The Dewsbury Bus Museum is owned and operated by the West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust and is run by a dedicated group of volunteers. The aim of the Trust is to preserve the transport heritage of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the surrounding areas. Some of our buses and coaches are owned by groups, others by individual members.
We are a Registered Charity, No. 702232, and virtually all of our income is derived from members' subscriptions, the proceeds of events and book sales and rental of space to members to store their own vehicles.
We hold a number events each year, some at the Museum and others in the West Riding area. Full details of all these are on the EVENTS page of this website. Also, we take our buses and coaches to other events and rallies organised by other museums and enthusiast groups.
If you wish to bring a group for a private visit to our museum at other times, please contact us.
COPYRIGHT: (C) WEST RIDING OMNIBUS MUSEUM TRUST 2007-2021. Registered Charity No. 702232
It is with great regret that, because of the new Covid-19 restrictions limiting gatherings to a maximum of six, the Trustees have had no option but to cancel all members' meetings until further notice. Please keep looking here for updates.
You can now tell the world what a wonderful place the Dewsbury Bus Museum is and what a great time you had by clicking on the "Write a Review" button below...
If you didn't have a great time, please tell us HERE or call us on 01924 265528
The October Visitors Photography Feature has now closed but you can still see all the entries HERE or in our Flickr Album at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/albums/72157716643008381
The December Visitor's Festive Photograph Feature has now closed but you can still see all the entries HERE or in our Flickr Album at https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/albums/72157717122247116
Each day, from 1st January 2021, we will be featuring a "Wulf Of The Day" in West Riding fleet number order, starting with prototype 863. The non-West Riding ones will be featured after.
The photographs will be added to our Guy Wulfrunians - ALL OF THEM album on Flickr. You can see them by clicking HERE or by looking in our Flickr album at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/albums/72157717652287473
Today’s Guy Wulfrunian photograph features 943 (THL943) in the revised livery on Kirkgate in Wakefield. It is passing an Austin 1800 that is parked directly outside what would become the entrance to Tesco and more recently, Wilkinson’s.
The number 90 service to Royston was an hourly service that ran from Leeds Central Bus Station via Woodlesford and Wakefield. In the early 1970s, it would be merged with other services to become the 444, 445 and 446 group and extended to Barnsley.
Over the years, major service reductions have taken place on the Wakefield – Barnsley corridor and the successor to the number 90 is now the 59 which is operated by The Yorkshire Traction Company trading as Stagecoach in Yorkshire.