Sunday's Arriva Tour 2009, sponsored by the Reporter Series, saw a fleet of vehicles visit bus depots and stations in Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Wakefield, Castleford and Selby.

The perfectly preserved buses taking part included a 1948 Leyland Tiger PS1, belonging to a private owner, and a 1952 Leyland Tiger PS2, belonging to Dewsbury Bus Museum.

Passengers got to look round the models and visit depot areas that are usually out-of-bounds to the public.

There was also a raffle of bus-related memorabilia, including a photograph of Star Trek and X-Men star Patrick Stewart, originally from Mirfield, launching a bus named after him back in 2006.

The tour raised £717. All proceeds are being donated to the Sick Children's Trust, a charity which supports families with children in hospital.

Organiser Tony Salmon, who has been an Arriva bus driver for 20 years, said: "It went very well indeed. We've raised a fantastic total and a very good day was had by all.

"It was great to be able to tell people when they were buying stuff that every penny was going straight to the children. I think that's what made it for them."

Each year Tony runs the bus tour to raise funds for the Sick Children's Trust, a charity close to his heart.

The trust supported his family when daughter Bethany, six, was being treated at St James' Hospital for a rare liver condition.

Earlier this year Bethany received a life-saving transplant. Tony said she was now doing well and had recently rejoined her classmates at school.