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We'll take you back! Open Wednesdays, weekends and bank holidays 10 am to 4.30 pm. Adult admission £7.50, student/jobseeker £6, disabled/children free. https://motgm.uk
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Museum of Transport Greater Manchester @motgm.uk · Nov 15
Hi! We're the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, an award-winning museum celebrating the 200-year long history of our region's buses. We're open 3 days a week and yes, we let you go on some of the buses. Sometimes we even give rides. In honour of being here, here are some of our blue buses...
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It's the last #SaturdayShowoff of 2025, so let's make it a good one - #Manchester 436 is undergoing a rebuild to take it back to 1930s condition. We need donations to buy specialist parts and services - can you help? If you can, please visit our fundraising page at justgiving.com/campaign/man...
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Just a little reminder - we're closed until Saturday 3rd January. We're having a little end-of-year break, plus we're doing a few things to tidy up including bringing back #Ashton 44 back from external storage. See you in 2026!
Some buses stand inside the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester at night time. Prominent on the left is a blue 1960s bus, Ashton forty four.
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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We hope you've enjoyed our advent calendar of vintage buses. Today is the last one, and we wish you a happy and peaceful Christmas. The 25 in Bolton went to Halliwell, later the 525, and this bus is in Bolton's Newport Street waiting for its trip out of town.
A SELNEC orange and white bus waits by a bus shelter on a sunny day. The destination says Halliwell Bolton, 25. The driver is reading a newspaper, and at the right a man walks past wearing a raincoat and flat cap.
December 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. It's Christmas Eve! Our last-but-one advent calendar window shows a Lancashire United bus on loan to SELNEC at Stockport. The 24 went from here to Adswood, and later became the 304.
A red and grey single deck bus is in Stockport's Mersey Square. It has a badge on the front that says Seddon Diesel, and the destination reads Adswood, 24.
December 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. The 23 travelled between Manchester city centre and Flixton (Red Lion), and this one is heading out of the city towards Trafford.
A red double deck half cab bus heads towards us. It's a quiet street but surrounded by tall buildings, and in the distance an Atkinson lorry is unloading by the kerb side. The destination on the bus says Flixton Red Lion, 23.
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. The 22nd gives us a SELNEC bus that had been new to Bolton. Some people think the orange livery looked bad on front-engined buses, but we think this one looks smart! Bolton's 22 went to the Borough boundary at Breightmet.
A clean orange and white double decker bus stands in Great Moor Street in Bolton. Its fleet number is 6667 and the destination on the blinds reads Bolton, 22.
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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We're now closed for a brief break until Saturday 3 January - so we'll take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
December 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. It's the 21st - or should that be 21T? This was a service between Bury and Rochdale, and this Bury Corporation bus was snapped by the 'Regal' cinema in Rochdale. The 'T' meant that the bus entered via Tweedale Street.
A very smart Bury Corporation bus heads towards the camera in Bury's green and cream colour scheme. The destination display says Bury via Heywood Street, 21T. Behind the bus there's a bank with an imposing white stone facade, and to the right we can see a cinema with an art deco logo on its front that says ABC Regal.
December 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. It's nearly Christmas! Number 20 brings us a Stockport bus at Chorlton Street bus station, before it was rebuilt. The 20 usually went out to Woodford, but it looks like this one is only going as far as Poynton.
A clean red and off white Stockport Corporation double decker bus waits in a bus station, with other red Manchester Corporation buses in the background. The bus has a gold number 356 on the front, and the destination display says Stockport Poynton, 20.
December 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. With just a few days to go till Christmas, our advent calendar takes us to Manchester Victoria railway station watching the 19 bus to Reddish.
A red and white Manchester City Transport bus approaches the camera, driving past soot-stained railway station buildings. The destination on the bus says Reddish Bull's Head, 19, via Ardwick Green, Clues Street and Reddish Lane.
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. Today we're on a lovely sunny day in Bolton watching the 18 bus to Moss Bank Way. It looks as though the lady and her son have just alighted from a shopping trip...
A smart double deck bus heads towards the camera, with another one on the left in the far distance. Both buses are maroon with a large area of cream. The bus is just leaving a bus stop that has a yellow flag, and to the right a woman and a boy are walking towards the right of the photo. Perhaps they have just alighted from the bus. The destination on the bus says Moss Bank Way, 18.
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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"What's that, Jim? The Museum of Transport closes for its Christmas break after Sunday 21st December?"
"It does, Ernie - but don't worry, it'll open again on Saturday 3rd January."
"Oh that's a relief! I thought for a minute there's be no more terrible bus memes."
"No risk of that, lad."
A staged photo from the 1980s shows a bus driver leaning out of the cab window of his orange bus, talking to a smart bus inspector wearing a brown uniform with peaked cap.
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. It's the 17th so today's pic is a Lancashire United bus that's about to go on their service 17, which trundled between Pendlebury and Eccles every hour.
A red single deck bus stands outside a bus garage. Above the garage entrance, there's a large sign that says Lancashire United Transport Limited. The bus is red with a broad grey band around its middle, and its destination says Pendlebury, 17.
December 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. For the 16th we're on a trip to Wigan, where a Corporation bus has been on the 16 which went to Horwich. What a lovely colour scheme!
A very smart crimson and white double deck bus faces the camera on a sunny day, And its destination read Wigan, 16. There's also a smart single decker on the left, that has Wigan 12 on the front.
December 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. We've reached 15, so that means a trip to Rochdale where the 15 bus is waiting to set off to Shaw. It looks very different here now, this is the site of the town's bus and Metrolink Interchange.
A single deck bus waits in Rochdale town centre. Its colour is mainly cream with a thin blue line, and the destination reads Shaw, 15.
December 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. Today it's the 14th so we're in Farnworth, looking at the 14 to New Bury - which is just about a mile or so south from here.
A smart red double deck bus stands in a quiet bus station scene. A man dressed in overalls strides past, looking at the camera. The destination on the bus reads New Bury via Clifton and Farnworth, 14.
December 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. Today it's number 13, which once upon a time was a service between Victoria bus station and Agecroft. Take a look at the frame over the front wheel - that was a mechanism to change the blinds without having to climb up.
An orange and white double deck bus stands in Victoria bus station, in Salford. The bus has 'Greater Manchester Transport' written on the side. The destination reads Agecroft, 13.
December 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. Today it's the 12th so it's the number 12 to Spotland, in the foothills of the Pennines above Rochdale. And what a lovely bus to go there on!
A smart orange and white deck bus stands in Rochdale town centre, waiting to pick up passengers. The destination reads, Spotland, 12.
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. Today it's number 11 (okay, number 11X) in Trafford - the 11 was a service between Manchester and Flixton, but it looks as though this one is only going as far as Davyhulme.
A red double decker bus leans over as it navigates a roundabout. the destination reads Davyhulme, 11 X. There's a lot of traffic about, including vintage cars and a Bedford lorry.
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. Today it's the 10, and an SHMD Joint Board bus is seen in Ashton on the 10 to Dukinfield. These were rather odd buses...
A green and cream double decker bus heads past the camera on a late sunny afternoon, going right to left. We can see the driver, and through the open entrance door, the conductor. The bus has an unusually narrow door and just behind the front axle there's another door. But this is unusual too, because instead of being a folding door it's a sliding one.
December 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. Today we've reached number 9, which means the 9 that ran between Rochdale and Ashton via Oldham - it still exists today as Bee Network service 409.
A blue and cream half cab double decker heads towards the camera in a vintage scene. There are pedestrians on the pavement, plus shops and a pub. The destination on the bus reads Ashton, 9.
December 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. We're out in the sticks today - the 8 ran between Stockport and Macclesfield via Pott Shrigley, near where this photo was taken. We'd love a ride through the lanes on this old bus!
A single deck bus trundles along a country lane, coming towards the camera. The bus has the fleet name North Western painted on the front, and the destination display says Macclesfield, 8.
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. Today it's number 7, which means a trip to Ashton under Lyne bus station to watch a bus on the short hop to Crowhill on the edge of town. By the way, this bus - in its original blue livery - is preserved in our museum.
A smart half cab double decker bus drives past the camera in orange and white SELNEC livery. The destination says Crowhill via Ullswater Avenue, 7.
December 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Good morning! We’re all ready for the first day of our Christmas running event - Christmas food and cheer, and free bus rides linking us to Manchester City centre for the market. Buses in use today will be 1001, 612, 5871 and 11.
Two vintage buses stand inside the Museum of Transport. Each one is decorated with Christmas decorations. Four vintage buses stand outside the Museum of Transport. They’re the ones being used on the free heritage bus service today.
December 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Until Christmas Day, we're bringing you an 'advent calendar' of vintage buses. We've gone east today - to Glossop, where the long service from there to Manchester was numbered the 6. This is the old bus depot in York Street - it lasted into the 21st century but is now the site of a housing estate.
We're looking at the open front of a bus depot, with red and cream buses facing the camera. The most prominent one is a double decker, and the destination on it reads Glossop, Norfolk Arms, 6.
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM