What we do
Medstead Depot Omnibus Group (MDOG) is one of three separate and operationally independent bus preservation projects in Hampshire and West Sussex that are administered by the Working Omnibus Project Limited (WOMP) - the others being the City of Portsmouth Preserved Transport Depot and the Stedham Garage Group. MDOG’s aim is to maintain a depot to house preserved buses safely and securely. As far as is practicable, MDOG also aims to provide facilities for their maintenance as preserved vehicle for public display at rallies, open days running days and other public events, and to provide facilities for further restoration work. However, MDOG's prime function is to maintain a secure storage facility for the preserved vehicles. This means that our depot building is very much a functional store and not a museum and therefore, with regret, Medstead Depot is not open to the public. MDOG’s objective, in common with that of WOMP, is “to ensure the continued preservation and operation of buses and coaches representative of those from the South of England so that they can be enjoyed by current and future generations, who may then learn the history of bus or coach operators and services in the area.” To this end, it houses vehicles from former South of England bus operators, notably, the Aldershot & District Traction Company, Thames Valley, Alder Valley, Southampton Corporation, Southern Vectis and Eastbourne Corporation. The vehicles housed by MDOG vary, as some are removed for restoration work and replaced with others from time to time.