Best ever year for GVVT

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Volvo Ailsas from Tayside (WTS 276T), Greater Glasgow PTE (GGG 300N) and Strathclyde (A735 PSU) will be among the vehicles celebrating 50 years of the Ailsa in 2023. GVVT

The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust has had its most successful year yet, with increasing visitor numbers and the post-pandemic resurgence of its community and social outreach programme, reports Nick Larkin

The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust’s members have more than the organisation’s 20th anniversary to celebrate. “In fact, 2022 has been our most successful year ever,” says Trust chairman Steven Booth. Everything from visitor numbers to the Trust’s Bridgeton Bus Garage to its efforts to reach out to the community have been a major success. “This was especially heartening for us when considering the difficulties of Covid-19 and the cost of living crisis more recently,” said Steven. “Our total number of visitors to the garage and passengers on our buses have smashed our previous record in 2019.

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