DALES RAMBLER DAY RANGER

Unlimited travel for one day from stations between Leeds and Bradford Forster Square to Ilkley and Skipton to access the Dales Bus network to various places in the Yorkshire Dales.

The bus network (as at 1st January 2022) is as follows:
72 between Skipton and Grassington
74 between Ilkley and Grassington (Saturdays only)
75 between Skipton and Malham (Saturdays only)
873, 884 between Ilkley and Skipton (Sundays and Bank Holidays only).
874 between Ilkley, Grassington and Buckden (Sundays and Bank Holidays only).

information

Dalesbus website
NRE website

Ticket Issuing System details:  name  /  code  /  group
DALES RAMBLER / DR1 / K809 DALES RAMBLER
DALES RAMBLER FAMILY / DRF / K810 DALES RAMBLR FAM

This ticket has restriction code A1 (no restrictions)

prices & restrictions

Fares from 5th March 2023

adult: £13.70
child (5-15): £6.85
family: £28.40
railcards ⯆
 16 26 SE DI 2T H V: £9.05
Railcards ⯈ Railcards:
16 = 16-25
26 = 26-30
SE = Senior
DI = Disabled
2T = Two Together
H = HM Forces
V = Veterans

time restrictions
No restrictions but 2T railcard not valid until 09:30

train operating companies
Northern

route restrictions
Not valid on London North Eastern Railway

purchasing
Online: X
Station ticket office: ✔
Train conductor: ✔ *
Buy on the bus: X
Ticket Vending Machine: ✔ i Northern Ticket Vending Machines now sell most ranger and rover tickets but at the moment only for same-day travel (rather prohibitive for distant areas)

Some Avanti West Coast station TVMs for example Crewe, now sell local rangers and rovers.

A number of PTE areas sell local rangers from TVMs in their area e.g. South Yorkshire, Strathclyde and West Midlands

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