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Dec 2023
Pateley town council calls for 24 bus to operate later service
Pateley Bridge Town Council has called for a later service to be added to the 24 bus that connects Pateley and Harrogate.
The route, which runs about every two hours, provides a service for those living in Pateley Bridge and Harrogate as well as numerous villages in between, including Summerbridge, Darley and Birstwith.
However, the last weekday bus leaves Harrogate at 5.30pm, meaning some people in Nidderdale who commute to Harrogate or Leeds struggle to get back home on public transport after work.
At a meeting this week, the town council agreed to contact North Yorkshire Council about adding a later service, which would leave Harrogate bus station at about 6.40pm.
Councillors said this would align with commuter trains from Leeds that arrive in Harrogate between 6pm and 6.30pm.
Cllr James Critchley, who favoured the additional service, said it would also encourage a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle. He said:
North Yorkshire Council will decide whether to investigate the proposal.
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24 bus saved
The plan comes after the 24 bus route was under threat this year.
North Yorkshire Council warned in January it was one of 80 bus services in the county facing uncertain futures after the Harrogate Bus Company, which is owned by Transdev, indicated the service was no longer commercially viable.
However, Cllr Keane Duncan, the Conservative executive member for highways and transport at North Yorkshire County Council, said in April:
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