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Jan 2023
Bilton bus services to merge under new route changes
Harrogate Bus Company is set to merge two routes in Bilton as part of changes to its services.
Under a shake-up of its routes which will be introduced from February 19, the current 2A and 2B services will be merged to create a circular around Bilton.
The service will run every 20 minutes from Monday to Saturday and every hour on evenings and Sundays. The 2A and 2B each currently run every 30 minutes.
The bus company said the change will see the “busiest stops and main locations” covered.
The new 2 service to Bilton, as proposed by Harrogate Bus Company.
Meanwhile, the route of the 6 will also change in an effort to “speed up journey times”.
The route will stop at Pannal Ash Drive and The Lawns and “no longer service lightly used stops”, the bus company said. The loop up Harlow Avenue past the Green Hut will no longer be served.
The X6 route will not change and will continue to run along Otley Road serving all stops in both directions.
Harrogate Bus Company added:
Changes to the 6 to Pannal Ash.
People who catch the 36 between Harrogate and Leeds will see the service run every 10 minutes, under the changes. The bus company added it would continue to run to “similar timetables and frequencies” between Harrogate and Ripon.
Meanwhile, those who use the 3 service to Jennyfields will see buses every 20 minutes from Monday to Saturday, slightly reduced from the current 15-minute frequency on weekdays, but up on the half-hourly Saturday service.
For more information on the changes to Harrogate bus services, visit the Harrogate Bus Company website here.
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