LUPTS Record: Annual Bus Tours   
1977 onwards (including reunion events)   

No	Year	Date	Name	Fare	Bus operator	Number	Vehicle type	Itinerary	Notes
1	1977	05/02/77	The White Rose		Merseyside PTE	44 UWM44 Photo: Jonathan Cadwallader	Leyland PD2/Weymann	Halifax, Wakefield, Ravensthorpe
2	1978	25/02/78	The South Yorkshireman	£2.35	Chester	85 CFM85S Photo: Andrew Babbs	Leyland Fleetline/Northern Counties	Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Chesterfield
3	1979	24/02/79	The Trent Valley Bus Tour	£2.95	Merseyside PTE	82 VWM82L Photo: Jonathan Cadwallader	Leyland Atlantean/Alexander	Chesterfield, Mansfield, Nottingham, Derby, Burton, Uttoxeter
4	1980	26/04/80	The Worth Valley Venturer		Ribble	1829 TCK829	Leyland PD3/Metro Cammell	Halifax, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Bradford, Huddersfield
5	1981	02/05/81	The Huntsman	£4.95	Chester	103 YMA103W	Dennis Dominator/Northern Counties	Buxton, Crich, South Notts, Great Central Railway, Leicester, Spath
6	1982	24/04/82	The Midlander	£4.75	Crosville	DVL497 WTU497W	Bristol VR/ECW	Severn Valley Railway, Midland Bus Museum, Green Bus Company
7	1983	23/04/83	The Dalesman	£5.50	Crosville	DOG114 KFM114Y	Leyland Olympian/ECW	Todber, Embsay, Shipley Glen Tramway, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Leeds
8	1984	28/04/84	The North Mercian Bus Tour	£6.50	Crosville	DOG124 MTU124Y Photo: Roland Williams	Leyland Olympian/ECW	Uttoxeter, Derby, Midland Railway Centre, Crich, Buxton
9	1985	27/04/85	The Black Countryman	£9.50	Chester	111 A111UCA	Dennis Dominator/Northern Counties	Tracline, Birmingham Railway Museum, Midland Bus Museum, Severn Valley, Chester	Chester 57 (OFM957K) used Chester - Liverpool. Chester 1 (RFM641) used round Chester.
10	1986	03/05/86	The Pennine Adventurer	£6.50	Crosville	DVG456 VCA456W	Bristol VR/ECW	Bradford Transport Museum, Middleton Railway, Sandtoft, Sheffield
11	1987	03/05/87	The Whatstandwell Titan	£10.00	Warrington	88 BED729C	Leyland PD2/East Lancs	Foxfield Railway, Bass Museum, Crich, Peak Rail
12	1988	30/04/88	The Gwynedd Greek	£14.50	North Western	606 A144OFR	Leyland Olympian/ECW	Ffestiniog Railway, Welsh Highland Railway, Caernarfon
13	1989	29/04/89	The Peak Day Return		Chester	10 F210JMB	Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties	Peak Rail, Nottingham, Midland Railway Centre
14	1990	06/05/90	The Yorkshire Terrier	£10.00	Rossendale	89 A148EPA	Leyland Tiger/Plaxton	Uppermill, Bradford Transport Museum, Yorkshire Dales Railway, Skipton	'Pennine Moonraker' at Uppermill
15	1991	04/05/91	The Dee Valley Explorer	£12.00	Warrington	72 LED72P	Bristol RE/East Lancs	Llangollen Railway, Bala Lake Railway, Llandudno
16	1992	02/05/92	The Yorkshire Pudding	£8.00	Blue Triangle	24 GJG746D	AEC Regent V/Metro Cammell	Metrolink, Manchester Bus Museum, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
17	1993	01/05/93	The Cotswold Cavalier	£11.00	Warrington	98 F98STB	Dennis Dominator/East Lancs	Aston Manor Bus Museum, Winchcombe, Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway	Warrington 148 (BED729C) used for Livepool - Warrington leg
18	1994	30/04/94	The Yorkshire Terrier	£11.50	Avon Buses	V102 KSD102W	Volvo Ailsa/Alexander	Glossop, Sheffield Bus Museum, Supertram , Kirklees Light Railway, Holmfirth	Ex Sheffield Regent V 874 (7874WJ) used for Bus Museum - Meadowhall.
19	1995	29/04/95	The Lion and Beaver	£15.50	Chester	16 E889CDS	Leyland Lion/Alexander	The Railway Age, Montgomery Canal, Welshpool and Llanfair	Chester 1 (RFM641) used for Chester - Liverpool leg. 'Maldwyn' at Welshpool.
20	1996	04/05/96	A Lancashire and Lakeland Wanderer	£16.00	MTL Sightseers	0630 MCN30K	Leyland NGT Tynesider	West Lancs Light Railway, Leyland, Lancaster, Lakeside and Haverthwaite, Windermere
21	1997	03/05/97	The Dudley Discoverer	£18.00	Aintree Coachline	D1 P5ACL	Dennis Arrow/Northern Counties	Dudley, Cosford, Telford Horsehay, Oakengates	Boulton's Bedford OB HVJ203 used Cosford - Telford - Oakengates
22	1998	02/05/98	The Peak District Pathfinder	£19.00	Merseypride	31 NMY655E	AEC Routemaster	Tameside Transport Collection, Crich, Peak Rail	Ex LCPT 869 used for private charter at Crich
23	1999	01/05/99	The Worth Valley Voyager	£17.00	Halton	57 K853MTJ	Leyland Lynx	Halton Transport, Keighley Bus Museum, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Shipley Glen Tramway	Ex SHMD Daimler CVG 76 (VTU76) used between Delholm and Keighley sites of bus museum
24	2000	29/04/00	Dennis the Engine Hunter		Warrington	96 F96STB	Dennis Dominator/East Lancs	Barrow Hill, Ruddington, Great Central Railway	Ex Barton  PD1 507 (JVO230) used for trip around Ruddington
25	2001	05/05/01	The Greater Mancunian	£19.50	ex-AERE	Anne 240AJB	AEC Regent V/Park Royal	Metrolink, Manchester Bus Museum, Stalybridge Canal, East Lancs Railway	Ex Manchester Atlantean 1001 (HVM901F) used Manchester Piccadilly-Queens Road
26	2002	04/05/02	The Industrial Yorkshireman	£22.00	Liverpool Motor Services	PO51UGF	Dennis Trident II/Plaxton	Dewsbury Bus Museum, Armley Mill, Saltaire, Embsay Steam Railway, Skipton	Ex West Riding PS2 733 (EHL344) used for trip around Dewsbury
27	2003	03/05/03	cumberland RE-visited	£20.00	ex-North Western	413 JMA413L	Bristol RE/ECW	Ullswater steamer, Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
28	2004	01/05/04	Midlander-2: a chip off the old block	£22.00	Liverpool Motor Services	309 F309JTY	Leyland Olympian/Alexander	Chasewater Railway, Midland Air Museum, The Transport Museum (Wythall)	Ex Midland Red D9 5399 (BHA399C) used Wythall-Birmingham
29	2005	30/04/05	The Knotts and Derby Rambler	£25.00	Helm's of Eastham	B962WRN	Leyland Olympian/ECW	Churnet Valley Railway, Nottingham Express Transit, Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
30	2006	29/04/06	For a Few Deltics More	£27.00	Helm's of Eastham	N402ARA	Dennis Arrow/Northern Counties	Barrow Hill, Sandtoft, Appleby and Frodingham Railway	Johnson's of Hodthorpe (ex-Crosville) Bristol VR HTU159N used between Barrow Hill and Woodall Services.
31	2007	05/05/07	The Elsecar Enterprise	£24.00	Helm's of Eastham	F389GVO	Leyland Lion/East Lancs	Standedge, Elsecar, Kirklees Light Railway, Holmfirth
32	2008	03/05/08	The Olympian to the Battlefield	£31.00	Aintree Coachline	N415JBV	Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties	Kirkby (!), Amerton Farm Railway, Ashby Canal, Battlefield Line, Lichfield	Replacement vehicle.  Original vehicle was Helm's of Eastham B201EFM (Leyland Olympian/ Northern Counties) but this developed a puncture leaving Liverpool and was substituted in Kirkby by N415JBV.
33	2009	02/05/09	t'Ribble at 'Mill	£24.00	Hilton's of Newton-le-Willows	G100PES	Volvo Citybus/Alexander	Wigan, Bolton, Middleton Railway, Keighley Bus Museum	"Kittywake" chartered at Wigan. Ex-Bradford AEC Regent V 220 (6220KW) used from Middleton Railway to Keighley Bus Museum.
34	2010	01/05/10	Coal, Steel and Victorian Steam an 8F to the rescue	£24.00	Hilton's of Newton-le-Willows	E737HFW (ex-KIB6708)	Volvo Citybus/East Lancs	National Mining Museum, South Yorkshire Bus Museum, Peak Rail, Buxton	Fare initially £29.00 but reduced when itinerary changed from Butterley to Peak Rail.
35	2011	30/04/11	The Fflying Llansman	£29.50	Hilton's of Newton-le-Willows	RED448 (ex-FE02AKX)	Volvo Citybus/East Lancs	Rhyl Miniature Railway, Llandudno, Llanberis Lake, Conwy Valley Railway Museum
36	2012	05/05/12	The Off-Peak Day Return	£28.00	Howards Travel of Runcorn	K4HOW (ex-N601BRH)	Volvo Olympian/Alexander	Museum of Transport, Manchester; Steeple Grange Light Railway; Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
37	2013	04/05/13	The Atlantean Strikes Back	£25.00	Ex-Liverpool City Transport	L501 501KD	Leyland Atlantean/Metro-Cammell	MTT and Friends of 502, Burscough; Bury Transport Museum; Metrolink; Manchester Museum of Science and Industry	Ex-Liverpool/MPTE Leyland Panther 1054 (FKF933G) used for Liverppol-Burscough leg.
38	2014	03/05/14	The Magnificent Severn	£28.00	Ex-Crosville	CRG106 AFM106G	Bristol RE/ECW	Severn Valley Railway
39	2015	02/05/15	The Royal Blue Quarryman	£35.00	Ex-Royal Blue	2351 837SUO	Bristol RE/ECW	Llangollen Railway, Tal-y-Llyn Railway, Corris Railway
40	2016	30/04/16	The Merry Men	£30.00	Springfield Bus and Coach	DOV20 F20HOW (ex-S903JHG)	Volvo Olympian/Alexander	Nottingham Express Transit; Great Central Railway Nottingham; Nottingham Area Bus Society	Ex-Nottingham Regent III 161 (OTV161) used for Rushcliffe-Ruddington leg.
41	2017	29/04/17	The Ape, the Frog and the Fox	£35.00	Springfield Bus and Coach	CSS23 V23HOW (ex-YN51MKZ)	Scania L94UB/Wright	Apedale Valley Railway, Churnet Valley Railway, Foxfield Railway
42	2018	05/05/18	The West Yorkshire Vantage	£31.00	Tyrer’s Coaches	YX67VHB	Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC	Leigh Guided Busway, Middleton Railway, Shipley Glen Tramway, Keighley Bus Museum, Hebden Bridge	Ex-West Yorkshire Bristol LL5G SGL16 (JWU886) used for Shipley Glen to Keighley leg.
43	2019	04/05/19	The Crewe Borderman	£38.00	Tyrer’s Coaches	PN09OKA	Volvo B9TL/Optare	The Railway Age, Crewe; Cambrian Railway Society, Llynclys; Welshpool and Llanfair Railway; Oswestry
	2020	02/05/20	Tour cancelled because of the global Covid-19 pandemic
	2021	01/05/21	Tour cancelled because of the global Covid-19 pandemic
	2022	30/04/22	Tour cancelled because of the global Covid-19 pandemic
44	2023	29/04/23	The Trouble’s not t’Ribble	£44.00	Ex-United Counties	278 TBD278G	Bristol RE/ECW	Ribble Steam Railway; Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust; Lakeside and Haverthwate Railway; Windermere Steamer	Ex-Ribble Atlantean 1686 (NRN586) used for Preston to Freckleton leg.
45	2024	04/05/24	The Staffordshire Knot	£38.00	Ex-Lincolnshire	1431 CVL850D	Bristol RE/ECW	Amerton Railway, Aldridge Transport Museum, Chasewater Railway

Photographs (unless stated) copyright Charles Roberts/Online Transport Archive.

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