North East Buses

Making a thread (unless there is already one) for all bus/transport related events at Beamish 

Beamish Steam Gala is the 1st & 2nd of April 

Sunderland & District Classic Vehicle Society event is on the 16th of April 

A fares please weekend in which Beamish celebrates 50 years of Beamish Tramway. Bit of info below. Dates are 6th to 8th May

Join us as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beamish Tramway.

Hop aboard a whole host of historic buses and take a trip through time. On Sunday, 7th May and Monday, 8th May, visitors can also enjoy a model Beamish Tramway exhibition!

A reliability run with info below is on the Sunday 18th June

Join us to see the start and finish of the 50th Beamish Reliability Run.

This 150-mile run will see a whole host of cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles registered before 1956 leave the museum first thing and drive through Durham and Yorkshire before returning to the museum at the end of the day.

The autumn transport Gala is 9th & 10th of September 

An October steam it up event is on 7th & 8th October 

Buses at Beamish has not been confirmed yet. Will more than likely be confirmed at the beginning of March like it was last year

500 group have announced that 599 will attend the 50th year of Beamish Tramway

Beamish 50th Years Tramway (A Fares please) will feature 25 visiting buses and 1 tram

(22 Mar 2023, 12:32 am)Aaron21 wrote [ -> ]Beamish 50th Years Tramway (A Fares please) will feature 25 visiting buses and 1 tram

You should add alongside their resident fleet, otherwise it sounds like an odd tramway event! 
https://www.beamish.org.uk/events/fares-...kend-2023/

Maybe it would even rival the Festival of Transport's 1 bus in a field event.

Looks to be a good list of visiting buses

Darlington 7

Wright Brothers Coaches, Crossley SD42
Doncaster 22

Cumbria Classic Coaches, Preston Corporation, Leyland Tiger “Rosie”

Cumbria Classic Coaches, Alexanders Bluebird, Leyland Tiger “Alex”

Crosville DLB 978, Bristol Lodekka “Harvey”

Parisan Service Bus, 1934 Renault TN6A
1947 Leyland Tiger Plaxton

Burlingham of Blackpool, 1947 Albion vintage coach

Middlesbrough Corporation 99, 1958 Dennis Loline MK1

1957 Leyland-MCW Olympian from the British Commercial Vehicle Museum (static display)

1959 AEC Regent Double Decker in Black & Cream Livery of Lockeys

1963 London Routemaster

1950 Albion Valiant (static display)

1920s Albion Bus (static display)

Northern General Transport Company Number 2099 AEC Routemaster from 1963

1966 open-top MCW-bodied Leyland Atlantean, Silver Jubilee livery
London Routemaster

Northern General Transport Leyland National (static display)

Go North East’s Versa Beamish bus (static display)

And there own fleet. Which includes for some reason some of the visiting buses

Darlington 4

Rotherham 220

Crosville 716

Venture J2007

Northern DCC 297

Newcastle Corporation 1379

Northern SOS 338 (static display)

Sunderland Corporation 2 (static display)

Sunderland Corporation 13

(22 Mar 2023, 12:32 am)Aaron21 wrote [ -> ]Beamish 50th Years Tramway (A Fares please) will feature 25 visiting buses and 1 tram

No visiting tram, read on a Beamish blog post that the plan fell through

Really good day - well organised and plenty of variety out on the runs. A bit of a shame they dont have more space for static display as they tend to be crammed in behind each other round the side of the depot but still a thoroughly enjoyable event.

Would be good if there were more buses from the 90s. Or 2000s

(08 May 2023, 9:31 am)Lollist wrote [ -> ]Would be good if there were more buses from the 90s. Or 2000s

That's not really what Beamish is about...

(08 May 2023, 9:31 am)Lollist wrote [ -> ]Would be good if there were more buses from the 90s. Or 2000s

Beamish only wanted pre 1966 vehicles, that fits with the eras that they specialise in.

There were a few later than 1966 - eg a National was there on Saturday at least