Service Status

Service 79 - Barnard Castle to Richmond - 12th February 2026

Hartforth Lane flooded service diverting via Forcett Lane

09:00 12/02/2026 Service 159

Road closed at Walburn Hall

Service diverting via Catterick Garrison NON STOP as per previous closure

Service 80 - Northallerton to Stokesley - 11th - 13th February 2026

Road closure POTTO

No service through Potto during the closure service will divert via Black Horse Lane in both Directions

Service 155 - Bedale to Leyburn - 11th - 13th February 2026

Road Closure Bedale Road Hunton

No service through Hunton during the closure

Service 70 - Northallerton to Ripon - 26th January 2026 till 27th March 2026

Dishforth Road CLOSED by Yorkshire Water

Service will divert via A1 and A61 between Ripon and Dishforth

Service 81,81A,87,89,104 - Bishop Auckland local buses

ALL services are currently departing from

Bishop Auckland Newgate Street (D) Opposite Halifax

Stand A Saddler Street has been decomissioned, our services will no longer depart from this stand

Service 59/60/60A Thirsk Circulars - 12th January 2026 for 10 Weeks

Dalton Lane Dalton Thirsk CLOSED

Services will divert via Back Lane and Water Lane in Dalton

Service 72 - Darlington to Northallerton - 19th January 2026 for 8 weeks

East Cowton village CLOSED

Service will divert via Raby Lane in both directions

Passengers will need to board & alight at The Parish Church of All Saints on the corner of Raby Lane and Main Street East Cowton

Service Information

HAIL the bus to STOP on approach

Aim to be at your bus stop at least 5 minutes before the scheduled departure time

Always advise the driver of your destination when boarding

Please tender the correct fare where possible

We accept contactless card payments & exact cash payments on ALL our services

Please note: Bicycles and two wheel Scooters are not allowed to travel on any of our local bus services

Child Fares - ALL children aged 5 and over are required to pay the child fares to travel on our services

Click Live Bus Tracking above for latest running time information on our services today

Hodgsons Buses accept no liability for incorrect information or data shown on the third party website used to show live bus tracking

Service 70 Ripon - Northallerton

15:30 service from Northallerton will depart as soon as the driver has had their legal 30 minute break

Please check with our online bus tracker for the latest information on this service

Services operating with delays will be updated below

No Data

Advance notice of upcoming road closures will show below

Service 70 - Northallerton to Ripon - 25th - 27th Feb

Rainton To Dishforth Sliproads

Road Closure to enable Quickline to install cabling

Unfortunately there will be service 70 through Rainton during this closure

Service will divert via A168 between Asenby and DIshforth

Service 79 - Barnard Castle to Richmond - 25th February 2026

and also 16th - 18th March 2026

Newsham Dark Lane CLOSED

Description of works:Temporary Road Closure in connection with tree maintenance works.

The road will be closed for up to three days starting on Wednesday 25 February 2026 between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm each day

Service 79 will operate via Low Lane during the closure periods

April

Omitting Asenby due to roadworks taking place within and around the access roads into the village. More information to follow.

English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS)

All english council issued concessionary travel passes are accepted onboard our network of services

Off Peak boarding times and any charges are subject to the Local County Council agreements at the point of boarding

Timetables

Click on the links below for timetables on the relevant services we operate

Hodgsons Buses is based in the north east of England within the historic Market Town of Barnard Castle, County Durham.

We continue our mission of "Connecting Local Communities" of bus travel and now operate a number of local routes throughout County Durham & North Yorkshire.

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