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Dewsbury Bus Museum is a small band of dedicated volunteers whose aim is to preserve the transport heritage of the West Riding and the surrounding areas. Fourteen of our buses are stored in a small building in Ravensthorpe, near Dewsbury and others are stored elsewhere. Some of our buses are owned by the groups, others by individual members. We are a registered charity 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 two open day events each year (March and November), details of which are on the EVENTS page of this website, and we take our buses to outside events organised by other enthusiast groups.  

If you would like to organise a visit at times other than our open days, please contact us  in advance to make arrangements - we will do our best to accommodate you.

KHL 855 (Guy Arab from 1957) - YET ANOTHER BUS ENTERS THE RESTORATION PROGRAMME!

After many years hidden away, this bus was recently secured by member Mark Byard. A survey revealed that the bus was complete, but the radiator was damaged, and years of grime covered everything.

On Wednesday 7th December 2011, Mick, Andy, Steve and Mark recovered the bus from its resting place and took it to another location where deep cleaning (very deep!) and mechanical work can commence. The bus will eventually appear in the West Riding livery it wore in service from 1957 until 1974.

The photographs show the bus being driven under its own power down a private track to the main road,
from where it was towed to premises in Pontefract
for the work to start.

Hopefully we will see great progress during 2012.

BHL 682 (Leyland PD2 from 1948) - WILL IT BE
READY DURING 2012?
It is beginning to look a distinct possibility! After a
service life of 19 years, we have been working on this bus since 1975, and now the top deck is complete, the lower deck is almost ready to receive its reconditioned seats and the bus will drive under its own power. External painting is making great
progress too. Watch this space.....

XUA 73X (Leyland National 2 from 1981) - SNAGS
TO BE OVERCOME
After being recovered from Arriva's Belle Isle depot, where it had been stored for almost a decade, the
power steering, electrics, door mechanism and fuel
leak have been fixed, but corrosion behind the front wheelarch panels has slowed down the progress. Maybe 2012 will see this bus back in service....

A577 NWX (Leyland Olympian from 1984) - NEARLY THERE...
Fully taxed and MOT tested, some bodywork needed rebuilding round the windscreen area, which held up the external repaint. Owner Steve Hurley hopes to have the bus ready during early 2012.

NWW 89E (Leyland Leopard from 1967) - back in businesss!
Owner John Flowers got "Tod 9" back on the road, after several inactive years, in time for our open day in November 2011.

LHL 164F (Leyland Panther from 1967) - back in business!
After five years in store this bus also returned to the road in October 2011

GUIDE BOOK (our latest publication)
Compiled by Paul Salmon, this essential 74-page book contains full-colour photographs and information about all the buses in our collection, plus some of the history of Dewsbury Bus Museum and more!

Retailing at only £7.99 (+£1.50 p&p), you can order your copy now for delivery. Click HERE for details of how to do this.

It will also be available every Saturday on the WAKEYMODELS stall at Wakefield Market (next to the bus station).