The Aberdeen and District Transport Preservation Trust via The Bus Collection at Alford will hold its 2025 open day on Sunday 13 July between 1100-1600hrs in the grounds of the Grampian Transport Museum in Alford, Aberdeenshire.
This year’s event follows what Trustee and former First Aberdeen Managing Director George Mair says was a highly successful open day in 2024, which drew over 1,000 visitors.
He adds that the Trust has set itself the challenge of repeating that achievement for 2025, with all interested members of the public invited to come along. Admission is free and sales stalls will be present, along with much else happening during the day.
Those that attend will be able to view what he describes as the largest and best-presented collection of vintage coaches and buses north of Central Scotland. What may be the last surviving Aberdeen tramcar is also among the Trust’s collection, which it plans to restore to full working order.
Vehicles expected to be on show include as many of the Aberdeen and District Transport Preservation Trust collection as possible alongside those belonging to the FirstGroup Heritage Trust and a selection of visitors.
Among those earmarked are an Albion singe-deck bus dating from the 1930s (pictured, left) and the famous one-off Mercedes-Benz O405G with Alexander bodywork that was new to Grampian Regional Transport in 1992 (pictured, right).
Others that may feature are examples of the Leyland Atlantean, Leopard, National, Olympian and Tiger, and a Daimler CVG6. Visitors are set to include a Volvo B10BLE from the First Aberdeen 623 and 629 Preservation Group and a Leyland Leopard that was formerly with Eastern Scottish. More are still to be confirmed.
Free rides both within the museum grounds and around Alford village will be available and the Grampian Transport Museum will be open on the same day. It will offer discounted entry.
