Northern General Transport Bus Depot

Our next stop was at Beamish's Northern General Transport Bus Depot. This exhibit can accommodate up to eight buses. Visitors can watch the museum's maintenance staff working on its fleet of period vehicles through a viewing window that overlooks the workshop.

Due to the varying ages of the buses housed in the depot, the building reflects inter-war architecture with a colour scheme based on the livery of the Northern General Transport Company (now known as Go North East).Read more