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Oct 2024
Harrogate bus company to launch late night service from Wetherby
The Harrogate Bus Company has revealed plans to launch a late evening service from Wetherby.
The firm is working in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to deliver the service.
The new journey will run six nights a week from next week (October 28).
The new journey on route X99 starts at Deighton Gates at 10.59pm and takes the usual X99 route into town.
It then leaves Wetherby Bus Station Stand A at 11.10pm on Mondays to Saturdays, also following the normal X99 route out of town via West Gate, Linton Road and Linton Lane.
The late evening X99 bus then runs through Linton and East Keswick to Bardsey Bank Top, where it turns left onto the A58 to serve Collingham at 11.29pm, then returning direct to Wetherby.
Normal fares will apply on the new late evening X99 bus, including the £2 cap, which will remain in place until at least March 2025.
The Harrogate Bus Company’s general manager, Kel Pizzuti, said:
We’re delighted to be able to introduce this additional late evening service on our popular X99 route from Wetherby to the villages south-west of the town.
The extra late-night service will initially run on a trial basis for six months, when its performance will be reviewed. Local councillors have made a strong case for us to introduce this new journey, and we share their hope that it’ll prove popular with residents in the villages along its route.
East Keswick parish council chairman Cllr Andrew Batty said:
This means villagers can enjoy the nighttime economy of Wetherby and its cinema, bars and restaurants. It’s an experimental six months’ trial, so my message to residents is, please use it when it starts.
Big thanks also go to Wetherby councillor Alan Lamb and our ward councillor Sam Firth for their hard work on this one, and supporting East Keswick Parish Council on this.
New timetables for the routes are now available online.
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