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Famous Buses
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Films Featuring Buses *The Magic School Bus (1994)- Scholastic's The Magic School Bus - USA (complete title) *Get on the Bus (1996) *Che si shi si (2001)- aka "Bus 44" - (English title) *Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005) (TV) *The Bus Stops Here (2003) *The Wayward Bus (1957) *Bus Rider's Union (1999) Starring Della Bonna with additional material by Tom Cantrell *The Bus Stop Movie (1999) – directed by Chris Moran *The Runaway Bus (1954) *Fatty Drives the Bus (1999) directed by Mick Napier. Starring Robert Waiting. *500 Bus Stops(1997) (mini) *Girls on the Bus (2006) written by Don Todd *Beauty and the Bus (1933) *Hobbies: Model Bus Collector (2002) starring Pete Avery * (1988) Books Featuring Buses *School Bus by Donald Crews *Wheels on the Bus (Read and Share) by Andy Cooke (Paperback - Sep 1, 1999) *The Christmas Bus by Melody Carlson (Hardcover - Oct 1, 2006) *Love Bus Stop (Yaoi) by Ritsu Natsumizu (Paperback - Oct 24, 2007) *Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God by Etgar Keret (Paperback - April 30, 2004) *The Naked Bus Driver by Marshall B., Jr. Allen (Paperback - May 15, 2005) Bus Museums and Collections *The Amersham & District Motorbus Society website. *The Aston Manor Road Transport Museum in Birmingham. *The Cambridge Omnibus Society by Richard Haughey. *The Cardiff Transport Preservation Group, preserving the buses of South Wales. *The Castle Point Transport Museum, Canvey Island, Essex. *The Coventry Transport Museum. *The Crosville Enthusiasts Club. *The Cumbria Omnibus Group is restoring an ex Cumberland Bristol MW. *The East Anglia Transport Museum at Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft. *Eastern National Leyland Titan LEV 917 is owned by the Springhill Vehicle Preservation Group. *Eastern Counties buses at the Eastern Transport Collection, Norwich. *The East Sussex Omnibus Society site with great Eastbourne and Southdown images. *"FoKAB", the well-known Friends of King Alfred Buses have a fine website. *The Hertfordshire Vehicle Preservation Group website. *The Historic Commercial Vehicle Association Tempe Museum, Sydney, Australia. *The Historic Commercial Vehicle Society . *The Hull & Country Bus Preservation Group. *The Lancashire United Transport Society website with a complete fleet list. *The Lancastrian Transport Trust has an attractive site about them and their vehicles. *The Leyland Society. *Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society have a fine collection of buses. *London Bus Preservation Trust (Cobham) by Nick Abbott. *London Omnibus Traction Society ('LOTS') have a site about their organisation. *The Wealdstone & District Home Page with details of their preserved *The Merseyside Transport Trust (previously the Mersey & Calder Bus Preservation Group). *The National Association of Road Transport Museums lists museums all over the UK. *Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre has an extensive regional bus collection. *Oldham 163 Preservation Group and their Oldham Atlantean. *The Omnibus Society, founded in 1929. *The Plymouth & District Coaches collection of classic vehicles. *The City of Portsmouth Preserved Transport Depot at Portchester. *Routemaster Operators & Owners Association by Phil Willson. *The Dutch Routemaster Society. *A comprehensive site about the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, by Jim Crichton. *Sheffield Bus Museum Trust website by Neil Worthington. *The Southdown Enthusiasts Club was founded in 1954. *The Swindon Vintage Omnibus Society has preserved a Swindon Daimler and a Bristol RESL. *Teesside buses preserved by The 500 Group, with histories of local The Transport Ticket Society Website has an excellent coverage of this specialist subject. *The National Transport Museum of Ireland has a large collection of Irish vehicles. *The Transport Enthusiasts Club of Ireland website has information about preserved Irish Buses. *The Transport Yorkshire Preservation Group and their vehicles, with a list of all W.Yorkshire PTE survivors. *The Trojan Museum Trust, with a history of the company. *The West of England Transport Collection at Winkleigh, Devon. An excellent site. *The Wigan Transport Society has an interest in vehicles with a Lancashire connection. *The Wirral Transport Museum website (Wallasey, Birkenhead, Chester etc.). *The Worcester Bus Preservation Society and their Midland Red vehicles. *The 680 Preservation Group website, about their restoration of a Tyne & Wear Atlantean. *The 910 Preservation Group have a Potteries Atlantean and other vehicles. Legendary/mythical Buses *In Louis Duvall's modern interpretation of the book of Myths and Legends, on Judgement Day the Devil took the lost souls to hell in an old stagecoach/trolley bus. *In The Simpsons, a regular character, Otto Mann is the bus driver, who takes Bart and Lisa to school and back. His motto is "Never Crash the Bus". *In the Speed (2005),starring Keanu Reeves, the bus took on legendary status, and became a popular spotting icon among moquettes in the US. *A popular folk tale tells of a bus which picks up people and takes them to their favourite destinations. The FIT Bus (abbreviated from the Gaelic fiteáilte, meaning healthy)
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