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Yorkshire Woollen bus 622 on display at South Yorkshire Transport Museuem

The South Yorkshire Transport Museum (SYTM) is a volunteer-owned museum of transport located in Rotherham, England and focussing on the transport history of South Yorkshire and the surrounding areas. It was established in 1995. [1]

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Vehicles exhibited in the museum include:

Other artefacts include bicycles, motorbikes, lorries and milk floats. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Make a scheduled stop at South Yorkshire Transport Museum", Aroundtown Magazine, May/June 2024, p. 24
  2. "Motorbike gallery and steampunk celebration among plans for South Yorkshire Transport Museum". Rotherham Advertiser. 12 April 2024.
  3. "The famous Leyland Tiger is set to roar again". Barnsley Chronicle. 1 February 2019.

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