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Preserving the transport heritage of Ipswich since 1965, and now supported by the Friends of the Ipswich Transport Museum. The Ipswich Transport Museum is a Registered Charity No. 276626 and an Accredited Museum, number RD890.
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Museum News

11th Septamber 2011

Sunday 2 October 2011 Come and Ride on Our Buses

The biggest museum event of the year. Free bus rides on our own and visiting buses with a special emphasis on Eastern Counties 80 years after the company was formed in 1931. though the green buses of Ipswich Corporation will not be neglected. Free bus link to the town centre and railway station.
Event Prices:
Adult £6.50
Children £4.40
Concessions £5.50
Family £18.00
(2 adults plus 3 children)
For the timetable of buses click here

31 August 2011

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

Two nights, Monday 12th September 2011 is for Friends of the ITM only and Tuesday 13th September 2011 for all comers.

The ITM is holding a sale of the late Peter Bannister's models

Models include model buses, trams (OO and HO), Model Railway stuff (mainly N gauge US/Canadian, some british OO) and lots of transport books, including several contintental titles covering Europe, the US and Japan.

For more information click here

7 August 2011
Middy Joint Day
See the Museum, travel by elderly bus (fare payable) to Brockford and enjoy a steam train ride on the Mid Suffolk Light Railway. The bus will also call at Ipswich railway station and Tower Ramparts Bus Station.
Special prices apply covering museum and other sites. The Transport Museum will open at 10am this Sunday.
Click here for bus timetable

9th June, 2011
Ipswich Transport and Model Festival 25th June 2011
Visit three great attractions, the Museum, the Ipswich Model Railway Club and the Ipswich Model Engineers with an inclusive ticket and a free linking bus service using museum vehicles. A modeller's dream! Accompanied children are free this day. Special prices apply covering museum and other sites.
Click here for event details
Click here for bus timetable

15 March, 2011
Museum Re-awakening Day 20th March 2011 Town Centre Bus Timetable
The Museum is offering free bus rides to the Town Centre to and from the museum Click here for Timetable.

7 April, 2011
Friends AGM
The AGM of the Friends will be held at the museum on Thursday May 19th starting at 1930.
Please come along. It is your opportunity to have your say on the running of the Friends group and the museum and to elect Museum Trustees.

15 March, 2011
Museum Re-awakening Day 20th March 2011 Town Centre Bus Timetable
The Museum is offering free bus rides to the Town Centre to and from the museum Click here for Timetable.

4 Feb, 2011
PADDY O'CONNEL BBC R4 at the MUSEUM

A report from Tony King, Chairman Ipswich Transport Museum.

I received a call from the Secretary of NARTM (National Association of Road Transport Museums)last night offered me the chance to be involved in a BBC programme.

After numerous calls early this morning Ralph and I collected the BBC radio presenter Paddy O'Connell from the station at 1200 with the Bedford OB.

He was after a story on the plight of ruralbus services so we took him to Capel where he spoke to some locals and Viv Carter. We then pinched one of Viv's passengers from the local bus stop, drove her into town picking up another person on Hadleigh Road. After that we took Paddy back to the station.

The programme which is a bit like Mark Murphy's morning slot is at 0900 on Sunday on BBC Radio4.

There was a trail for the programme immediately in front of the 6pm news on Radio4. Paddy said that he had been on a 1950s charabanc belonging to Ipswich Transport Museum touring the villages of Suffolk asking local people about their bus services.

I have told Ipswich Borough Council that we are bringing BBC national radio to Ipswich.

Paddy O'Connel

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