Reducing Bus Heights to fit under Oxford Railway Bridge
Old Station Yard, Main Road, Long Hanborough, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 8LA
: A volunteer will take participants to the museum’s engineering gallery, in which the exhibits show how the height of double-decker buses was reduced. There is a chassis from the First World War which originally had the body of a military lorry. Another chassis from the 1930s has a lower frame with a bus of the era nearby. Another way of reducing the height was to have a sunken gangway on the top deck and participants will be able to board such a bus. Another cut away exhibit shows the transmission being taken from the centre of the bus to the side. Finally the engine was relocated to the rear of the bus.
Participants will not have access to the Morris Motors Museum or the rest of the bus museum.
Timings & Tours
- Sunday 08 September:
- 1130 and 1330
Location & directions
Old Station Yard, Main Road, Long Hanborough, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 8LA
- Directions:
- Follow Brown signs from A44 or A40 to the A4095. The museum is at the east end of Long Hanborough next to the railway station. The station car par is free on Sundays and we reccomend you park in it. Use the pedestrian exit at the far end of the car park and walk down the ramp. At the bottom turn left and the museum is in front of you.
- Contact on day:
- Frank Collingwood
- Telephone number:
- +441993883617
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- Please email [email protected]
- Booking contact name:
- Frank Collingwood
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking opens:
- 03 Jun 2024 12:00 AM
- Booking closes:
- 06 Sep 2024 12:00 AM
Accessibility details
There are a couple of low thresholds in doorways but these are not a problem for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
Additional information
- Max no of people per tour:
- 19
- Est. tour duration:
- 0 hour(s) 45 minute(s)
