Visit the London Transport Museum
In Chauffeur-driven style
The London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, hosts exhibits related to the heritage of London’s transport, as well as conserving and explaining the history of it. The majority of the museum’s exhibits originated in the collections of London Transport, but, since the creation of Transport for London (TfL) in 2000, the remit of the museum has expanded to cover all aspects of transportation in the city.
Opening times: Every day 10:00 – 18:00
Last entry 17:00
London Transport Museum
Covent Garden Piazza
London
WC2E 7BB
A wide range of exhibits
The museum also has a number of temporary exhibitions, which change throughout the year.
* Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce, which celebrates the huge contribution people of Caribbean heritage have made to transport history and British culture.
* Hidden London: the Exhibition, which allows visitors to explore an ‘abandoned’ Tube station underworld and discover what secrets lurk beneath our busy streets.
* 19th Century London and Victorian Transport, which tells the story of how London’s transport network evolved from a horse-drawn system to the modern network we know today.
* The World’s First Underground, which tells the story of the construction of the first London Underground line, the Metropolitan Line, which opened in 1863.
* The Growth of London, which tells the story of how London grew from a small city to the sprawling metropolis it is today.
* Digging Deeper, which tells the story of the construction of the London Underground, from the first excavations to the completion of the network.
* The Formation of London Transport, which tells the story of how London’s transport network was created, from the early days of horse-drawn carriages to the modern network we know today.
* On the Surface 1900-1945, which tells the story of how London’s transport network changed during the first half of the 20th century, from the introduction of electric trains to the outbreak of the Second World War.