Sydney Bus Museum (formerly 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 Leichhardt may refer to: * Division of Leichhardt, electoral District for the Australian House of Representatives * Leichhardt Highway, a highway of Queensland, Australia * Leichhardt Way, an Australian road route * Leichhardt, New South Wales, inn ...

, in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. The museum is open to the public on the first and third Sunday of each month. The museum restores, maintains, displays and operates over 70 buses from the 1920s to 2000's. 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 as well as single decker buses from NSW private operators. It also provides buses for historical celebrations, and for film and photo shoots.

History

It opened in 1986 in the former

Tempe Bus Depot Tempe Bus Depot (formerly Tempe Tram Depot) is a bus depot in the Sydney suburb of Tempe, New South Wales, Tempe. It is currently operated by Transit Systems Sydney, Transit Systems. The depot survived the closure of Trams in Sydney, Sydney's for ...

, with a formal opening in April 1988. Following the

State Transit Authority The State Transit Authority of New South Wales, also referred to as State Transit, was an agency of the Government of New South Wales operating bus services in Sydney. Superseding the Urban Transit Authority in 1989, it was also responsible for ...

deciding to re-open the depot for its Metrobus operation, the museum was allocated space in a disused part of Leichhardt depot in 2010. 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.

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 The Bus & Coach Society of Victoria (BCSV) is a bus preservation society in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the secon ...

(BCSV) at the same time. This arrangement ceased in June 1986 when the BCSV founded its own publication, ''Australian Bus Panorama''. In May 1990, Fleetline became the house journal of the Transport Enthusiasts Society of South Australia. In January 2004, Fleetline was relaunched as ''Australian Bus'' and is now published quarterly.Welcome ''Australian Bus'' issue 1 January 2004 page 1

Gallery

Image:White M3A1 trailer bus.png, Image:Time Traveller (416372260).jpg, On a visit from the Bus Museum to the

Sydney Powerhouse Museum The Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (MAAS) in Sydney, the others being the historic Sydney Observatory at Observatory Hill, and the newer Museums Discovery Centre at Castle Hill. Although often des ...

Image:Leichhardt Tram Depot Shed.jpg, The front exterior of the museum building, formerly the proposed Leichhardt Tram Depot Image:ML1 heritage bus at Huntleys Point.jpg, Hong Kong ML1 at Huntleys Point Image:Sydney Bus Museum 3752.jpg

References

External links

Wheels in Motion
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