HISTORY OF THE MERSEYSIDE TRANSPORT TRUST

The Merseyside Transport Trust (MTT) was set up on 1st May 1999 to bring together people with a common interest in saving, restoring and preserving historic vehicles and associated items from the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive, its constituent corporation fleets and other operators within the Merseyside Area, so that former passengers and the general public will remember them and be able to look back on them. In addition, future generations will have an opportunity to learn about the historic development of the design of buses in the Merseyside area over the years, and to understand and appreciate, as part of the educational process, the predecessors of the vehicles that they come to use or observe on a daily basis. The MTT inherited a number of vehicles, spares and other transport related memorabilia along with the use of three of the four old aircraft hangers that the M&CBPG rented on the disused airfield at Burscough in West Lancashire, approximately 15 miles north of Liverpool. We have since moved into superb new premises adjacent to the airfield, where our annual open day now takes place.

BUS HIRE

We receive many enquiries about hiring buses for weddings and events.  Unfortunately, as we are a charity concerned with vehicle preservation, all our buses are historic items.  We do not hold an Operator's Licence, and therefore cannot use any of our buses to carry passengers for hire or reward - sorry!  But the Merseyside Transport Trust has supplied buses for the film & television industry for a number of years. We can help for appearance work, especially in film, TV and exhibitions.  We have vehicles that are historically accurate from the 1940s to the 1980s - so if your street scene requires a bus, then we can help.  Items from our collection can be available with sufficient notice.  Even some of our smaller objects can be hired as props - maybe you need to place that street conversation scene at a 1950s Liverpool bus stop, or you need a bus just in the background, maybe your bus conductor needs a ticket machine from that era?  For all your hire or appearance requirements please   contact us.

This website was updated on 15th April 2025.