London: The London Transport Museum
Wheelchair Accessibility:
Yes
Operating Hours:Daily: 10:00 - 18:00 (last entry 17:00). Closed: 24 - 26 December
The Vibe:Double-deckers, Tube carriages and poster art.
Covent Garden's converted Victorian flower-market building holds vintage horse-buses, early Tube carriages and the world's finest collection of transport poster art. It tells the story of how London moved from walking pace to 19 million daily journeys.
Full-size Routemaster buses sit on the gallery floor, open for climbing; Underground carriages from the 1890s wait beside their modern descendants. Children clamber onto a driver's seat; Edwardian tram bells still ring.
- • Holds the world's finest collection of London Transport posters and vehicles
- • Based in the former Victorian flower market at Covent Garden
- • Interactive family museum with climb-aboard vintage vehicles
- • Home to the original prototypes of iconic London buses and Tube trains
Fit For
- 👨👩👧 Families: Perhaps London's most kid-friendly museum — climb aboard everything
- 💕 Couples: Adults-only Late events with DJs and bar in the galleries
- 👵 Seniors: Full step-free access; benches throughout
- 📸 Photographers: Poster art galleries and vintage buses against industrial architecture
Highlights
- Routemaster bus — the iconic red double-decker, open to board and explore
- Steam Tube train — 1860s original, the world's first underground railway carriage
- Horse bus (1829) — the first London omnibus, pre-Tube transport
- Poster gallery — Harry Beck, Abram Games and London Transport's design heritage
- All Aboard play zone — designed for under-sevens
- Hidden depot tours — at Acton, accessible only by booking — Hidden Gem
Once You Reach
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