London Bus Museum Cobham Hall Brooklands.
The London Bus Museum is a purpose-built transport museum, open daily to the public and located at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. Entry is on a joint basis with Brooklands Museum.
The museum is operated by the London Bus Preservation Trust and exhibits around thirty-five examples (from its forty+ collection) of London buses, coaches and ancillary vehicles covering 100 years of development of the bus in London including Victorian-era horse-buses, 1920s open-top buses, streamlined 1930s designs and through the Second World War to the mass-standardisation of the 1950s, the AEC Routemasters of the 1960s and the rear-engined buses of the 1970s. The collection includes pre-WW2 AEC Regents, post-war AEC Regent III RTs and AEC Routemasters and the exhibits are arranged in an historical timeline, divided into galleries representing milestones in the development of the London bus, placing each artefact in its contemporary setting. The Museum's collection contains some unique exhibits, many of which have been fully restored by the volunteers, including prototypes of the AEC Regent III RT and the Routemaster and the only surviving Second World War utility bus that ran in London.
The origins of the museum lie in the foundation of the London Bus Preservation Group (LBPG) in 1966, an association of individual owners of London buses who wished to pool their resources. Some members of that group had attempted to preserve old London buses as far back as 1952 but their first success came with the purchase in 1956 of a 1929 AEC Regal single-decker which had originated with the London General Omnibus Company and which is now generally recognised as the first bus to be privately preserved in the UK. In 1972, the LBPG acquired a former Second World War aircraft factory, now demolished, near Cobham, Surrey where the private Cobham Bus Museum was established, taking its name from the location.
Although the museum had in the interim become a Registered Charity and a Registered Museum, by the early 2000s its future was uncertain as the building was deteriorating and planning permission could not be obtained to operate a public museum from the location, thereby jeopardising both the charitable and museum statuses. Eventually, the operating Trust was able to negotiate the acquisition of a large plot of land from the nearby Brooklands Museum Trust on the location of the former Brooklands racing circuit and aircraft production site. A deal was struck for the redevelopment of the old museum site and the construction of a new building at the new location, thus providing the museum with a secure home from where it could open daily to the public. The new, purpose-built premises opened in 2011 and the London Bus Museum name was adopted.
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The London Bus Museum with John Cull
John Cull visits the London Bus Museum at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey. A look at the many buses on show there.
London Bus Museum Brooklands
The LONDON BUS MUSEUM, operated by The London Bus Preservation Trust, houses the largest private-sector collection of London Buses (1890s-1970s) in the world.
Brooklands London Bus Museum 2018
BROOKLANDS WEYBRIDGE ENGLAND June 29, 2018. Whilst you are at Brooklands Museum a visit to the London Bus Museum will prove interesting. Look out for the Downton Abbey Bus!
London Transport, RT1, AEC Regent-London Bus Museum Weybridge
London Bus Museum Weybridge
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London Bus Museum
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London Transport, G351-London Bus Museum Weybridge
London Bus Museum Weybridge
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London Bus Cavalcade - 5 - 1970s buses departing Regent Street
1970s era London buses leave the Regent Street display, including AEC Swift SM1, AEC Merlin MBA582 and pioneer Daimler Fleetline DMS1.
London Bus Museum Brooklands Open Day October 2016
2016 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the foundation of what has now become the London Bus Museum located within the Brooklands site near Weybridge in Surrey. An 1890's horse bus was operating giving rides to passengers, and motor buses were also running circular services to Weybridge Station. The middle scene was taken on the lower deck of RTW 467, a 1949 Leyland bus withdrawn from service in 1966. Finally a glimpse of a pre-war bus, STL 2377, new to London Transport in 1937 which was completely restored to operational condition about 15 years ago. Today it was not much in the limelight, parked rather forlornly at the back of the display area. I rather hoped this bus would have been out running today but sadly not, a remarkable survivor from a fleet of around 2700 buses most of which were broken up in the 1950s. It is my favourite vehicle at the museum, and it was great to see it still looking so good 15 years after its restoration.
London Transport buses-Cobham Bus Museum Redhill Road 1986
Some views of the 1986 Cobham Bus Museum open day free bus service that ran from Weybridge Station to Cobham Bus Museum at Redhill Road. The site has now been redeveloped as they were 'persuaded' that it was a good idea to sell your home and pay rent forever more! If that is such a good idea why do people buy homes if they can rather than rent??? Still, enjoy the video to see how it used to be. If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!
London Bus Museum
A slideshow of photos taken at the London Bus Museum at Brooklands, Surrey.
bus last rt 0001
Last RT run in London in the 1970s. To see more similar footage on our DVD Classic Buses visit our website totallyarchive.co.uk
London Bus Museum's 44th Spring Gathering 9th April 2017
Buses on special services at the 44th Spring Gathering, Brooklands 9/4/2017
Coventry Transport Museum, West-Midland UK
Coventry Transport Museum, West Midland. UK
London Transport, RTL 139, Leyland-London Bus Museum Weybridge
London Bus Museum Weybridge
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A visit to Brooklands Museum | Weybridge, Surrey | 03/07/2016
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Beautiful Classic Vintage RT & RM Routemaster Buses from the 1950's and 1960's seen on bus route 29
The day Camden Town looked like an outdoor transport museum. Due to the London Underground Tube strike; disgruntled and weary commuters & travellers were in for an unexpected treat: because some of the rail replacement special service buses were old heritage buses on the number 29 bus route which runs from Wood Green to Trafalgar Square.
Buses recorded are RT3062, RT3238, RT3871 & RML2755
Note:The red RT3062 model was introduced in 1950 and withdrawn from service in 1981, and the green RT3238 was withdrawn from service in 1972.
Video recorded on Tuesday 29th April 2014 on and around Camden Road in London.
(The strike was called by the Royal and Maritime and Transport (RMT) and Transport Salaried Staff Association unions in protest over the closure of ticket offices and the loss of 750 jobs. The strike action is planned to take place again on next weeks bank holiday Monday).
On the old racetrack at Brooklands Museum Weybridge UK
02Nov2014 London, England, RT.Leyland London RT Bus Historic run.
セントポール大聖堂に向かって、RTバス歴史run.Fleet通り。
RT Bus Historic run.Fleet street heading towards St.Paul's Cathedral.
세인트의 성당으로 향하고 RT 버스 역사적인 run.Fleet 거리.
RT autobús run.Fleet histórica calle en dirección a la catedral de San Pablo.
RT Bus Historische run.Fleet Straße in Richtung St.Paul 's Cathedral.
RT Bus rue run.Fleet historique en direction de la cathédrale St Paul.
セントポール大聖堂に向かって、RTバス歴史run.Fleet通り。
Bus Restoration
Jamie Langton is a TV director of many UK shows from Blind Date to TOWIE. Being a complete petrol head its no surprise he's also directed many motoring programmes which include Top Gear, The Garage, Wheeler Dealers, Car SOS, 1 Second in F1 and Sky's former Automotive Channel. The historic Brooklands race track made a name for itself back in the 1920's breathtaking races along it's amazing banked track. The site was also home to aircraft development and construction but nowadays along with whats left of the famous track, forms part of the Brooklands Museum. It's also home to a Bus museum which exhibits many vintage vehicles as well as restoring them. In this blog, Jamie stumbles across a tired looking 'RT' Bus saved from the scrapyard and due for renovation.