We were pleased to host a visit from the Gay Classic Car Group at Bridgeton Bus Garage on a rather wet Sunday. The weather didn’t dampen the spirits of our happy visitors. If you are part of a group who would like to visit us please drop us an email […]
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Albion 125 road run
Calling all Albion Owners! On Sunday 13th April, we are collaborating with our friends at the Albion Club (Albion Trucks and Buses WorldWide). We are holding the ‘Albion 125 End of an Era’ road run’, to mark the end of 125 years of Albion engineering in Glasgow. The run will […]
Read MoreGoodbye 2024! Hello 2025!
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Trust over the last year. It has been a great year with many achievements along the way. Even though we’ve not hit last year’s high on visitor numbers, we have carried a record number of passengers on our buses. Just over […]
Read MoreA message from our patron, Ken Bruce!
Back on the Road Christmas Party
More than one celebration! Back on the Road’s Christmas party took place at Bridgeton Bus Garage on 12th December and celebrated the programme’s participants past and present with friends and supporters. BOTR founder, Dr Alistair Ramsay, was on hand to present the certificates of achievement as part of the festivities. As […]
Read MoreDonation to Royal Hospital for Children
On Friday 13th December, GVVT made a festive drop off at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. The Trust donated 50 copies of its ‘Colour Me Bridgeton‘ colouring books to the hospital to give to some of the kids who will be staying them this Christmas. The donation was inspired […]
Read MoreThanks for joining us!
Our 2024 Open Weekend was another success story for the GVVT. A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our Annual Open Weekend. We had over 2800 visitors over the weekend, including many first time visitors. We had visiting buses from all over the UK and Ireland many […]
Read MoreOur latest book!
It’s an absolute cracker, featuring over 100 images from the collection of the late Iain MacGregor, compiled by Phil Halewood. Commemorating 100 years of Motorbuses in Glasgow we have 108 A5 pages in full colour. This book is only available from our online shop and our Wee Happy Shop at […]
Read MoreThe Bridgeton fly-thru!
We just love this fly-thru video created by the very skilled Andrea Costa, with superb photography and drone piloting, it really has to be viewed to be believed! Filmed at Bridgeton Bus Garage, the video is best viewed with earphones for the best experience! You can see some of Andrea’s […]
Read MoreThe Parade – on film
The countdown to Open Weekend starts at 100 with the launch of Paul Russell’s 100 Parade, an outstanding video account of GVVT’s historic celebration of a century of the motor bus in Glasgow, staged in August. Discover more about Paul and Newshot Productions on Facebook at facebook.com/newshotproductions/ and on X […]
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