WATCH: New night bus tour takes to road

The Aldridge attraction will put on the evening routes for the first time on Saturday for a one-off occasion.

The tours will include trips around Walsall and to Barr Brecon but the highlight for many will be the chance to see Lichfield Cathedral lit up underneath the night sky.

Martin Fisher, chairman of the museum, said: "When you think back to when you had to get a bus home when you were young seeing places at night seemed to put quite a different tack on them.

"Part of the whole reason why we are here is to get people to re-live their own past and look back and think about catching the bus home from school or work.

"We have had a few comments about putting on night buses and a lot of positive responses on our Facebook page so we just thought we would give it a try for one night of the year.

"We were particularly pleased to be give permission to go to Cathedral Close I can't imagine many buses get to go there.

"The tours are free and will hopefully help attract people into the museum."

"If they prove to be a success then we will think about doing another night next year."

The tours will run between 2.30pm and 8.30pm on Saturday. A handful of the museum's buses will be put on the roads in their vintage splendour ranging from a 1940s single decker built by former Midland company Midland Red to a 1970s former West Midlands Travel Bristol VR model.

Visitors can expect to find the inside and outside of each vehicle preserved to the state it would have been in when it was operational.

Those going along for the bus tours have been urged to check out the museum as well on the day which will be open from 10.30am and kept open until the extended hour of 7pm to accommodate the one-off event.

Visit www.amrtm.org for more information on the tours. Entry to the museum itself will cost the normal price of £2 for children and £5 for adults.