Dewsbury Bus Museum

The West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust

Our buses

Many of the buses in our collection are owned by WROPS (West Riding Omnibus Preservation Society), and some are privately owned by members. To find out more about a particular vehicle, please hover your cursor over the black button in the menu strip above and a drop-down list of buses will appear. Click on any bus in the list to be taken to its own page, or see below.

Below is a summary of most of the buses in the Dewsbury Bus Museum collection. To read about a particular bus, click the underlined fleet number. (A few pages have still to be added).

Fleet number Registration Year Type Owner Current Status In Museum building
County Motors 70  CCX 801 1945 Guy Arab II Private Work in progress Yes
Halifax 35  PJX 35 1962 Leyland Leopard Private In use Yes
Huddersfield 472  HVH 472D 1966 Daimler CVG6LX Private In use No
London RM 2208   CUV 208C 1965 Routemaster Private In use Yes
London RML 2524  JJD 524D 1966 Routemaster Private In use (for sale) Yes
South Yorkshire 81  TWY 8 1950 Albion Valiant Museum In use Yes
Todmorden 9  NWW 89E 1967 Leyland Leopard Private In use No
West Riding 73 (102)  XUA 73X 1982 Leyland National 2 WROPS Work in progress Yes
West Riding 164   LHL 164F 1967 Leyland Panther WROPS In use Yes
West Riding 377  J377 AWT 1991 Leyland Lynx Mk 2 Private Runner - out of MOT No
West Riding 577  A577 NWX 1984 Leyland Olympian ECW Private MOT'd needs repaint No
West Riding 640  BHL 682 1948 Leyland PD2 WROPS Work in progress Yes
West Riding 733   EHL 344 1952 Leyland Tiger PS2 WROPS In use Yes
West Riding 803  JHL 983 1957 AEC Reliance coach WROPS Stored Yes
West Riding 808   JHL 708 1956 AEC Reliance Private Stored Yes
West Riding 855  KHL 855 1957 Guy Arab IV / Roe Private Work in progress No
West Riding 970  WHL 970 1963 Guy Wulfrunian WROPS Work in progress Yes
West Riding 995  UCX 275 1960 Guy Wulfrunian WROPS Runner - out of MOT No
Yorkshire Rider 1700  D701 MWR 1987 Optare City Pacer Private Work in progress Yes
Yorkshire Woollen 768  MUA 865P 1976 Leyland Atlantean Private In use No
Yorkshire Woollen 797 (66)  DHD 177 1957 AEC Regent V Private Stored Yes
Yorkshire Woollen 905 (455)   RUA 455W 1981 Bristol VRT/ECW Private Work in progress No