Rush hour at Redhill Road
The London Bus Preservation Trust acquired a building that had once being part of the Vickers aviation complex, which was based in Weybridge. What became the Cobham Bus Museum was located in Redhill Road. Normally a quiet thoroughfare, Redhill Road became as busy and congested as London’s Oxford Street on the once-yearly Open Day events. Buses ferrying visitors from Weybridge Station would drop their passengers outside the Museum entrance, head empty further down the road to do a U-turn, then head back up Redhill Road to tackle the long line of people heading back to Weybridge Station. Meanwhile, other ‘civilian’ traffic (ie ‘Normal People’) wanted to reach the other Redhill Road attraction, the Silvermere Golf & Leisure Centre. Bus enthusiasts eager to photograph the parade of vehicles added to the congestion.
In this 1985 scene, traffic has come to halt as RTW467 (LLU957) waits for an opportunity to turn around.
This bus is today owned by Lord Peter Hendy, Commissioner of Transport for London (2006-15) and currently Minister of State for Rail. Back in 1985, he was a London Transport bus manager.
April 1985
Yashica FR-1 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.
Rush hour at Redhill Road
The London Bus Preservation Trust acquired a building that had once being part of the Vickers aviation complex, which was based in Weybridge. What became the Cobham Bus Museum was located in Redhill Road. Normally a quiet thoroughfare, Redhill Road became as busy and congested as London’s Oxford Street on the once-yearly Open Day events. Buses ferrying visitors from Weybridge Station would drop their passengers outside the Museum entrance, head empty further down the road to do a U-turn, then head back up Redhill Road to tackle the long line of people heading back to Weybridge Station. Meanwhile, other ‘civilian’ traffic (ie ‘Normal People’) wanted to reach the other Redhill Road attraction, the Silvermere Golf & Leisure Centre. Bus enthusiasts eager to photograph the parade of vehicles added to the congestion.
In this 1985 scene, traffic has come to halt as RTW467 (LLU957) waits for an opportunity to turn around.
This bus is today owned by Lord Peter Hendy, Commissioner of Transport for London (2006-15) and currently Minister of State for Rail. Back in 1985, he was a London Transport bus manager.
April 1985
Yashica FR-1 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.