Sydney Bus Museum
Sydney Bus Museum (officially the Sydney Bus and Truck Museum) is a not-for-profit transportation museum and education centre for public benefit located in the suburb of Leichhardt, in Sydney, Australia.
Established | 1986 |
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Location | 25 Derbyshire Road, Leichhardt |
Coordinates | 33.876509°S 151.158260°E |
Type | Transport |
Director | Peter Young (judge) |
Public transit access | Leichhardt North MLR station |
Website | www.sydneybusmuseum.com |
The museum is open to the public on the first and third Sunday of each month.[1]
The museum restores, maintains, displays and operates over 70 buses from the 1920s to 1990s. This mainly includes both single-decker and double-decker buses from NSW government operations, but also includes Double-Decker buses from Hong Kong and London.[2] It also provides buses for historical celebrations,[3] and for film and photo shoots.[4]
History
It opened in 1986 in the former Tempe Bus Depot, with a formal opening in April 1988.[5] Following the State Transit Authority deciding to re-open the depot for its Metrobus operation, the museum was allocated space in a disused part of Leichhardt depot in 2010.[6] As part of the move to Leichhardt, the museum was closed between 2010 and 2016. The new site at Leichhardt was officially opened by Transport Minister Andrew Constance on 1 August 2016 [7]
Publications
The Historic Commercial Vehicle Association launched an in-house journal in June 1965. HCVA News was a bi-monthly publication, becoming monthly in 1968. It was relaunched as Fleetline in August 1975, also becoming the house publication of the Bus & Coach Society of Victoria (BCSV) at the same time. This arrangement ceased in June 1986 when the BCSV founded its own publication, Australian Bus Panorama.[8][9][10]
In May 1990, Fleetline became the house journal of the Transport Enthusiasts Society of South Australia.[11] In January 2004, Fleetline was relaunched as Australian Bus.[12]
Gallery
- On a visit from the Bus Museum to the Sydney Powerhouse Museum
References
- Hoh, Amanda (8 August 2016). "All aboard as Sydney Bus Museum reopens in Leichhardt". abc.net.au. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- "Museum Vehicles". sydneybusmuseum.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- Hawkins, Peter (24 December 2007). "Panic buying - that's when the Claus' are out". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- "British Airways Concorde Jet and Sydney Bus Museum AEC Regal III 352 at Sydney Airport". djibnet.com. 12 October 1996. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- "Tempe Topics" Fleetline July 1988 page 164
- Sansom, Marie (24 March 2010). "Tempe bus museum on the move". Inner West Courier. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- "WHO WE ARE". Sydney Bus Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- Fleetline - Future Publication Fleetline issue 126 January 1986 page 2
- Historic Commercial Vehicle Association: A history 1964 to 1980 Fleetline issue 224 March 1994 pages 43-52
- New magazines for bus enthusiasts Truck & Bus Transportation July 1986 page 278
- 200th Fleetline Fleetline issue 200 March 1992 page 43
- Welcome Australian Bus issue 1 January 2004 page 1