The summer Sunday Dales Bus network returns for the 2022 season this Sunday, 15th May.
This year two services will run from Lancaster:
The Northern Dales Bus, service 830, starts from Preston and runs via the M6 to Lancaster University, then all stops to Lancaster Bus Station and then Caton, Hornby, Wray, Bentham, Ingleton, Ribblehead, Hawes, Buttertubs Pass and Swaledale to Richmond. The timetable is HERE
The Malham Dales Bus, service 881, starts at Lancaster bus station and follows the same route to Ingleton, then via Clapham and Austwick to Settle, Langcliffe, Malham Tarn and Malham village. The timetable is HERE
Of course, as we explained in a recent post, bus services in the northern extremeties of Lancashire are a state secret, so you won't find these timetables on the operator's website or, with the exception of the excellent Dales Bus website, anywhere else online, and certainly not on Traveline or Google Maps/Transit or the sites of Lancashire and North Yorkshire County Councils. The timetables are, however, available in printed leaflet form from the Visitor Information Centres and libraries in Lancaster and Morecambe.
No Sunday Buses to Skipton
Contrary to previous reports, the extension of services 81 and 82 on Sundays and Public Holidays to Settle and Skipton will not take place this year, due to a shortage of funding and difficulties in finding available drivers.
All these services offer the opportunity of a excellent day out in areas of the country not normally accessible by bus and come highly recommended. Unfortunately, due to the regressive - and possibly illegal - policies of the County Councils, the English National Concessionary Bus Pass can't be used on them (the Sunday extensions of the 81 and 82 to Skipton excepted) but fares are very reasonable with a Day Ticket for the entire Dales Bus network (click HERE for a Map) costing just £10 and only £5 for Bus Pass (NoW Card) holders.
