Events

Guildford running day
Date: Sun, March 23, 2025
Venue: Guildford
Southern Bus Preservation.. Read more

Route 19 heritage day
Date: Sun, March 23, 2025
Venue: London central
London Bus Preservation Trust.. Read more

Wood Green running day
Date: Sun, March 23, 2025
Venue: Wood Green
London Omnibus Traction Society.. Read more

Rickmansworth running day
Date: Sun, March 30, 2025
Venue: Rickmansworth
Amersham & District Motorbus Society.. Read more

Shrewsbury & Ironbridge sightseeing tour
Date: Tue, April 1, 2025 to Tue, September 30, 2025
Venue: Shrewsbury & Ironbridge
Regional Transport.. Read more

Heritage Transport Show
Date: Sat, April 5, 2025
Venue: Detling, Maidstone, Kent County Showground
South East Bus Festival.. Read more

Brooklands Spring Gathering
Date: Sun, April 13, 2025
Venue: Weybridge
London Bus Preservation Trust.. Read more

East Grinstead running day
Date: Sun, April 27, 2025
Venue: East Grinstead
Country Bus Rallies - Kent & Sussex.. Read more

Sevenoaks running day (tbc)
Date: Sun, May 18, 2025
Venue: Sevenoaks (tbc)
Country Bus Rallies - Kent & Sussex.. Read more

AEC rally
Date: Sat, May 24, 2025 to Sun, May 25, 2025
Venue: Newark showground
AEC Society.. Read more

Dorking running day
Date: Sun, June 1, 2025
Venue: Dorking
Amersham & District Motorbus Society.. Read more

Route 418 heritage day
Date: Sun, June 8, 2025
Venue: London
London Bus Preservation Trust.. Read more

London comes to Wythall 14-15th June 2025
Date: Fri, June 13, 2025 to Mon, June 16, 2025
Venue: Transport Museum Wythall
RMOOA TMW joint event.. Read more

Brooklands Summer Gathering
Date: Sun, June 22, 2025
Venue: Weybridge
London Bus Preservation Trust.. Read more

Eastbourne running day
Date: Sun, July 6, 2025
Venue: Eastbourne
Country Bus Rallies - Kent & Sussex.. Read more

Showbus
Date: Sun, July 13, 2025
Venue: Quainton Road Station
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.. Read more

Hertford running day
Date: Sun, July 27, 2025
Venue: Hertford
Amersham & District Motorbus Society.. Read more

Route 54 heritage day
Date: Sat, September 13, 2025
Venue: London
London Bus Preservation Trust.. Read more

Chesham running day
Date: Sun, September 28, 2025
Venue: Chesham
Amersham & District Motorbus Society.. Read more

Battles Through History Show
Date: Sat, October 4, 2025 to Sun, October 5, 2025
Venue: Ardingly, Haywards Heath, South of England Showground
Battles Through History.. Read more

Brooklands TransportFest
Date: Sun, October 19, 2025
Venue: Weybridge
London Bus Preservation Trust.. Read more

RMOOA 159 run & Christmas Lights tour
Date: Sat, December 13, 2025
Venue: Ace Cafe to Streatham or Croydon (day) and London (eve)
RMOOA.. Read more

Bromley running day (tbc)
Date: Sun, December 14, 2025
Venue: Bromley (tbc)
Country Bus Rallies - Kent & Sussex.. Read more

RMOOA route 2 run
Date: Sun, February 8, 2026
Venue: Golders Green to Crystal Palace
RMOOA.. Read more
159 and Christmas Light Run
Date: Sat, December 9, 2023
Venue: Ace Cafe, Stonebridge Park, London NW10 7UD

This is the 17th annual Christmas get together commemorating the end of the Routemaster in normal London Service.
We begin at 11.00 am on Saturday 9th December 2023 with a display of Routemasters and the opportunity to meet friends and The Association committee with food and drinks available from the Ace Cafe Menu. With photograph opportunities, good food and the chance to catch up it is an event not to be missed.
We organise a road run over route 159 from the Ace Café on the North Circular Road at Stonebridge Park to Thornton Heath with buses usually running in pairs, departing from 12.00.
As the run is on public roads, you can go as far as you wish, then disperse or return to the Ace Café at around 4pm.
For Ace Cafe Meets page click here
For those who wish to stay for a second trip in the early evening, we leave the Ace Café by 6pm for a Christmas lights tour of London from which buses disperse for home.
There's no entry form for either of these events, but intending owners please email events@routemaster.org.uk nearer the time so we know to expect you.
Please be aware that not all bus owners are willing to take passengers and there is no right to travel but there is not usually an issue and we hope this will remain that way. Due to traffic some buses may turn early and may not return to the Ace Cafe so please consider this when requesting permission to board.
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