The North West Museum of Road Transport (formerly St. Helens Transport Museum or St. Helens Bus Museum) is located at the old St. Helens Corporation Transport bus

Bus

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 depot in Hall Street, St Helens, Merseyside

Merseyside

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, England

England

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The collection of vehicles at the museum includes many examples of buses from local municipal bus companies

Municipal bus companies

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, including St Helens, Liverpool

Liverpool

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, Southport

Southport

Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England...

, Widnes

Widnes

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, Warrington

Warrington

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 and Chester

Chester

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, as well as vehicles from the former Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive

Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive

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. Whilst the majority of vehicles on display are buses, there are also classic car

Čar

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s, truck

Truck

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s and fire engines.

A substantial new attraction, The Museum of Fare Collection (the only specialist ticketing museum, archive and workshop in the country) commenced during 2009 and shows a worldwide collection of over 1050 ticket machines dating from as early as 1886. Visitors are invited to try these out under supervision.

A new Lecture Theatre and Events Venue opened in 2010 with specialist subject lecturers. A Visiting Speaker service is available. Free rides on vintage buses usually operate on 1st Sunday in month.

Reopened in September 2006 after a £1 million restoration of the old tram

Tram

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, trolleybus

Trolleybus

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, and bus depot, which dates back to 1881, at which time it included stables for horse-drawn trams.

The museum is open every weekend, and has attracted over 30,000 visitors since its reopening.

See also

• History of St Helens, Merseyside
  History of St Helens, Merseyside
  St Helens is a large town and the administrative seat of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, England. The town was incorporated as a Municipal Borough in 1868, responsible for the administration of the four townships and manors of Ecclestone, Parr, Sutton and Windle...
  
  
• Transport in St Helens
• Trolleybuses in St Helens
  Trolleybuses in St Helens
  The St Helens trolleybus system once served St Helens, Merseyside, north west England. Opened on , it gradually replaced the St Helens tramway network....