{"id":18104,"date":"2017-10-19T12:52:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=18104"},"modified":"2017-10-19T12:52:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:52:50","slug":"trams-trains-tubes-trolleybuses-and-buses-a-look-around-the-london-transport-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/trams-trains-tubes-trolleybuses-and-buses-a-look-around-the-london-transport-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses: a look around the London Transport Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-01.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Transport aficionados are going to love the London Transport Museum, a three floor attraction located in the Grade II-listed Flower Market building in Covent Garden Piazza.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-02.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The museum is dedicated to exploring the story of London and its transport system over the last 200 years, highlighting the powerful link between transport and the growth of modern London, culture and society since 1800.<\/p>\n<p>The collection originated in the 1920s, when the London General Omnibus Company decided to preserve two Victorian horse buses and an early motorbus for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>The Museum of British Transport opened in an old bus garage in Clapham, south London, during the 1960s, before moving to Syon Park in west London in 1973 as the London Transport Collection.<\/p>\n<p>In 1980, the public display moved again, this time to occupy the Victorian Flower Market building in Covent Garden as London Transport Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some photos from my recent visit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-03.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-04.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfurled bus destination blinds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-05.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I do love a good moquette.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Moquette, derived from the French word for carpet, is a type of woven pile fabric in which cut or uncut threads form a short dense cut or loop pile. As well as giving it a distinctive velvet-like feel, the pile construction is particularly durable, and ideally suited to applications such as public transport. Its upright fibres form a flexible, non-rigid surface, which are constantly displaced to give durability and anti-stain benefits. [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moquette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8212;<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-06.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tube locomotive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-07.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bit depressing when you see things in a museum that you can remember being in everyday use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-08.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-09.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steam engine! This is more like it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-10.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Preserved railway carriage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-12.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m digging the psychedelic moquette.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-13.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-15.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-14.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-16.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View from the top.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-17.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Horse drawn tram.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-18.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-19.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-20.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-21.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looks quite comfy inside.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-22.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-23.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-24.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-25.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-26.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-27.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-28.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-29.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-30.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-31.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-32.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This excellent exhibition runs until Nov 2018 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/poster-girls-a-century-of-wonderful-art-and-design-by-female-artists-at-the-london-transport-museum\/\">see a review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-33.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside the world&#8217;s first tube carriage, nicknamed &#8216;the padded cell.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-35.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The City &amp; South London Railway tube railway opened in 1890 with electric locomotives hauling three carriages like the above.<\/p>\n<p>Originally only provided with small windows, they were replaced with standard tube stock when the line was rebuilt in 1923.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-34.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-36.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Old posters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-37.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-38.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-39.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-40.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-41.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-42.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/london-transport-museum-43.jpg\" alt=\"Trams, trains, tubes, trolleybuses and buses at the London Transport Museum - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Museum info<\/h2>\n<p>London Transport Museum<br \/>\nCovent Garden Piazza<br \/>\nLondon WC2E 7BB.<br \/>\n\u2022 Advance online booking: adults \u00a316.00 (concessions \u00a313.50)<br \/>\n\u2022 On the door: adults \u00a317.50 (concessions \u00a315.00)<br \/>\n\u2022 Kids go free.<\/p>\n<p>For advance booking information, call +44 (0)20 7565 7298<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ltmuseum.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ltmuseum.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transport aficionados are going to love the London Transport Museum, a three floor attraction located in the Grade II-listed Flower Market building in Covent Garden Piazza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,456,17,193],"tags":[900,141,60,10,1779,51,1195,231,173,1783,1782],"class_list":["post-18104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-news","category-photos","category-places","tag-buses","tag-covent-garden","tag-history","tag-london","tag-london-transport-museum","tag-museum","tag-photos","tag-trains","tag-trams","tag-trolleybuses","tag-tubes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/london-transport-museum-01.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-4I0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18107,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18104\/revisions\/18107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}