Dales & District
 A Dales & District Optare Solo, seen in Thirsk in May 2007. | |
| Parent | Procters Coaches |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 (26 years ago) |
| Headquarters | Tutin Road Leeming Bar Industrial Estate Northallerton DL7 9UJ |
| Service area | County Durham North Yorkshire |
| Service type | Bus and coach |
| Managing Director | Kevin John Procter |
| Website | https://procterscoaches.com/dales-district-timetable/ |
Dales & District is a bus company operating services across North Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of Procters Coaches.[1]
The company's original network included services in and around Wensleydale and the town of Northallerton. Following the closure of Arriva's Richmond depot in March 2006, Dales & District agreed to take on the operation of most of the North Yorkshire County Council funded rural services.
This saw significant expansion in operations, with a large increase in the number of vehicles, causing local disagreement due to the overnight storage of buses outside their Leeming Bar depot until it could be expanded. Dales & District became the main bus operator for the north west of North Yorkshire, with regular buses serving Catterick, Darlington, Northallerton, Richmond and Ripon.
As of March 2020, Dales & District operate nine services, predominantly serving the areas in and around Richmond, Ripon and Northallerton.
Service 73 provides a half-hourly service, linking the heritage Wensleydale Railway at Leeming Bar with rail services at Northallerton.
In April 2016, two of the bus services (31 & 74) operated by Dales & District were deemed commercially unviable, which led to North Yorkshire County Council taking over the routes.[2]
Fleet and operations
The Dales & District fleet consists mainly of vehicles manufactured by Alexander Dennis and Optare.
As of March 2020, Dales & District operates most services from a single depot at Leeming Bar Industrial Estate, near Northallerton.
See also
References
- ^ "Procters Coaches (North Yorkshire) Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Flanagan, Emily (31 March 2016). "Council steps in to save buses in North Yorkshire towns". Darlington & Stockton Times. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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