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Duke of Gloucester visits bus museum
On the inauspicious Friday 13 October HRH The Duke of Gloucester made an official visit to the museum to celebrate 50 Years of Bus Preservation in Oxfordshire but nothing went wrong and everyone enjoyed the visit. He was greeted by Stephen Jolly and Chris Butterfield who took him on a tour of the museum...
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HRH The Duke of Gloucester to Visit Oxford Bus Museum
On Friday 13 October HRH The Duke of Gloucester will visit the Oxford Bus Museum to celebrate 50 Years of Bus Preservation in Oxfordshire. He will be accompanied by John Harwood, The Vice Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, who has previously visited the museum and described it as a quirky hidden gem of...
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1950 AEC Regent Oxford bus is back on the road after repairs
On Bank Holiday Monday 28 August PWL 413 was back giving free rides to Oxford Bus Museum visitors for the first time for almost a year. When it was discovered that new engine mountings were needed for PWL 413, the Oxford Bus Museum knew it had a major problem because parts are no longer readily available...
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Vintage bicycles attend Oxfordshire launch of OVO Energy Bicycle Tour of Britain race
On 9 September more than 120 top cyclists in the OVO Energy Bicycle Tour of Britain race will pass through towns and villages including Wootton, Charlbury and the Wychwoods before continuing through the Cotswolds, eventually finishing in Cheltenham town centre. Oxford Bus Museum was invited to attend...
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Golden Anniversary of Oxford Bus Preservation
This month the members of the Bus Museum are celebrating 50 years of Bus Preservation. In 1967 ten friends bought NJO 703, an AEC Regal III. This 9.6 litre diesel engine 32 seater single decker had been bought new in 1949 by City of Oxford as one of ten single deck with bodywork by Willowbrook finished...
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Record attendance at New Year Bus Rally.
Over 350 visitors from all over England travelled to Long Hanborough on New Year’s Day when the Oxford Bus Museum ran free vintage bus services between the Museum and Witney, Woodstock and Oxford Parkway Station. Several services needed relief buses to accommodate the numbers. Two recent additions...
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Come and celebrate the start of 2017 with free vintage bus rides on Sunday 1 January!
The Oxford Bus Museum will be offering regular services from the Museum to Oxford Parkway, Witney and Woodstock using a selection of our vintage buses plus some visiting vehicles. The usual admission prices to the museum will be £5 for adults, £4 for concessions and £3 for children 5-15. There...
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SANTA’S VINTAGE BUS GROTTO
Sundays 11 and 18 December Father Christmas and his elves will be arriving at the Oxford Bus Museum by vintage bus. In Victorian times Santa travelled by a sleigh pulled by reindeer, more recently he’s also well known to have travelled by steam train, but now he’s hopping on-board a vintage Oxford...
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Purchase updates historic bus collection
Oxford Bus Museum has bought a bought ex-City of Oxford Motor Services VOLVO B10B / Plaxton ‘Verde’ single decker, which had been bought new by the company in November 1995. The new fleet of Volvos replaced elderly Bristol VRT’s and second hand ex-London Leyland Titans. The new Volvo’s were more...
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1881 restored horse drawn tram goes on display
On Wednesday 13 July an innovative new form of urban passenger transport will be on show in Oxfordshire. In 1881, the horse drawn tram was the latest thing in modern passenger travel and just the ticket for solving Oxford's traffic and travel problems. It was also a masterpiece of British craftsmanship...