CASTLECROFT GOODS WAREHOUSE, CASTLECROFT ROAD, BURY, BL9 0LN
Museum News
Horse Drawn Tram Arrives
(Tuesday 18th May 2010)
Bury Transport Museum took delivery of a 1880s Horse Drawn Tram today.
This Tram arrived from Heaton Park Tramway Museum and is the only one of its kind surviving and operational in the world.
We are very grateful to the Tramway Museum for the kind loan of this fantastic vehicle.
Reopening
Bury Transport Museum was officially opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester on Friday 26th March. HRH arrived on the footplate from Heywood station alighting in Castlecroft yard where he spent time viewing some of the museum’s exhibits and chatting to vehicle owners. After meeting local authority dignitaries, the project team and project funders, he went inside the former good shed warehouse to see the refurbished building and new modern interpretation.
Countdown to Bury Transport Museum reopening
The final touches are being applied to the newly refurbished Bury Transport Museum, in preparation for its reopening by The Duke of Gloucester on Friday 26 March 2010.
Bury Transport Museum, which is operated by the East Lancashire Railway, has undergone a major two year restoration programme at a cost of more than £3m and the former East Lancashire Railway Goods Warehouse, which dates from 1848, at Castlecroft in Bury is now ready to welcome visitors once again. The museum was closed to the public in 2003 following concerns about the condition of the roof on the Grade II listed building, which required complete replacement and along with a host of other structural works, the museum has been transformed from its previous run-down condition into a showpiece attraction that is sure to become a popular addition to Bury’s already extensive range of tourist and visitor attractions.
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Filming by Resolution
One of the interactives in the museum will contain footage of the goods shed in action, showing how trains came into the building and were unloaded and loaded. The filming for this took place on the 1st February after a number of delays due to the cold snowy weather in January. Many thanks to the volunteers who donated items to used in the shoot and also to the extras who played a valuable role as porters carting hay and cases across the platforms and the Gothenburg train crew.