A WEEKDAY bus service is returning to Naburn tomorrow, after the closure of Utopia Coaches.

City of York and North Yorkshire councils have been working together since the bus services stopped on August 22, and new services will start tomorrow, Monday, September 11.

A new peak journey (service X26) starting in Stillingfleet will call at Naburn Front Street at 7:35am, stopping at both Piccadilly and Stonebow in York.

A peak time afternoon journey back on the 26 service leaves York railway station at 18:11 and will reach Naburn via Piccadilly, Fulford Road, Naburn Front Street and then Stillingfleet.

There is also a 16-seater free shuttle bus (service 426) which will call at Naburn on its way through villages from Selby to York. It will call at Naburn on its York-bound journey at 11:14 and 13:25, and leave York for Naburn at from Piccadilly (by the old Banana Warehouse) at 13:45.

However, passengers are warned that the shuttle service is likely to be busy, and there is a risk all the seats will be taken by the time it reaches Naburn.

Full details of the limited timetable are available on bus stops in the village, and at www.itravelyork.info.

Councillor Ian Gillies, York's executive member for transport, said: “This service gives people in Naburn a vital connection to York centre after the collapse of their commercially-run bus service.

“While we appreciate that this is a limited service, it is the best we can provide at short notice.

"We will continue to work with North Yorkshire County Council and bus operators to find a long-term service for Naburn.”

FULL TIMETABLE

X26 Monday - Friday

Stillingfleet Cross Keys                  0728

Naburn, Front Street                     0735

Piccadilly [PE]                                  0753

Stonebow [SB]                                 0755

26 Monday-Friday

Railway Station [RB]                       1811

Piccadilly [PA]                                 1819

Fulford, Broadway Shops              1828

Fulford, Crossfield Crescent         1837

Naburn School                                1850

Stillingfleet Village Hall                   1858

The 16 seater, free shuttle bus timetable

Monday-Friday:

Selby, Bus Station                1034                   1245

Selby, Charles Street            1041                   1252

Wistow                                1050                   1301

Cawood                               1056                   1307

Kelfield                                1101                   1312

Stillingfleet                          1108                   1319

Naburn                                1114                   1325

York, Piccadilly                     1131                   1342

York, Piccadilly                    1345

Naburn                               1400

Stillingfleet                          1406

Kelfield                               1412

Cawood                               1418

Wistow                                1424

Selby, Charles Street            1430

Selby, Bus Station                1440