DalesBus services from Harrogate will be boosted from this weekend with the welcome return of Eastern DalesBus 825 running to Fountains Abbey, Masham and Richmond for a longer season this year.
Eastern DalesBus 825 will run every Sunday and Bank Holiday from 5th April until 18th October, providing lots of day-out opportunities for walking and sight-seeing in and around Nidderdale National Landscape. The bus will leave Knaresborough Bus Station at 9.52am and Harrogate Bus Station at 10.15am, running via Ripley, Brimham Rocks, Fountains Abbey, Galphay, Grewelthorpe, Hackfall, Masham, Jervaulx Abbey, Middleham and Leyburn to Richmond. The return journey leaves Richmond at 3.10pm. Full details are available online at www.dalesbus.org/825 and in timetable leaflets available from Harrogate Bus Station, Harrogate Visitor Information Centre and other local outlets.
Once again a programme of free guided walks accessible from the bus will be organised by the National Trust and DalesBus Ramblers. Information about the walks is available online at www.dalesbusramblers.org.uk
This service joins the other DalesBus services from Harrogate which run on all-year round – service 24 to Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale National Landscape which runs daily (with onward connections from Pateley Bridge to Coldstones Cut, Hebden and Grassington on DalesBus 822 on Sundays and Bank Holidays from 5th April, and to Upper Nidderdale on DalesBus 821 from 3rd May), DalesBus 59 to Bolton Bridge and Skipton every Saturday, and DalesBus 74 to Ilkley, Bolton Abbey and Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales National Park every Saturday. From this weekend DalesBus 74 will leave Knaresborough Bus Station at 8.58am and Harrogate Bus Station at 09.20am.
As part of a national initiative all local bus fares are currently capped at a maximum of £3 for any single journey, and under 19s can travel for just £1 each way on DalesBus services. Concessionary bus passes are now also valid on all DalesBus services.
