abstract | - The museum opened in 1987 as the Sheffield Bus Museum, and was located at tram sheds at the Tinsley depot in Sheffield. The museum moved to its present location in Rotherham in 2007, when it also changed its name. Since late 2009 there are two units: bay 8 and bay 9 of a modern industrial unit located near the Tata Aldwarke rolling mills (Formerly British Steel) & the Parkgate Retail Park. Since the original museum started the museum trust have aquired a lot more vehicles including ex Doncaster corporation Leyland PD2 188 (388 KDT), some ex WW2 military vehicles and 2 Sheffield buses: Leyland PD3 904 (3904 WE) and Leyland PD2 1156 (3156WE). The first event day was celebrated at Easter 2007, when the new premises, now known as the SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT MUSEUM were opened to the general public. This first event day attracted a large audience of local people. The Museum operates a heritage bus hire service, using some of the vehicles in its fleet: . It's worth a visit and if you are interested come on one of our event days: and there is a free heritage bus service that runs to the museum from Rotherham interchange platform C1 at 10:45, 11:45, 12:45, 13:45, 14:45 and 15:45.
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