The Harrogate Bus Company is to introduce a new service connecting Harrogate and Skipton.
The 59 service will run four times each way on Saturdays, starting on May 22.
Buses will depart from Harrogate bus station at 0945, 1145, 1445, and 1645, and from Skipton bus station at 1040, 1240, 1540, and 1740.
The bus will stop at The Millstones, Blubberhouses for Fewston reservoir, the Devonshire Arms for Bolton Abbey, Bolton Abbey station for the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway, and terminate at Skipton bus station.
The journey will take just less than 50 minutes in both directions.
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This is the first bus to link Harrogate and Skipton since the X59 service was cancelled in 2013. There has been no direct public transport link between the two towns in the eight years since.
The price of a single or return ticket is not known yet, but a daytripper ticket to allow further connections with other Transdev services costs £10.
The news comes as local councils are considering plans to reduce car dependency and encourage active travel and use of public transport in the Harrogate district.
