London Transport Museum

The London Transport Museum rocks. Nuff said. It's a little boy's dream. No I am not a little boy, but I umm.. empathise very well. This museum will appeal to more to those who have lived in London and have wondered how the public transport system developed. Not that it wouldn't appeal to anyone else (who doesn't like to see old trains and buses?) but yeah, you will appreciate it just that tad bit more.

It's not free like the majority of the other museums (£10 entry) but don't let that put you off. The exhibitions are set out in chronological order and begins on the ground floor.

Uponing entering the 'time machine' (which curiously looks a lot like an elevator) you are brought back to the year 1800 (maybe it was earlier than that but my camera didn't manage to capture it).

Even more curiouser, you have not only time-traveled, but you are also no longer on the ground floor - you're on the first floor! :D Your adventure within the museum is made all the more 'fun-er' with a card for which you obtain a stamp at each station. Oooh! :D

My first stamp! A horse and a cart!

A real horse and cart.

An interesting little fact about bulls in London.


(T-B, L-R) A man having difficulty with a train window. Me helping myself to the luggage. Sitting with the other 'passengers' (yes I was sitting in the display even though the sign didn't allow it). Smee doing a very good homeless impersonation.

The coolest coffee table ever! I want one!

The view of the trams and electric buses from the first floor.

Driving the kiddie bus. I even fit the uniform! Smee driving me on the bus. (Yes we asked a fellow tourist to take that photo for us).

In the kiddie bus. In the kiddie black cab.

A sample of the lost items left on the Tube.

Oh no! He's been hit by a bus!

Smee driving the 149 bus. It really does go to London Bridge! Me issuing bus tickets.

Yay! I got all the stamps! :D

Oooh yes, a very fun day out. The museum shop was full of all sorts of products plastered with the Tube roundel. Underwear with the tube map. A business shirt with the tube map (I'm sure all your male partners would love that *looks side to side*). Socks with the tube map. You could even buy furniture which is covered in the same fabric used on Tube seats. Sounds kinda ugh, but it was surprisingly funky. Anyone who lives in London and/or has a mild interest in public transport should make their way down to the Transport Museum - I'll come again with you!