When are buses and trains running in Harrogate over Christmas?

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Bus and train services in the Harrogate area are set to run on an amended timetable over the Christmas period.

Harrogate Bus Company and Northern have urged passengers to check times before they travel.

You can find a full breakdown of services below.

Christmas Eve

Flyer buses & Harrogate Bus Company will operate a Saturday timetable with early finishes. Connexions bus and trains will operate a weekday timetable.

Meanwhile, Northern trains will finish earlier than normal as the last service leaves Harrogate station at 7.53pm.

The last services to Harrogate leave:

• Leeds (36): 8:15pm
  
• Leeds (train): 7:36pm
  
• Ripon (36): 7:40pm
  
• Otley (X52): 6:00pm
  
• Pateley Bridge (24): 7:25pm
  
• Knaresborough (1B): 8:33pm
  
• Knaresborough (train): 8:12pm
  
• Wetherby (7): 8:00pm
  
• Bradford (A2): 5:15pm
  

The last services leave Harrogate for:

• Bilton (2): 7:45pm
  
• Jennyfield (3): 8:20pm
  
• Pannal Ash (6): 8:25pm
  

Christmas Day

No bus or train services will be running.

Boxing Day

A limited bus service will operate on routes 36 and 1A/1C only to a special timetable. Buses will run every 30 minutes to/from Leeds and Knaresborough and every hour to/from Ripon from around 8:45am to 7:15pm.

No train services will be be running.

Saturday, December 27

A Saturday timetable will be operating on all bus and train services.

Meanwhile, DalesBus services 59 and 74 will operate on December 27 only.

Sunday, December 28

A Sunday timetable will be operating on all bus and train services.

Monday, December 29

A Saturday timetable will be operating on all bus services. Trains will be operating to a weekday timetable.

Tuesday, December 30

A Saturday timetable will be operating on all bus routes. Trains will be operating to a weekday timetable.

New Year's Eve 

A Saturday timetable will operate on all bus services and a weekday timetable will operate on train services, both with early finishes. The last Northern train service will leave Harrogate station at 7.53pm.

New Year's Day

No bus services will operate. Trains will operate a weekday timetable.