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First York

First Bus invests in added services for festive travel across York

  • Later journeys on Christmas Eve for City, University routes and Park and Ride

First Bus has announced its timetable for York during the festive holiday period covering Christmas and the New Year.

The operator is investing in maintaining later journeys for Christmas Eve on City and University routes as well as Park and Ride.

Michael Moore, Head of Network, said: “We’re supporting customers in York to plan ahead for their travel arrangements over the festive holidays. These added services will help us explore customer demand and we’ll use the outcomes to determine future provision.”

Services will operate as normal on the city network up to and including Monday 23 December, after which there will be mainly a Saturday timetable with limited special services operating on certain Bank Holiday dates.

A limited timetable will be introduced on University of York services from Sunday 15 December and resume normal service on Sunday 5 January 2025.

Customers are advised to visit the website for full details and any late notice changes or follow social media for updates. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/york/news-and-service-updates/christmas-services

The overview of services is as follows:

City:

  • Christmas Eve – Saturday service with early finish on some routes.
  • Christmas Day – No services.
  • Boxing Day – No services.
  • Friday 27-Monday 30 December – Saturday service (Sunday timetable 29 December).
  • NY Eve - Saturday service with early finish on some routes.
  • New Year’s Day – No service.

The normal timetable will resume on Tuesday 2 January 2025.

Park and Ride:

  • Sunday 10 November- Monday 23 December – service uplift.
  • Christmas Eve – Saturday service, some early finishes and 2A not running.
  • Christmas Day – No services.
  • Boxing Day – Special service on routes 3, 7 and 9 only.
  • Friday 27-Monday 30 December – Saturday service (Sunday timetable 29 December).
  • New Year’s Eve - Saturday service, some early finishes and 2A not running.
  • New Year’s Day – No service.
  • The normal timetable will resume on Tuesday 2 January 2025.

University of York:

Limited timetable from Sunday 15 December with no services on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

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