Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester, Transport museum in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England
The Museum of Transport occupies a former bus depot on Boyle Street and houses over 80 buses, trolleybuses, and transport memorabilia from Greater Manchester's past. The collection spans several buildings, including a listed tram shed and bus garage sections that showcase how the city moved people over the decades.
The site opened to the public in 1979 and uses buildings from different periods, including a tram depot from 1901 and bus garage sections from 1928 and 1935. These structures reflect how Manchester's transport system evolved as the city developed over more than a century.
The museum preserves local transport heritage through extensive archives of timetables, maps, books, posters, and photographs documenting how public transportation shaped daily life in Greater Manchester.
Access from Manchester city center is straightforward via the Queens Road tram stop on Manchester Metrolink, roughly 200 meters from the entrance. Visitors should allow plenty of time to move slowly through the different buildings and take in the vehicles at their own pace.
The collection includes vehicles and objects used during filming of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, as well as the prototype body of a Manchester Metrolink tram. These cinematic and technical treasures give the museum an unexpected link to both popular culture and engineering history.
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