What Visitors Say
This museum is a fantastic experience and incredibly affordable! Admission is about £25 (roughly $31 USD), which actually acts as a yearly ticket. If you travel to London more than once a year—even coming from the US—it's a brilliant perk because you can return without having to pay again. The facility itself is exceptionally clean, with everything in perfect order and very easy to follow. The exhibits are logically laid out across three stories. You start back in the 1800s with the early carriage systems, then move into the era of locomotives and trams. Down on the bottom floor, you'll find a great collection of buses alongside some other vintage trams. While it’s not a massive museum, it is packed with highly informative panels. One of the best parts is the immersion: you can actually walk through some of the vintage trolleys to see exactly what they looked like back in the day, or peek through the windows of others. There are also a few interactive exhibits that are great for children. Overall, it was a perfectly organized, clean, and highly informative experience. Definitely worth the stop!
interesting exhibits on 4 floors but unfortunately has gone the way of most museums catering for school groups with a very much reduced collection than it used to have. focus is now on learning and child-height interactive stations, rather than the mass of interesting items and vehicles they used to have.
London Transport Museum is a fantastic place to visit with kids — there’s genuinely loads for them to do. The interactive exhibits are engaging, hands-on, and really well thought out, which kept the children entertained throughout while still being interesting for adults. We were especially lucky to visit when Santa was there, which made the whole experience even more magical and memorable for the kids. That extra festive touch really elevated the day. Overall, a brilliant family-friendly museum that’s both fun and educational. Highly recommend for a relaxed and enjoyable day out with children.
Such a fascinating museum with so many interactive exhibits and videos, and also stamps to collect. I learnt so much at the museum and it makes you really appreciate the transport we have here in London and just how much went into building the underground and maintaining it today. Would highly recommend to anyone - both tourists and locals!
Very well done museum! A full tour through Londons history. Excellent for kiddos! A bit pricey but it is London after all. Kudos to the museum for making it easy to check Brompton folding bikes and for easily accessible wifi. My only complaint is that id like to see more exhibits discussing cycling!
Highlights
Routemaster bus
Icon of London’s streets (1950s-2000s)Introduced in 1956 and built until 1968, the red Routemaster ran in regular service until 2005-light, partly aluminium, and designed for quick hop-on, hop-off travel.
Main Hall, Ground Floor
Victorian Underground
World’s first underground (1863)Steam trains began running beneath London on 10 January 1863, when the Metropolitan Railway opened its first section between Paddington and Farringdon, changing city travel forever.
Early London Railways, First Floor
Beck’s Tube map
Pioneering diagram (1933)In 1933, engineering draughtsman Harry Beck redrew the network as a circuit-style diagram, sacrificing geography for clarity and creating a template copied worldwide.
Design & Identity, First Floor
Elizabeth line design
London’s newest railway (opened 2022)Opened on 24 May 2022, the Elizabeth line spans about 73 miles, with wide platforms, step-free stations, and distinctive purple roundels designed for high-capacity travel.
Contemporary Transport, First Floor
Poster collection
World-class transport graphicsThe museum cares for more than 5,000 original posters and over 700 poster artworks, charting a century of design from Edward McKnight Kauffer to present-day commissions.
Posters & Graphics, First Floor
Opening Hours
Fun Facts
The world’s first Underground railway opened on 10 January 1863 between Paddington and Farringdon.
Harry Beck’s diagrammatic Tube map first appeared in 1933 and soon became the network’s standard.
The Routemaster bus entered service in 1956 and ran in daily service until 2005.
The Elizabeth line opened on 24 May 2022, ultimately spanning about 73 miles across London and beyond.
The museum holds 5,000+ posters and 700+ original poster artworks in its design collection.
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