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Reports on the events which made up the 2008 bus tour weekend are available here. There will be a LUPTS 50th anniversary event around the weekend of 4/5 October 2008 to mark the legendary encounter on the stairs of the Old Union which led directly to the formation of LUPTS. Details available here. The next bus tour weekend will take place 1-3 May 2009. |
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The Liverpool University Public Transport Society (LUPTS) was formed in 1958 by a group of undergraduate students at the University with a mutual interest in all kinds of transport. Over the next 33 years, it organised meetings and afternoon trips, ran tours by rail, bus and tram, published a number of booklets and was active, locally and nationally, in the enthusiast world.
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Group photograph at Shenton on the Battlefield Line on the occasion of the LUPTS Tour on Saturday 3 May 2008. The vehicle is Aintree Coachlines' ex-London Central Olympian N415JBV, a part-way substitute for ex-Chester 1 (B201EFM) which developed a puncture soon after leaving Liverpool. A report on the whole 2008 bus tour weekend is available here. Photo: Charles Roberts/Online Transport Archive (CCR36502) |
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One of its earliest projects was the generation of support for the preservation of Glasgow tram 1055, previously Liverpool 869, and this led to the formation of the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society, with tram itself eventually passing to the National Tramway Museum at Crich. The tram is pictured above at Crich alongside Merseypride's ex BEA Routemaster NMY655E on the occasion of a tour to mark the 40th anniversary of the formation of the society in 1998. Another picture of it appears on the LUPTS archive photograph page. |
Photo: Charles Roberts/Online Transport Archive (CCR15074) |
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In student days, LUPTS ran regular trips in the local area and beyond. Occasionally, preserved buses were used for transport. A favourite was ex-Southport PD2 106 (GFY406) which was used on a number of occasions, including here en route from Southport to Blackpool on 13 November 1982. The bus didn't make it - outside Southport it failed with a fuel problem (as shown above). The bus then remained off the road for 25 years before being restored. Enquiries had been made about using it at a LUPTS event in the future, but the owner sold it on eBay. Details of all known LUPTS trips can he found here. Photo: Roland Williams |
LUPTS continued as an active student society through the 60s, 70s and 80s but, with declining numbers, was forced to disband in 1991. LUPTS therefore no longer exists but groups of former members continue to perpetuate its name. It no longer has any connection with the University of Liverpool. These web pages have been created to give an online presence for the exiled Society. Please contact the Webmaster if you would like to get in touch. |
Last updated: 04 May 2008
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Website established 10 November 2001
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© Charles Roberts/LUPTS 2001-2008 |
