Scarborough festive travel: Coastliner buses reveals Christmas and New Year service schedule
York and North Yorkshire bus operators Coastliner and York & Country are preparing to whisk thousands of people to shopping and leisure attractions for a fraction of the cost of driving and parking.
Christmas shoppers can avoid the stress of driving into packed city centres while saving money for gifts by taking the bus straight to the heart of York and Leeds – with one-way fares capped at £3.
Concessionary travel passes will be available to use as normal, with free travel in York and North Yorkshire after 9am Monday to Friday (9.30am in West Yorkshire) and anytime at weekends and bank holidays – and with Christmas less than four weeks away, the bus operators are encouraging everyone to hop on board and as well as shopping, enjoy the many festive events planned across our region, or to spend more time with family and friends from city to coast.
Coastliner and York & Country General Manager Adam Emmott said: “Congested streets, roadworks and expensive car parking charges – it all adds up to a challenging time for drivers. Anything that avoids stress and saves money at this time of year has to be a good idea, and that’s where we come in.
“We’re releasing details of our bus services over the holiday season now to make it easier for everyone to make travel plans – and for those who need a break from work or shopping, there are great suggestions for a day out on the ‘things to do’ page of our website, at: transdevbus.co.uk/coastliner.”
Coastliner and York & Country buses will run as follows over the festive period:
Monday 22 December and Tuesday 23 December – Saturday service, except Dalesbus 74 between York and Grassington will not run
Christmas Eve, Wednesday 24 December – Saturday service with no Dalesbus 74 buses, while on other routes, final journeys will end by around 7pm. Last buses on Coastliner 843: 4.30pm Leeds to Scarborough, 5.30pm from Leeds finishing at Malton; 6.40pm Leeds to Malton; 7.10pm Leeds to York; 4.10pm Scarborough to Leeds; 5.10pm from Scarborough finishing at Tadcaster Woodlands (Garnet Lane); 6.10pm, 7.15pm and 8.15pm journeys from Scarborough will all finish at Malton Bus Station. Last buses on York & Country 30/30X: 6.30pm York to Easingwold; 7.58pm Easingwold to York.
Christmas Day, Thursday 25 December, and Boxing Day, Friday 26 December – buses and drivers take a festive break, so no service on these days
Saturday 27 December – normal Saturday service
Sunday 28 December – normal Sunday service
Monday 29 December and Tuesday 30 December – Saturday service with no Dalesbus 74 buses
New Year’s Eve, Wednesday 31 December – Saturday service with no Dalesbus 74 buses. Final journeys on other routes will end by around 7pm, with last buses same as Christmas Eve.
New Year’s Day, Thursday 1 January 2025 – no service will operate.
Friday, 2 January 2025 – normal weekday services resume.
Full details of all services are available online at: transdevbus.co.uk/coastliner and via the free Transdev Go mobile app.