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We currently have some 20
vehicles in our care, spanning an operational period of
more than eighty
years, between 1910s and
1990s, across the entire
area of TV&GWOT interest including Slough, Reading and the Thames
Valley, Bournemouth, Taunton, Exeter and Penzance
We also have the use
of a significant number of vehicles from private collections which,
together with an extensive archive and museum facility, enable us to
offer a comprehensive education in the evolution of road transport
through the twentieth century. Click below to find out more about our vehicles, and their current status. |
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This Coronation Year Travel Souvenir from the TV&GWOT archive was issued with the compliments of The Western and Southern National Omnibus Companies Ltd and Royal Blue Express Services in 1953. As King Charles is crowned, it gives a perspective on life then and progress from the era where television was a wonder of the age. TV&GWOT is proud to have a Royal Blue LS under its Collection umbrella, described 70 years ago as the “latest Royal Blue Luxury Coach”. It still provides comfort for long distance coach travel and will be part of the fleet embarking on TV&GWOT’s annual Royal Blue coach run, fittingly in 2023 heading to the West Country from Salisbury to Penzance taking in many Royal Blue destinations en route. |
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Our Archive - An extensive collection of documents and ephemera which tell the story of passenger transport "fro' Paddington to Penzance." Much has been donated by transport companies, private collectors and enthusiasts and is being thoroughly catalogued. The material provides a rich resource for developing displays and informing the articles on operational history that TV&GWOT prepares for its event programmes. Read more about the events and programme booklets.
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TV&GWOT has rescued and re-erected some important Thames Valley buildings and put them to use for the Trust’s purposes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The waiting room & ticket office was built in Bridge Avenue, Maidenhead near the Rialto Cinema in 1928, later being re-positioned on the bus station site. Replaced by a superior building at the Thames Valley terminus in 1952, it was moved to Blue Coat school, Sonning to become a cricket pavilion. By 2003 it was no longer required so we arranged to dismantle and transport it back to Maidenhead. It was re-erected by TV&GWOT in 2014-15 and now provides a facility for a range of Trust activities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thames Valley Traction Co.’s dormy shed at Princes Risborough was built in 1932-3 to house two double-deck buses. The building was later taken over by a car hire company but their use for it ran out in 2009. TV&GWOT dismantled it and re-erected it in 2012 and it is seen in 2013 accommodating the Great Western Guy No. 1268 and former Royal Blue, Southern National No. 1218. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(C) Copyright The Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust Company Registered in England No. 5035702. Registered Charity No. 1125980 |