EFE SHOWBUS International Rally 2009 will feature many attractions.

Gold Run.
Participating vehicles will gather at Trumpington Park & Ride and travel via Shelford, Stapleford and Sawston to arrive at the Imperial War Museum at around 11.45am. The cavalcade will parade through the site to assemble in the centre of the display. There will be a line up of 61 buses and coaches depicting each of the years from 1949 to 2009.

Duxford site opens for entrants at 8.00 am.on Sunday September 27th.

For more information on the event click here or here or see some of the hilites below.

EFE Models.
EFE will be releasing two special models associated with the rally. One will be anopen top Routemaster in First London livery and released before the event and feature adverts for EFE SHOWBUS International 2009 the other is of the new EFE castings.


BUSWORKS SURGERY

Specialist vehicle restorers, Busworks, will be holding a surgery for preservationists, a display of some of their restored vehicles and giving a chance to travel on a couple of them.

ON SITE BUS
With the display spreading from one end of the mammoth Duxford site to the other, there will be a free low floor shuttle bus running the length of the site between 11.00am and 4.15pm. Some doubledeckers will supplement the service to afford grandstand views of the display.

Bus service from Cambridge
Stagecoach Citi7 will provides a service from Cambridge Stations to Duxford. This will be supplemented by extra journeys in the morning and a late return journey, click here for the times.

THE BUS STATION.
This will be the area immediately in front of Rally Control, by the American Air Museum. The Bus Station will be for vehicles coming and going on the DUXFORD VILLAGE TOURS throughout the afternoon. The 2009 timetable will appear when it is finalised.

CAMBRIDGE BUSWAY.
Unfortunately the longest busway in the world will not now open until after SHOWBUS so there will not be an excursion to view this exciting development - hopefully in 2010.

Site layout.
The entry arrangements for 2009 will be different to 2008 as the far east end of the site will be out of use because of the dismantling of the Helitech exhibition. Consequently a new airside parking area will be used in the centre of the site - this will primarily accommodate the 1949-2009 display.
See the site map.

How much?.
£16 for adults, £12.80 for senior citizens, £8 for other concessions and FREE for under 16s. Group rates are available from the Museum. Further information is on their website. Excursion passengers pay only £8 if their bus is entered in the rally. Special rates apply for entrants. In 2009 every bus entered will be entitled to three free entry permits, plus the driver.

Forms
Click here for an entry form or click here for a stall holder form.

See the list of 2009 entries so far here.
See the stallholders list.
See the 2009 site map here.