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The South Yorkshire Transport Museum, formerly the Sheffield Bus Museum, is a museum which documents the history of bus transport in South Yorkshire. The museum is located in the village of Aldwarke, part of Rotherham. In addition to many buses, the museum also features a Sheffield Tramway tram, a train and a tractor. ==About SYTM== 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 2007, when it also changed its name. Since late 2009 there are two units: bay 8 and bay 9. The SHEFFIELD BUS MUSEUM TRUST opened the Transport Museum at the tram sheds at the Tinsley depot in Sheffield in 1987. The origins of the SBMT were actually much earlier, when schoolboys at High Storrs Grammar School became interested in the local transport scene. By the late sixties a 1946 vintage Leyland PD1 double deck bus had been purchased by a group that was the nucleus of the Sheffield Omnibus Enthusiasts Society, the aim of which was to preserve an old bus. Thus was the local area interest in the conservation of historical vehicles formed. The conditions at the tram sheds got so that we couldn't work. It was subject to flooding, the building structure was unsafe and when lead was stolen from the roof and not replaced more water came in! If something was cleaned one day by the next it was rusty and dirty. On a winter's day the temperature outside was a few degrees greater than in the damp building. We do not miss the tram sheds at all. The only things better about it were that the building was related to local transport and it was easy to get to. Since then we have got a lot more vehicles including ex Doncaster corporation Leyland PD2 188 (388 KDT), some ex-Second World War military vehicles and 2 Sheffield buses: Leyland PD3 904 (3904WE) and Leyland PD2 1156 (3156WE). The first event day was celebrated at Easter 2007, when the new premises (now termed the SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT MUSEUM) were opened to the general public. This first event day attracted a large audience of local people. Since late 2009 there are two units: bay 8 and bay 9. We have a heritage bus hire service which is very reasonable: http://www.sytm.co.uk/html/heritage.html. It's worth a visit and if you are interested come on one of our event days: http://www.sytm.co.uk/html/event_days.html 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. The annual South Yorkshire Transport Rally is at Meadowhall Coach Park at Tinsley in Sheffield on Sunday 19 September whilst the museum is open too. The rally is always a great event and is a better turn out every year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South Yorkshire Transport Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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