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January 2012
- Coastliner 43X temporary service launched between Malton and Norton
- Arriva 400/401 (Selby to Goole) has early evening services reinstated
- Scarborough & District 3/3A revised with new circular route serving Northstead and Scalby Mills (for Sea Life Centre)
- Arriva 94 and 95 have a limited evening service replacing withdrawn 100
- Transdev York 19B/19L (York to Skelton) have a reduced evening service
December 2011
- Utopia 491 launched, from Tadcaster to Castleford on Thursdays only
- Arriva 42 (York to Selby via Cawood): Friday and Saturday evening services withdrawn
October 2011
- Wensleydale Postbus withdrawn
- Dalesbus 856 and 872 extended to continue through the winter
- 923 now run by Arrive in Style to a reduced timetable
- Burnley & Pendle services between Burnley and Skipton now all run as 28 serving Earby and Barnoldswick, including an hourly Sunday service
- Burnley & Pendle 25 has a revised timetable with additional early evening journeys
- Transdev Harrogate 24 has new evening journeys on Friday and Saturday (experimental service until Christmas)
- Little Red Bus 10/11 replaces B1 from Horton--in-Ribblesdale to Slaidburn with through services to Clitheroe
- New Dalesbus 855 launched running two journeys on Sundays from Gayle and Hawes to Garsdale
- Transdev York services revised:
- John Smith's 58 (York – Thirsk) now runs on weekdays only
- Coastliner starts winter timetable
- EYMS 128 starts winter timetable
- Arriva 81 (Stokesley – Marske) now runs Monday to Saturday, daytimes only. Evening and Sunday journeys on 781 withdrawn
May 2011
- Pullman 10 sees all non-contracted services (ie all daytime services, all weekday morning services and some Saturday morning services) withdrawn.
- Utopia 37, early afternoon service now runs 1½ hours earlier in each direction
- Coastliner start their summer timetable
- Connexionsbuses X70 (Harrogate to Wetherby) increased to every 30 minutes
- Transdev in Harrogate 77 launched between Harrogate and Wetherby
- Centrebus 737 replaces 767 between Harrogate and Leeds-Bradford Airport, continuing to Bradford, running every hour
April 2011
- Moorsbus 2011 timetables launched, running on Sundays, bank holiday Mondays and across the Easter weekend, starting 3 April.
- Pickering to Rosedale Abbey increased from 2 journeys to 6 a day
- Pickering to Dalby Forest increased from 2 journeys to 5 a day
- minor timing changes on many routes
- buses will continue to run on Wednesdays throughout July, August and September
- there will be no service on any other days
- Lancashire United X80 (Skipton - Preston) has an improved Sunday service, running 4 times a day
- Some Dalesbus services will be starting for 2011:
- Sunday 66A (Skipton - Grassington) is being replaced with a new 872 service from 17 April
- Sunday 156/157 (Northallerton - Hawes) is being replaced with a new 856 service from 17 April
- 800 (York - Leeds - Hawes) will be starting on 22 April
- 890 (Settle - Malham) will be starting on 24 April
- 883/884 (Ilkley - Skipton - Malham) will be starting its summer timetable on 24 April
- 812 (York - Ripon - Grassington) and 820 (Wetherby - Leeds - Richmond) will be starting on 1 May
- 825 (Pateley Bridge - Nidderdale) will be starting its summer timetable on 1 May
- Details of 139, 830, 831 and 832 to follow shortly
- NYCC contract changes - key changes:
- Arriva North East:
- X5/5A: evening services withdrawn between Easington and Whitby
- X26/X27: last evening service from Darlington withdrawn
- 91: evening and Sunday service replaced by services on 95/100
- 92/98: evening and Sunday service withdrawn
- 93: evening service withdrawn, and replaced with 100 between Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay only
- 94: evening service replaced by 100, evening service on Sunday withdrawn
- 95: evening service replaced by 100, Sunday service increased to hourly
- 29, 34, 72 transferred to Dales & District
- Arriva Yorkshire:
- 7: evening and Sunday service withdrawn
- 42: Sunday service withdrawn
- 400/401: evening service withdrawn
- 402/403: evening and Sunday service withdrawn between Selby and Micklefield
- 405/407: evening and Sunday service reduced between Selby and Eggborough
- 415/416: weekday evening service reduced to every 1½ hours. Buses no longer serve Escrick Main Street, Fulford Broadway or York Station
- 412/413 transferred to Connexionsbuses and Eddie Brown
- Connexionsbuses (formerly Harrogate Coach Travel):
- X70, new service between Harrogate and Wetherby
- 104 and 111 taken over from Transdev in Harrogate on the same timetable
- 110 taken over from Transdev in Harrogate. Peak-time shuttles between Harrogate and Hornbeam Park withdrawn
- 142/143 route now shared with Eddie Brown
- 412/413 route taken over from Arriva Yorkshire and shared with Eddie Brown
- 780 transferred to Sandla Transport
- Dales & District:
- 29, X34 and 72 taken over from Arriva North East with similar timetables
- 31A/31B/31C: evening and Sunday service withdrawn
- 31/32A taken over from Town & Country
- 73: evening service withdrawn, Sunday service replaced by 856 (Dalesbus)
- Thirsk town services, 148/149 and 153 taken over from Silverline
- 156/157: Sunday service replaced by 856 (Dalesbus)
- 159: minor reductions at start and end of day
- East Yorkshire/Scarborough & District:
- 2: earlier finish, Sunday service withdrawn
- 3/3B: earlier finish, Sunday service withdrawn
- 5: earlier finish
- 13: Sunday service withdrawn
- 36/63: lunchtime services withdrawn
- 121: evening services between Scarborough and Bridlington withdrawn
- 128: evening services withdrawn
- 12/21: all services withdrawn
- Eddie Brown:
- Hodgsons:
- 29A: evening and Sunday services withdrawn
- Reliance:
- Stephensons:
- 29: minor changes
- 41: all services withdrawn
- Transdev in Harrogate:
- Transdev in Keighley:
- 66A Sunday service to Grassington transferred to 872 (Dalesbus)
March 2011
- First have made minor changes to timings on 1, 4 and 5
- EYMS have made some changes to services to York:
- new X4 service running up to 5 times a day from Market Weighton to York, avoiding Pocklington
- minor changes to timings on X46, 744 and 746
- in York, all services run via Lawrence Street, not Heslington Road
December 2010
- Stephensons have revised their Ryedale network:
November 2010
- Pullman 22 evening services now run 15 minutes later
- Pullman 44 (Unibus) now runs an evening service every 30 minutes, and a Sunday service every 20 minutes
October 2010
- Coastliner 840, 843, 844 and 845 start winter timetable, with daytime services on 840 and 843 now missing Copmanthorpe and Tadcaster Garnet Lane, to give quicker journeys to Leeds
- Arriva 93 (Scarborough - Middlesbrough) starts the winter timetable
- Dalesbus X52, 825 and 884 start their winter timetable
- Dalesbus and Moorsbus services stop for the summer
- First 4 extended to Heslington East during the daytime, evening service reduced to every 30 minutes. 6 terminates at Osbaldwick and no longer serves Heslington East
September 2010
- York Pullman 44 from the university to York now extended to the railway station, and increased to every 15 minutes
- First York 1, 5, 10, 11 and 12 and 13 have reduced early morning and evening services
- Burnley & Pendle Mainline now runs every 30 minutes between Burnley and Skipton
- EYMS have improved Saturday services on the 195/196 and 747 routes
- Dales & District have added additional journeys to the 136 and 139 Ripon Roweller
August 2010
- Arriva have made minor changes to many routes in the Selby area
- First Leeds X84 has a new timetable, with services between Leeds and Otley reduced to every 20 minutes
- Reliance 30/30X has a new timetable with most services extended to Thirsk
- Harrogate Coach Travel 21 (York - Colton) starts revised timetable on 21 August, with additional journey to/from York, but fewer peak-time services to/from Askham Bar, and no services to Copmanthorpe Temple Lane
- Arriva 81 (Stokesley - Marske) has slight revisions to timings, and no longer serves Redcar Lakes Estate
- Harrogate Coach Travel have withdrawn the X54
- First York have withdrawn the X64
July 2010
- Arriva J32 running on Wednesday and Saturday during school summer holidays between Selby and Glasshoughton Xscape
- Transdev Harrogate X1 running on Tuesday and Thursday during school summer holidays between Harrogate and Glasshoughton Xscape
- Transdev Harrogate X2 running on Wednesday and Sunday during school summer holidays between Harrogate and Lightwater Valley
- Stephensons have amended the route of some 31X journeys in York - the 0940, 1140 and 1340 from Easingwold now run via Bootham, not Leeman Road
June 2010
- Arriva extend the X5 to give a half-hourly service from Middlesbrough to Whitby via Loftus, and including the 5, four buses per hour between Middlesbrough and Brotton
May 2010
- Coastliner launch their summer timetable on 840/X40 (Leeds - Whitby) and 845/X45 (Leeds - Bridlington)
- Hutchinsons launch a summer-only weekend service 133 from Driffield to Wharram le Street and Malton
- Further Dalesbus summer services launched:
- 812, new service run by York Pullman, from York to Ripon, Pateley Bridge and Grassington
- 820 from Leeds to Richmond via Ripon and Leyburn
- 825 starts its enhanced summer timetable between Brimham Rocks, Pateley Bridge and Middlesmoor
- 831/832 from Settle to Masham via Ingleton, Ribblehead, Hawes, Swaledale and Leyburn
- X52 now runs one Sunday bus from Knaresborough and Harrogate to Otley and Ilkley
April 2010
- Dales & District take over several routes, with minor timetable changes:
- Esk Valley Coaches take over several routes, with minor timetable changes:
- First Dalesbus summer services launched:
- 127 Vintage bus service from Ripon to Masham, Leyburn, Hawes and Garsdale
- 139 Ripon Roweller Sunday service between Ripon and Fountains Abbey
- 800, now run by York Pullman, from York to Hawes via Leeds, Ilkley and Grassington
- 883/884 starts its enhanced summer timetable from Ilkley to Skipton and Malham
- 890 runs over Easter between Settle and Malham, and will restart in the summer
March 2010
- Moorsbus services start on 28 March, running on Sundays until the end of October. The network has been changed extensively from last year:
- M1/M12: Darlington - Middlesbrough - Guisborough
- M2/M4: Helmsley - Guisborough - Danby
- M3: Helmsley - Kirkbymoorside - Danby
- M5: Scarborough - Dalby Forest - Pickering
- M6/M7/M8: Rosedale Abbey - Blakey Ridge/Hutton le Hole/Pickering
- M9: Northallerton - Osmotherley - Helmsley
- M10/M16: Saltburn - Guisborough - Osmotherley
- M11: Northallerton - Thirsk - Helmsley
- M13/M14: Hull - Malton - Kirkbymoorside/Helmsley
- M15: York - Helmsley
- 128: Scarborough - Sutton Bank
- EYMS 120 and 121 will no longer call at Osgodby, and will run between Cayton Bay and Wheatcroft via A165 New Filey Road
February 2010
- First York have revised timetables on 6 (Clifton Moor - Heslington East), which no longer calls at University Heslington Hall, and X64 (York - Leeds)
January 2010
- From 18 January Burnley & Pendle 21/29 will run an hourly service from Skipton to Burnley via Barnoldswick and Colne
- Harrogate & District 24 has a diversion in place and will not serve Birstwith from 18 January for up to 6 weeks
- Roadworks in Filey until May will involve a diversion for F2, 118, 119, 121 and 845
- EYMS 34 (Market Weighton - Holme on Spalding Moor) has minor timetable change
- Arriva X59 (Darlington - Hawes) now only runs in the peak direction
December 2009
- Dales & District withdraw commuter services from 144 (Bedale - Masham), and on 73, 0812 from Bedale now leaves at 0800
- Keighley & District 65/79 from Keighley to Skipton via Cowling now runs 10 minutes earlier
- Utopia 923 (Tadcaster - Otley) rerouted around Scarcroft and Bardsey, and most services now run via Woodlands Avenue in Tadcaster
- Transdev York 20 (Acomb - Monks Cross) now runs via Nether Poppleton, and no longer calls at Rawcliffe Bar
November 2009
- Arriva 4 (Selby - Hemingbrough - Goole) timetable reduced to 4 journeys daily between Selby and Hemingbrough, with limited weekday services to Goole
- Harrogate Coach Travel 21 (York - Colton) has a revised route to serve Copmanthorpe Temple Lane
- Arriva 81 (Stokesley - Marske) has minor reductions in service in the early morning and evening
October 2009
- Arriva 415 (York to Selby) service reduced from every 15 minutes to every 20 minutes
- New service 44 started by York Pullman, from York to University and Heslington East
- Additional services between York and Easingwold on Stephensons 31/31X with some services running via Tollerton and Alne
- First York 6 extended from Osbaldwick to University via Heslington East
September 2009
- Coastliner services start their winter timetable, with some minor reductions from last year
- Scarborough & District 4 (Scarborough - South Cliff) improved, with additional evening services
- Scarborough & District 12/21 - new service from Scarborough to Scalby
- Minor revisions to Reliance 30 and 40 between York and Easingwold
- EYMS 34 - new service between Holme on Spalding Moor and Market Weighton, with connections on X46 to York and Hull
- First York X64 (York - Leeds) has additional early morning journeys
August 2009
- Changes to Harrogate & District services:
- 100, 101 and 102 renumbered to 1 (Harrogate to Knaresborough), 1A (Harrogate to Aspin Lane), 1B (Harrogate to Eastfield) and 1C (Harrogate to Carmires Avenue). Revised timetable in operation, at the same daytime frequency. Evening services reduced to every 20 minutes, and run between Harrogate and Knaresborough bus station only
- 201 renumbered to 2A (Harrogate - Bilton), and daytime frequency reduced to 30 minutes
- 202 renumbered to 2B (Harrogate - Bilton), and evening services withdrawn
- 103 renumbered to 3 (Harrogate - Jennyfield), and daytime frequency reduced to 15 minutes
- 106 renumbered to 6 (Harrogate - Pannal Ash), with services to Rossett Green withdrawn
- Revised timetable on X54 (York - Harrogate), giving an hourly service throughout the day, with a reduced frequency on Saturday
- Revised route and timetable on 104 (Harrogate - Wedderburn Road)
- Revised timetable for Little Red Bus 113 (Hawes to Garsdale)
- EYMS 121 now runs to/from Scarborough railway station
July 2009
- EYMS 121 evening services extended to Bridlington
- Moorsbus services run daily on all routes
- Harrogate Coach Travel launch new services X52/X53 on 20 July, running hourly from Harrogate to Otley then alternately to Guiseley and Ilkley. This replaces First 653 from Harrogate to Bradford
- EYMS X46/746 starts a revised timetable on 19 July, with a half-hourly service between York, Pocklington and Market Weighton
- Moorsbus run Tuesday and Friday services on core routes M1, M2, M3, M11, M12, M14 and M15
June 2009
- Scarborough & District 128 starts the summer timetable, with an hourly service from Scarborough to Sutton Bank 7 days a week
- Ingleborough Pony 832/833 special timetable from 12–26 July revised to take account of changes to rail engineering works
May 2009
- Arriva 5/5A launched to replace X56 between Middlesbrough and Whitby
- Coastliner start the summer timetable, with an enhanced service on 840 (Leeds - Whitby) and 845 (Leeds - Bridlington), and new service from Leeds to York and Heworth on 844, giving 4 buses an hour from Leeds to Tadcaster, York and Heworth (timetable shows all services)
- Harrogate & District X54 (York - Harrogate) service now serves Poppleton Station Road and Hodgsons Lane
- Remaining Dalesbus services, running Sunday and bank holidays.
- 820: Eastern Dalesman, one journey each way from Leeds to Richmond (replacing route 802) - starts 3 May
- 825: Nidderdale Rambler, several journeys from Pateley Bridge to Brimham Rocks, How Strean Gorge and Middlesmoor, with one journey each way to/from Harrogate (replacing routes 25 and 26) - starts 3 May
- 831: Northern Dalesman, one journey from Hawes to Leyburn via Swaledale, and an additional service from Reeth to Leyburn
- 832/833: Ingleborough Pony, running services from Ingleborough to Settle and Ribblehead, with one service each way to/from Kirkby Lonsdale and Hawes
April 2009
- New service 21 launched by Harrogate Coach Travel, running from York and Askham Bar to Colton, replacing previous C1 and 21 routes
- York Pullman launch services in the York area:
- 10 (Stamford Bridge - Poppleton), evening services previously operated by First
- 22 (York - Skelton), previously operated by First
- 35 (York - Holme on Spalding Moor), previously operated by First as 18
- 36 (York - Sutton on Derwent), new off-peak service replacing some EYMS 195 journeys
- 55 (York - University - Monks Cross), previously operated by Transdev as 27 and 28
- First change services in the York area:
- Evening services on the 10, and all services on 18 and 22 being replaced by York Pullman services (see above)
- Revised route on 10 around Poppleton to serve new Manor School site and improve journey times
- Evening services on 13 withdrawn and replaced by Coastliner services diverting through Copmanthorpe
- X64 (York - Leeds), new service competing with existing Coastliner route
- Aircoach 787 to Leeds-Bradford Airport withdrawn
- Stephensons launch revised routes and timetables in the Ryedale area:
- Arriva launch revised timetables on 4 (Selby - Hemingbrough - Goole), 8 (Selby - Drax - Goole), 42 (York - Cawood - Selby), 401 (Selby - Snaith - Goole), 402/403 (Selby - Sherburn in Elmet - Leeds), 415 (York - Selby)
- Little Red Bus 211 (Skipton - Malham) starts a Monday, Wednesday and Friday service to replace withdrawn Postbus
- Little Red Bus 139 (Ripon - Fountains Abbey) starts its Sunday service for 2009
- Arriva 93 (Scarborough to Whitby and Middlesbrough) starts Sunday 5 April
- EYMS 120 serving holiday parks between Scarborough and Bridlington starts Saturday 4 April
- Moorsbus network starts Sunday 5 April! Most routes run more-or-less the same timetable as last year.
- M8: Reduced frequency, with other journeys replaced by M91
- M9: Reduction of one journey in each direction
- M51: More frequent service between Hutton le Hole, Lastingham and Rosedale Abbey. Service to Fadmoor, Gillamoor and Kirkbymoorside withdrawn
- M91: Enhanced timetable with extra services via Rievaulx
- Some Dalesbus services start Sunday 12 April, running Sunday and bank holidays.
- 127: Heritage Bus (Ripon to Hawes)
- 139: Sunday service from Ripon to Fountains Abbey
- 800: One journey each way from Leeds to Hawes via Grassington
- 884: Summer timetable has more services via Bolton Abbey, with some services extended from Skipton to Malham (replacing 814 on this section). Some journeys run as 883, replacing 784
- 890: Settle to Malham, with one journey each way to/from Ilkley, also runs on Saturday
March 2009
- Revised weekday timetable for Harrogate & District 36 (Leeds - Ripon) to improve reliability
February 2009
- First Leeds X84 (Leeds - Skipton) has slightly revised timings for evening and Sunday services towards Leeds
- First York:
- 5 - alternate services extended to Holly Bank and Acomb, replacing route 16
- 11 - services run a one-way loop from Heworth Church via Hempland Lane, Ashley Park and Burnholme College, replacing route 13 through Heworth Village
- 13 - services run between Stonebow and Monks Cross via Fossway and Elmfield Avenue, replacing route 16
- 16 withdrawn and replaced by changes to routes 5 and 13
- Minor timetable revisions to some other services
- New Park & Ride services from Scarborough to Seamer Road and Filey Road, replacing the service from Weaponness
- Harrogate & District X54 (Harrogate - York) reduced to every 1½ hours
