London Transport Museum

Last week I visited the London Transport Museum at Covent Garden.
I am mad about connections and if someone would give me a tube map or a bus map, I would read it for hours.
I was especially interested about the history of London Transport, as I heard a lot of stories from my aunt who worked on the buses as a conductress during the second world war.
The exhibition takes part on three floors. It starts in 1800 and carries on towards the centuries and ends in the future.
200 years ago the city was so crowded that people were looking for new solutions to get from one point to another faster.
That was when the first Omnibuses appeared who were drawn by horses.
I was also able to see the first underground railway, the metropolitan from 1963 which connected Paddington with Farringdon.
There are also other old underground and train carriages on display and visitors can read a lot about how it was to travel in the past.
There are also old London Transport posters and adverts on display.
One that I found very funny was about a huge answering machine from the 80s.
A visit to the museum is definitely worth it.
I was climbing on every bus or tram I was allowed to and enjoyed sitting down inside the old carriages.

Tickets to the London Transport Museum cost £ 10 for adults and £ 6 for students.

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