[1] Services are funded by organisations, including the National Trust, West Yorkshire Metro, Yorkshire Dales National Park, and community groups.

[1] Some services only operate at weekends and on bank holidays, from Easter until late October, though others are year-round.

[2] The DalesBus Ramblers organise a programme of guided walks in the Yorkshire Dales.

[4] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council withdrew English National Concessionary Travel Scheme payments for some of these services, regarding them as only for "tourist use" and therefore outside of statutory provision.

[7] In 2016, route 830's commentary free journey through Swaledale, was an episode of television series BBC Four Goes Slow entitled All Aboard!