Buses will once again operate in Keighley on Christmas Day.

The popular free service, which began in 1995, is run by volunteers from Keighley Bus Museum Trust. Financial support is being provided by JD Wetherspoon and Keighley Town Council.

Four services will operate between 10.25am and 3.25pm, starting and finishing outside the Livery Rooms in North Street.

Since the groundbreaking initiative was launched, about 10,000 passengers have used the services.

“We average between 550 and 600 passengers each year – it’s become an institution in Keighley,” said trust member, Graham Mitchell, who will be amongst the team manning the buses next week.

“I’m someone who’s not dreaming of a white Christmas – every route has a hill somewhere! About five years ago we had a Christmas Day when it started to snow and we had to crop back the last service, but generally we’ve been lucky with the weather.”

 

KEIGHLEY BUS MUSEUM TRUST
CHRISTMAS DAY BUS SERVICES

17 OAKWORTH & FELL LANE CIRCULAR
North Street The Livery Rooms 1025 1425
Coney Lane The Cricketers’ Arms 1027 1427
Oakworth Road, opp. The Brown Cow 1030 1430
Exley Head 1034 1434
Oakworth Windsor Road 1042 1442
Slack Lane Baptist Chapel 1043 1443
Fell Lane The Three Horses 1046 1446
Oakworth Road The Brown Cow 1050 1450
North Street The Livery Rooms 1052 1452

18 BRAITHWAITE CIRCULAR
North Street The Livery Rooms 1100 1500
Coney Lane The Cricketers’ Arms 1102 1502
West Lane The Brown Cow 1105 1505
Guard House Ring 1110 1510
Braithwaite Avenue Top 1113 1513
Black Hill Corner 1115 1515
West Lane The Brown Cow 1118 1518
North Street The Livery Rooms 1120 1520
19 OXENHOPE & HAWORTH CIRCULAR
North Street opp. The Livery Rooms 1025 1525
Cross Roads 1032 1532
Brow Road Top 1034 1534
Oxenhope Railway Station 1040 1540
Haworth Old Hall Inn 1045 1545
Haworth Railway Station 1047 1547
Cross Roads 1050 1550
North Street The Livery Rooms 1058 1558

 

19 KEIGHLEY-AIREDALE HOSPITAL
North Street The Livery Rooms 1100 1500 1525
Steeton Primary School 1107 1507 1532
Airedale Hospital A&E Dept 1110 1510 1535
Steeton Primary School 1114 1514 1539
North Street opp. Livery Rooms 1122 1522 1547

 

Services operate hourly between stated times. Whilst every reasonable effort will be made to maintain the services above, Keighley Bus Museum Trust Ltd reserves the right under adverse weather conditions to cancel, alter or suspend any service without notice and accepts no liability for any loss, inconvenience or delay thereby caused. Call 07961 174295.