Timetables
Moorsbus Timetables
Moorsbus operates a bus network servicing the North York Moors National Park in summer.
Moorsbus 2025, May 3rd - September 28th, with services on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.
This year we have exciting service expansions, but also frustrating service withdrawals, and we'll be uploading your timetables as soon as we can. Please then check the timetables carefully, as there are some significant changes since last year.
Also, due to extended roadwork weight restrictions in upper Rosedale, the M3 and M6 timetables are likely to change from the start of August.
To help us expand services, please donate here.
2025 network map, click to download
Saturday Timetables
Moorsbus 2025, May 3rd - September 28th
M6A - Saturdays: 3rd May to 26th July
M6B - Saturdays: 2nd August to 27th September
Sunday and Bank Holiday Timetables
Moorsbus 2025, May 3rd - September 28th
M6A - Sundays & Public Holidays: 4th May to 27th July
M6B - Sundays & Public Holidays: 3rd August to 28th September
We were not able to find an operator to run a Moorsbus service through Northallerton this season.
How to get to the Moorsbus network from Northallerton, on Sundays, until 28th September 2025, and August 25th Bank Holiday
Train Northallerton 9.47am - Thirsk 9.55am. Walk up Thirsk station steps from platform and turn left over footbridge, walk up the long station carpark to the road, and wait for the bus at the marked bus stop there. (You could take something to read, as it's a bit of a wait). The M5 Moorsbus arrives at 10.35, it goes to Helmsley, where there are further route options. Route maps are available here.
If you need wheelchair assistance for the line crossing at Thirsk, please notify train staff in advance when you book your ticket.
Going home again, the M5 from Helmsley will drop you opposite the station carpark at 17.18, and the train leaves at 17.42.
Other Timetables
There are other public transport services in the area too. See below for some suggestions. Some operate all year round, though there tend to be fewer services in the winter months.
The Esk Valley Railway runs from Middlesbrough, along the beautiful Esk Valley, to the bustling seaside resort of Whitby. It now connects with Moors Bus Services at Danby Station to the Danby Lodge National Park Centre, Guisborough (via Castleton) and Pickering (via Blakey Ridge). You can also take the Moors Bus and connect with trains to Whitby and Middlesbrough.
For walks and things to do along the route, visit our station pages “Along the Line” and share your trips on our “Outings” page. For train times see our 2023 Timetable.
Middlesbrough connects with Transpennine services from Manchester & Leeds and Northern services from Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Newcastle & Carlisle while York is on the main East Coast line.
Whitby is connected to Scarborough via the Arriva bus service X93 and to Malton with the Coastliner 840.
These services issue and accept our Moorsbus Moors Rover tickets.
Scarborough - Thornton-le-Dale - Pickering - Middleton - Wrelton - Sinnington - Kirkbymoorside - Wombleton - Beadlam - Helmsley
Many Arriva NE services provide good links into the Moorsbus system from Redcar & Cleveland, Teesside and across the North East.
X4 Middlesbrough, Saltburn, Redcar, Loftus and Whitby
5 Middlesbrough, Easington and Lingdale
X93/X94 Middlesbrough, Guisborough, Whitby and Scarborough
63 Redcar to Middlesbrough
31X, between York and Kirkbymoorside via Easingwold and Helmsley.
81, York to Claxton, Sheriff Hutton, Castle Howard and Malton
80, 89 MONDAY TO SATURDAY Northallerton, Brompton, Osmotherley, Swainby, Carlton in Cleveland, Great Broughton, Stokesley
18 MONDAY TO FRIDAY Stokesley, Great Ayton, Guisborough, Saltburn
173, 174, 175, 184, 185, These are public bus services operated by Ryedale Community Transport with small buses. See timetables for actual stopping places.
173 MONDAYS ONLY Pickering, Newton on Rawcliffe, Wrelton, Cropton, Rosedale Abbey, Rosedale East Side
174 MONDAYS ONLY Kirkbymoorside to Pickering via Fadmoor, Gillamoor, Hutton-le-Hole, Lastingham, Appleton le Moors
175 MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS Malton, Swinton, Amotherby, Great Habton, Kirkby Misperton, Little Barugh, Great Barugh, Salton, Normanby, Marton, Pickering
184 185 187 TUESDAYS ONLY Malton to the South Ryedale villages
176 WEDNESDAYS Malton, Swinton, Amotherby, Great Habton, Kirby Misperton, Little Barugh, Great Barugh, Brawby, Salton, Normanby, Marton, Appleton-le-Moors, Lastingham, Hutton-le-Hole, Kirkbymoorside
176 SATURDAYS - as for Wednesdays, but route in reverse, starting at Kirkbymoorside
Details of most of these services are available from:
North Yorkshire Council,
National Bus enquiries Tel: 0871 200 22 33 (calls cost 12p/min plus any network charges).
Hambleton and Richmondshire Bus Users have a useful website for local information harbus.org.uk
Esk Valley Railway from Middlesbrough to Whitby.
National Rail Enquiries 08457 48 49 50
North Yorkshire Moors Railway is a heritage route from Pickering to Grosmont and Whitby.
Transpennine Express
Tel: 01751 472508
Should we include other public transport routes on this page?
Then please let us know.
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