https://vintagetransport.org/categories/road--bus/Recent content in Road & Bus on Vintage Transport & Postcards | Buses, Railways & Maritime HeritageHugoenWed, 11 Nov 2026 21:20:03 +0000https://vintagetransport.org/posts/depot/aec-rt-1934-batch/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:20:03 +0000https://vintagetransport.org/posts/depot/aec-rt-1934-batch/Postcards From The Past: Depicting 10 of London Transport’s 1934 AEC Regent AYV batch, alongside original chassis numbers and bodywork details.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/depot/cheddar-charabanc/Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:02:29 +0000https://vintagetransport.org/posts/depot/cheddar-charabanc/Postcard From The Past: A rare 1920s real photo postcard of an open top charabanc outing to Gough’s Caves in Cheddar, with running board destination sign.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/volvo-b10m/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:32:07 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/volvo-b10m/DAZ 1516 is a 1994 Volvo B10M-16 with an Alexander Q body. Entered service with Ulsterbus as fleet number 1516, preserved at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/seddon-pennine7/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:58:15 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/seddon-pennine7/MSF 750P is a 1976 Seddon Pennine 7 coach with a Gardner engine and Alexander body, built for Eastern Scottish express routes and now preserved at Lathalmond.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/bmmo-sos-son/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:19:56 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/bmmo-sos-son/This BMMO SON was in service with Trent Motor Traction until 1954 and was sold. The company then bought the vehicle back and refurbished it.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/black-country-living-museum/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:34:05 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/black-country-living-museum/The Black Country Living Museum is a remarkable open-air museum that covers 26 acres and tells the story of the world’s first industrial landscape.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/tiger_ts7t/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:56:54 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/tiger_ts7t/Six wheels on my wagon – this 1936 Leyland Tiger with the special designation TS7T had an extra axle, which meant it was longer, hence more passengers.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/battle-buses/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:19:39 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/battle-buses/In 1916, the British Army experimented with a completely different kind of camouflage using London’s civilian workhorses: the LGOC B-type double-decker.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/tiger-cub-1961/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:35:05 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/tiger-cub-1961/This Alexander-bodied (Fife) Leyland Tiger Cub is an uncommon survivor, particularly in its restored period livery. The Cub was reliable and economical.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/bristol_lodekka_1957/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:12:53 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/bristol_lodekka_1957/This is an exceptional example of a first-generation Bristol Lodekka LD6G, originally delivered new in July 1957 to Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. (Eastern Scottish).https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/beamish-museum/Mon, 25 May 2026 00:31:52 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/beamish-museum/Travel back in time with the Beamish Museum. Walk down cobbled streets and mingle with folks dressed in period costumes. Take a ride on tram or vintage bus.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/wrights-gemini/Sat, 09 May 2026 00:02:58 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/wrights-gemini/This quite modern Wrights Gemini double-decker with the Volvo B7TL underframe is currently being lovingly preserved at the Aldridge Transport Museum, Walsall.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/leopard-tow-truck/Thu, 07 May 2026 20:58:11 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/leopard-tow-truck/The Leyland Leopard was a mid-engined single-decker bus manufactured between 1959 and 1982. This example extended its life by becoming a tow truck.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/deregulation/Tue, 05 May 2026 18:59:26 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/deregulation/British prime minister Margaret Thatcher took control of regulating the buses from the local councils to allow private bus companies to run their own routeshttps://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/bus_mobile_libraries/Mon, 04 May 2026 23:03:47 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/bus_mobile_libraries/When older buses are withdrawn from public service, they are either sold, scrapped, preserved, or one or two were repurposed as mobile libraries.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/titan1928/Sun, 03 May 2026 00:36:13 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/titan1928/The Leyland Titan TD1 (1928). This magnificent Glasgow Corporation vintage bus is owned by Sir Brian Souter and is part of his Collection.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/tow-truck/Sat, 02 May 2026 21:49:49 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/tow-truck/This tough-looking tow truck was on show at the recent Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Open Day. It looks like it could tow anything.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/scottish-vintage-bus/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:28:59 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/scottish-vintage-bus/The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum has over 150 vehicles on display and the Open Days are a great day out for the family with many buses on display.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/routemaster-history/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:15:46 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/routemaster-history/The iconic red AEC Routemasters were in service for London Transport from 1956 to 2005. Some Routemasters are still around, repurposed or on display.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/manchester-museum/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:19:56 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/manchester-museum/The Museum of Transport Greater Manchester has a fabulous collection of vintage buses and trolleybuses, as well as memorabilia.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/london-buses/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:38:18 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/london-buses/London buses are familiar throughout the world, but now the buses that you see on the London streets are more efficient, cost-effective and safer.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/leyland_titan_pd3/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:13:37 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/leyland_titan_pd3/Have a look at this 1968 Leyland Titan PD3 in perfect condition, as if it was still in public service, ready to welcome passengers aboard.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/leyland-buses/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:19:15 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/leyland-buses/Photographs of Leyland buses manufactured from 1922 onwards in the UK, with a brief history of this iconic bus manufacturer.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/gvvt/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:09:15 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/gvvt/In the south east of Glasgow, stored within a large ex-Glasgow Corporation bus garage, are a collection of vintage vehicles, mostly public transport buses.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/guy_arab_1948/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:39:47 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/guy_arab_1948/This Guy Arab mkIII (1948) in Alexander and Sons blue livery is a well preserved example of how these handsome buses looked when they were in service.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/gardner-engines/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:56:53 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/gardner-engines/Gardner engines have powered many UK vintage passenger buses throughout the years and been renowned for their reliability.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/aec/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:24:04 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/aec/An HTML table containing photographs of AEC manufactured from 1922 onwards, with a brief history of this iconic bus manufacturer.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/dundee-museum/Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:36:44 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/dundee-museum/A small museum in Dundee that has a collection of vintage cars and other interesting artifacts, including a surprising link to HMS Victory.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/aldridge-museum/Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:03:33 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/aldridge-museum/The Aldridge Transport Museum is a small museum, but it has many interesting vintage items on display, including a wooden car.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/albion-victor/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:33:03 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/albion-victor/This lovely former Guernsey Railway coach was recently on display at Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Bridgeton Bus Garage in Glasgow.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/aec_mercury/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:59:30 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/aec_mercury/Exported to Malta in CKD form as a lorry chassis, this Mercury was instead bodied locally as a 34-seat bus by Michael Barbara.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/guy-arab-single/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:14:25 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/guy-arab-single/This well-preserved single-deck ex-Edinburgh Corporation Transport bus became a driver training vehicle when it reached the end of its service life in 1961.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/bus-campaigns/Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:18:11 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/bus-campaigns/Bus campaigns, usually led by non-profit non-governmental Organisations (NGOs), are increasingly shaping how public transport evolves.