dales Connect, Garsdale-Gayle(LWB), 855, 30, 156
Harrogate Bus Company 24, 59
Keighley Bus Company 821, 873/884
Western Dales Community Bus S1, S3, S4, S5

DalesBus Ramblers

Dalesbus Ramblers organise a varied programme of free guided walks in the Yorkshire Dales. All the walks are accessible by bus or train, and are open to the general public.[9]

In August 2016, route 830 operated by Arriva North East from Richmond to Ingleton, was the subject of an episode of television series BBC Four Goes Slow entitled The Country Bus with a series record average audience of 800,000.[10][11]

References

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