London Transport Museum
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Discover 200 years of London’s transport evolution through historic vehicles, posters, and interactive exhibits at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden.
Planning your visit
The London Transport Museum occupies the old Victorian flower market building in Covent Garden, and its collection covers two centuries of moving people around a city that was the first to face the problem at this scale.
The vehicles are the substance: horse buses, the world's first underground trains from 1863, tube stock across the decades, trams, trolleybuses and Routemasters, most of which visitors can board. The route runs chronologically from the top floor down.
The design collection is what elevates it. London Transport was among the most sustained patrons of graphic design in the twentieth century — Harry Beck's diagrammatic tube map of 1933, Edward Johnston's typeface, Charles Holden's station architecture, and thousands of commissioned posters — and the museum treats that as a coherent design programme, which it was, and which shaped how public transport is presented worldwide.
Children's play areas and a well-stocked shop complete it. Tickets are typically annual passes. Allow two to three hours. The main booking is an entrance ticket. Current availability is listed below.
Before you book
Where is London Transport Museum?
London Transport Museum is in London, United Kingdom. The map on this page marks its exact location.
How long should I allow for London Transport Museum?
Allow two to three hours. That is the time the collection itself takes at an unhurried pace, before any queue.
Do I need to book London Transport Museum in advance?
Tickets can be bought on the door at quiet times, but booking ahead fixes the date and avoids the queue at busy ones. Live availability is shown on this page.
