BARRY Festival of Transport returns to Barry Island on Sunday, June 12.

The annual festival – put on hold since 2019 due to the Covid pandemic – usually attracts thousands of people to Barry.

In 2019 a star visitor was a Budapest City bus from Hungary, never before seen in Wales.

The heritage bus restoration centre on Broad Street will be open to the public and – for the first time – visitors will be able to see progress on the restoration of two electric trolleybuses from 1949 and 1955.

The heritage bus group chairman, Mike Taylor, said “We are planning our big classic car and bus show and we will be operating free trips on a selection of our heritage buses.

“As 2022 marks 120 years of Cardiff Municipal Transport, we are making a special effort on our preserved Cardiff buses.

“While our oldest is a 1964 bus, some are recently restored – such as a 27-year-old Dennis Dart - or are just preserved like a former Cardiff Bendy-Bus.

“Our popular free open top buses will be running, weather permitting.

“Other buses running will include some Newport vehicles, a municipal who have run a joint bus route for over 80 years with Cardiff.”

Hundreds of vehicles of interest – including cars and buses – will be included in the festival.

Some of the classic cars will date from 75 years ago – including a 1947 MG – but there will also be special interest cars such as the Land Rover, Jaguar and Performance Ford clubs which often include newer models.

The festival – based at Barry Island and the Bus Depot – will be from 10am to 4.30pm on Sunday, June 12.

The festival is organised by volunteers. Entrance is free, along with bus rides, with any donations used to restore former local Welsh buses.

The free classic car and heritage bus fun day is organised by the Cardiff Transport Preservation Group who restore buses from all parts of south east Wales.