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See our events page for the latest news about the
Wirral Transport Show
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2023
saw the end of the MTPS' tenure as custodians and managers of Wirral
Transport Museum. We had been appointed by Wirral borough Council to
manage both the museum and run the tramway on the council's behalf.
Unfortunately due to council funding cuts it was decided that the
museum should be the subject of an asset transfer or it would close for
good.
The museum was transferred to Big Heritage in late 2023. As part
of their changes to the museum it was decided that they no longer
required Lisbon 730 our Portuguese tram. The tram was subsequently
moved to a new home at Beamish Museum in the North East.
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further three tram cars were relocated from Birkenhead to our new base
at Hooton Park, part of the old Hooton Airfield. At the request of Big
Heritage both Isle of Man horse cars were taken to Hooton. We also
decided to move Liverpool horse car 43 to Hooton from storage at
Pacific Road shed.
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tower wagon became another casualty of the changes at Wirral Transport
museum. On June 29 the wagon was towed to its new home at National
Museums Liverpool large object store where it became the newest member
of the land transport collection.
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