This is a film of my visit to the Manchester Museum of Transport which held its "Transpo 50" event to celebrate 50 years since the formation of the Passenger Transport Executive in 1969 which brought together the county's bus and rail operators aiming to improve integration and led to the introduction of a new orange and white livery for its buses.

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The films starts at the museum with some of the visiting buses arriving and then buses departing on the Centreshuttle 4 service which was operating a 20 minute service from the museum and Corporation Street in the centre of Manchester. The vehicle collections can be seen which include buses from the local corporations, a horse drawn tram and trolley buses. The
museum also has a collection of bus related documents, books and brochures, bus signs and ticketing equipment and a remarkable collection of old bus uniforms. It is really worth a visit if you are in the area. The latter part of the film includes trips on 5871 and SELNEC 7001 which are featured in Manchester.

Special thanks to all those who worked so hard to bring us this most enjoyable event which was appreciated by everyone who went. Not forgetting the visiting bus owners.

Buses featured in action:-

Greater Manchester 5871 KJA 871F Leyland Titan PD3/14 (1968)
SELNEC 6809 TWH 809K Leyland Atlantean (1971)
Manchester Corporation 3629 UNB 629 Leyland Atlantean (1960)
Merseyside PTE 1365 DKC 365L Leyland Atlantean
West Yorkshire PTE 8534 RWU 534R Leyland Leopard (1976)
Wigan 57 HEK 705 Leyland Titan PD3A/2 (1961)
Merseyside Transport 1836 TWM 220V Leyland Atlantean (1979)
Merseyside PTE 1111 VKA 562H Leyland Atlantean (1969)
Salford 254 FRJ 254D Leyland Titan PD2/40 (1966)
SELNEC 1001 HVM 101F Leyland Atlantean (1968)
SELNEC 7001 UNB 101L Leyland Atlantean AN68/1R (1972)
Greater Manchester 2236 RNA 236J Daimler Fleetline (1971)


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Look out soon for action from the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum Running Day early next month on this channel.

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