
In 1980, the public displays moved again, this time to occupy the Flower Market building in Covent Garden as the London Transport Museum
The Museum Depot is located in Acton, West London, and was opened in October 1999, The depot provides 6,000 square metres of storage space in secure, environmentally controlled conditions and houses over 370,000 items of all types, including many original works of art used for the Museum's collections of posters, signs, models, photographs, engineering drawings and uniforms.
In 2002, London Transport became Transport for London and, to reflect this, the Museum changed its name to London's Transport Museum.
The collection has had a number of homes. It was housed as part of the Museum of British Transport at a disused tram depot in Clapham High Street (now a supermarket) from 1963 to 1972, and then at Syon Park in Brentford from 1973 to 1977, before being moved to Covent Garden in 1980. The Covent Garden building has on display many examples of buses, trams, trolleybuses and rail vehicles from 19th and 20th centuries as well as artifacts and exhibits related to the operation and marketing of passenger services and the impact that the developing transport network has had on the city and its population.
Normally entry fare of The London Transport Museum for Adult is £10.00, The visiting time is as Saturday to Thursday (10.00 to 18.00), the last entry is at 17.15 and on Friday (11.00 to 18.00), the last entry is at 17.15.It is closed on Closed: 24, 25 & 26 December. You can buy “London Pass” and visit 71 Attractions in London instead of buying tickets at each attraction. It can save your time and energy.
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