The Jurby Transport Museum () is a transport museum in

Jurby Jurby ( – deer settlement - animal park) () is one of the seventeen List of parishes of the Isle of Man, parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located in the north-west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) in the shead ...

on the

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occupying a former aircraft hangar. The museum is operated by a group of volunteers who are members of the Manx Transport Trust. Entrance is free but donations are welcome. The museum receives no public funding and relies on donations to aid its running costs

History

The museum was prepared by a group of volunteers prior to its opening. The museum opened to the public in April 2010 by the then Chairman of Jurby Transport Museum Richard Davisand Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, Tony Brown. Since the museum opened, there have been over 30,000 visitors.

Collection

Buses

The museum has varied collection of buses dating from 1927 to 1997. Newer vehicles include two Leyland Olympians and a Dennis Dart. Other common vehicle types at the museum are Leyland Atlanteans – including an ex SELNEC Atlantean with Park Royal body – and an ex

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"Jumbo" Atlantean (1235), three Leyland Titans, two

AEC Regent III The AEC Regent III (also known as Regent 3 or Regent Mark III) was a type of double-decker bus chassis manufactured by AEC. History The Regent III was mainly built for operation outside London and overseas. It could be fitted with AEC's 9.6- ...

s and a Regent V – the latter being the last double decker ever built by AEC. The island's first preserved low floor bus – a Dennis Dart SLF with

Marshall Capital The Marshall Capital (later sold as the MCV Capital) was a single-decker bus body built originally by Marshall Bus between 1996 and 2002, and later by MCV Bus & Coach between 2002 and 2003. Initially launched on the step-entrance MAN Truck & Bu ...

bodywork – is currently undergoing restoration at the museum.

Railways

Also here is the gauge Hibberd 4wDM locomotive that ran on the

Queen's Pier Tramway Queen's Pier, Ramsey is long and was built for the Isle of Man Harbour Board for the sum of £40,752 (about £4.3 million in today's terms) by Head Wrightson of Stockton-on-Tees, England. The designer was Sir John Coode, who later became pres ...

at Ramsey, together with its bogie carriage. These were briefly returned to the pier for the re-opening of the first restored section of the pier and tramway on 19 July 2021.

Facilities

The museum has a shop which located adjacent to the former

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tram number 22. Also available is hot and cold drinks, snacks and refreshments. Car parking is available on site.

Opening times

The museum is open every weekend and Bank Holidays during the Summer and Sunday and Bank Holidays during the winter. Admission is free.

References

{{Commons category, Jurby Transport Museum Transport museums in the Isle of Man