Harrogate Public transport alternations over Christmas & New Year

23 December 2025

Bus & train services in the Harrogate area will, as usual, be amended over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.

  • Monday 22nd December: Flyer buses & Harrogate Bus Company will operate a Saturday timetable. Connexions bus and trains will operate a weekday timetable.
  • Tuesday 23rd December: Flyer buses & Harrogate Bus Company will operate a Saturday timetable. Connexions bus and trains will operate a weekday timetable.
  • Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December: Flyer buses & Harrogate Bus Company will operate a Saturday timetable with early finishes. Connexions bus and trains will operate a weekday timetable with trains having some minor other alterations and finishing earlier then normal.
    • The last services to Harrogate leave:
      • Leeds (36): 8:15pm
      • Leeds (train): 7:36pm
      • Ripon (36): 7:40pm
      • Otley (X52): 6:00pm
      • Pateley Bridge (24): 7:25pm
      • Knaresborough (1B): 8:33pm
      • Knaresborough (train): 8:12pm
      • Wetherby (7): 8:00pm
      • Bradford (A2): 5:15pm
    • The last services leave Harrogate for:
      • Bilton (2): 7:45pm
      • Jennyfield (3): 8:20pm
      • Pannal Ash (6): 8:25pm
  • Christmas Day Thursday 25th December: No bus nor train services will operate.
  • Boxing Day Friday 26th December: A limited bus service will operate on routes 36 and 1A/1C only to a special timetable. Buses will run every 30 minutes to/from Leeds and Knaresborough and every hour to/from Ripon from around 8:45am till 7:15pm. No train services will operate, nor will buses on other routes.
  • Saturday 27th December: A Saturday timetable will be operating on all bus and train services.
  • Sunday 28th December: A Sunday timetable will be operating on all bus and train services.
  • Monday 29th December: A Saturday timetable will be operating on all bus services. Trains will be operating to a weekday timetable.
  • Tuesday 30th December: A Saturday timetable will be operating on all bus routes. Trains will be operating to a weekday timetable.
  • New Year’s Eve Wednesday 31st December: A Saturday timetable will operate on all bus services and a weekday timetable will operate on train services, both with early finishes. Last buses and trains are the same as on Christmas Eve.
  • New Year’s Day Thursday 1st January: No bus services will operate. Trains will operate a weekday timetable with some minor alterations.
  • Friday 2nd January: Flyer buses & Harrogate Bus Company will operate a Saturday timetable. Connexions bus and trains will operate a weekday timetable.
  • Saturday 3rd January: Normal service resumes on all routes.

Additionally note that:

  • On days where Harrogate Bus Company will operate a Saturday timetable additional buses will operate on route 6 leaving Harrogate at 7:15am and 7:45am
  • DalesBus services 59 & 74 will operate on Saturday 27th December only.

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