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Bury Transport Museum
The exterior of the museum from Castlecroft Road
Established 1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Location Bolton Street, Bury BL9 0EY
Type Transport museum
Owner East Lancashire Railway

Bury Transport Museum is a transport museum in Bury, Greater Manchester, situated in the former Castlecroft Goods Warehouse, a Grade II listed building from 1846, on Castlecroft Road, with the main entrance from Bolton Street, BL9 0EY.

It was started in 1973 by volunteers of the East Lancashire Railway, had to close in 2003 because of roof problems but opened again in 2010. Between May 2022 and early 2023 the museum had LNER Class A4 4488 Union of South Africa on static display. The locomotive was removed on 21 April 2023.

In December 2023 LMS 3-Cylindered Stanier 2-6-4T No. 2500 was loaned to the museum from the National Railway Museum.

  • Bury Transport Museum East Exterior April 2017

    East Exterior

  • Bury Transport Museum Interior April 2017 01

    Part of vehicles display

  • Steam Roller Hilda, Thomas Green, Bury April 2017

    Steam roller 'Hilda'

  • Bury Transport Museum Interior April 2017 03

    Model of woman sitting on a station bench where visitors can also sit

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    "Ann" taking part in Demonstration Shunting

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    60009 In the museum during being repainted

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    Scammell Scarab next to Ann

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    Footplate of "Union of South Africa"

See also

  • Listed buildings in Bury
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