During the latter months of 1957 a number of local transport enthusiasts formed themselves into a group. Thus the Ipswich Land Transport Society was founded and early in 1958 started to meet formally with presentations about the local transport scene. From that time regular meetings took place during the winter months, supported by occasional excursions to railway installations around the country. It was on these excursions that many developed a wider interest to include the road transport scene. During the mid 1960’s the ILTS started to produce a magazine for it’s members, and this periodic bulletin, as it was then, has developed into our monthly ITS Journal, featuring extensive reports about all aspects of the local transport scene. Our members supply reports and photographs from their observations and sightings around the area, making for an excellent publication that has surpassed it's 500th issue.

Our meetings take place on the last Thursday of each month from September until April and feature a varied programme of transport related subjects. Meetings generally comprise of illustrated presentations about railway, bus, road, aviation and maritime themes from both members and guest speakers. The subject matter ranges through the historic to modern spectrum and covers local, national and international subjects. Our meetings also act as a social platform for members to meet and discuss all aspects of their transport interests. We pride ourselves in the quality of both our presentations and Journal and hope that we have something to offer you by asking you to join our Society.

In 2008 we celebrated our 50th Anniversary and produced a commemorative publication to document our history and development and that of events throughout the area during the last 50 years. To support the anniversary a number of events took place during the year - for a report on our Reunion Event click here.

A commemorative Britbus model of ADX 2, which is in Ipswich Corporation livery was commissioned to mark the occasion.

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