Dewsbury Bus Museum

Le Dewsbury Bus Museum (musée des autobus et des cars de tourisme de Dewsbury) est un musée à Ravensthorpe, dans le Yorkshire de l'Ouest, au Nord de l'Angleterre. Ouvert au public depuis septembre 1989, il est exploité par son propriétaire, le West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust, un organisme de bienfaisance et est entièrement géré par des bénévoles. Il abrite les deux seuls autobus à impériale Guy Wulfrunian survivants et plusieurs autres véhicules du West Riding Automobile Company, ainsi que d'autres véhicules du Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co, le Yorkshire Traction Company, le West Yorkshire PTE , les Corporations de Huddersfield et de Halifax et de l'entreprise indépendant local J. Wood de Mirfield (près de Dewsbury).

1. Histoire

Avant le réaménagement du site à la fin des années 1980, il y avait un petit dépôt sur le site appartenant à la Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Company de Dewsbury depuis les années 1930. Plus tard, il avait été utilisé pour stocker des autocars sans licence pendant l'hiver, mais au début des années 1980, il était tombé en mauvais état et hors d'usage jusqu'à ce qu'il soit mis en vente à la West Riding Omnibus Preservation Society (WROPS) pour le stockage de leur collection d'autobus et d'autocars préservés. WROPS a formé le West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust pour acheter le bâtiment et l'a utilisé jusqu'à ce que son état se détériore davantage quand il a été démoli et la structure actuelle érigée.

1. Collection

La collection comprend :

1948 : Leyland Titan PD2 – carrosserie Leyland – BHL682 – 640 1952 : Leyland Tiger PS2 – carrosserie Roe coach – EHL336 – 725 1952 : Leyland Tiger PS2 – carrosserie Roe bus – EHL344 – 733 1956 : AEC Reliance bus – carrosserie Roe DP – JHL708 – 808 1957 : AEC Reliance coach – carrosserie Roe Dalesman – JHL983 – 903 1957 : Guy Arab MkIV – carrosserie Roe – KHL855 – 855 1961 : Guy Wulfrunian – carrosserie Roe – UCX275 – 995 1963 : Guy Wulfrunian – carrosserie Roe – WHL970 – 970 1967 : Leyland Panther – carrosserie Roe – LHL164F – 164 1970 : Bristol RELL – carrosserie ECW – THL261H – 261 1982 : Leyland National 2 – Integral – XUA73X – 73 1984 : Leyland Olympian – carrosserie ECW – A577NWX – 577 1987 : Leyland Royal Tiger Doyen – Integral – E50TYG – 50

1. Événements

Le musée organise un certain nombre de journées portes ouvertes et d'autres événements tout au long de l'année.

1. Notes et références


1. Liens externes

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Dewsbury Bus Museum

The Dewsbury Bus Museum is a museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England. Opened to the public in September 1989, it is owned and operated by the West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust, a registered charity, and is run entirely by volunteer effort. It is home to the only two surviving Guy Wulfrunian double deck buses and several other West Riding Automobile Company vehicles as well as others from Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co, Yorkshire Traction Company, West Yorkshire PTE, Huddersfield and Halifax Corporations and local independent J. Wood of Mirfield.

Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire

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Thornhill power station

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Ravensthorpe railway station

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