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.

Access to the Yorkshire Dales is by bus, it is not valid beyond Skipton by rail.

The bus network (as at March 2024) is as follows:
72 between Skipton and Grassington.
74 between Ilkley and Grassington (Saturdays only).
75 between Skipton and Malham (Saturdays only).
864/866/873 between Ilkley Skipton and Malham(Sundays and Bank Holidays only).
874/875/876 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)

This ticket is valid at these national network stations:

Baildon; Ben Rhydding; Bingley; Bradford Forster Square; Burley-in-Wharfedale
Cononley; Crossflatts
Frizinghall
Guiseley
Ilkley
Keighley
Leeds
Menston
Saltaire; Shipley; Skipton; Steeton & Silsden

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fares & restrictions

New fares from 2nd Mar 2025

One day ranger
adult: £15.10
child (5-15): £7.55
family: £31.20
railcards ⯆
16 26 SE DI 2T H V: £10.05
Railcards ⯈ Railcards:
16 = 16-25
26 = 26-30
SE = Senior
DI = Disabled
2T = Two Together
H = HM Forces
V = Veterans

Previous fares ⯈ Previous fares (adult):
2024 - £14.40
2023 - £13.70
2022 - £12.00
2021 - £12.00
2020 - £12.00
2019 - £12.00
2018 - £12.00
2014 - £11.00

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.

LNER TVMs at Doncaster, Edinburgh, London King's Cross, Newcastle and York also sell them.

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

* valid ticket to travel is required unless boarded at a station without ticket-issuing facilities