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Covent Garden Piazza, London, WC2E 7BB Full details & map
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Among the vehicles on display at the London Transport Museum is the first underground electric train, which had no windows because there was nothing to see underground. The trouble was that no one could tell which stop they were at, a glitch resolved by employing an athletic announcer who ran to each carriage at every station, shouting out the stops. Dating from 1890, this is one of several museum exhibits you can board. The design gallery is a tribute to Frank Pick, the man responsible for rolling out the London Underground brand and giving each line its own character. For children, the London Transport Museum has an under-fives play area decorated with Steven Appleby illustrations and the chance to sit in the driver's cab of a red bus and guide a Northern Line simulator through tunnels and up to platforms - (truth be told, it's fun for adults, too).


Events at London Transport Museum

Sense and the City: Smart, Connected and on...

Until Sun Mar 18 Museums & Attractions

An exhibition about the ways in which emerging technologies are changing the way we access and experience London. Com...

Painting by Numbers: Making Sense of Statistics

Until Sun Mar 18 Museums & Attractions

A display about data visualisation -the presentation of information abstracted into a visual form - through over the ...

Junior Art Curators' Week

Until Fri Feb 17 Museums & Attractions

Daily family events for budding art curators. 'Make a Mini Art Gallery' (noon-1.30pm; age 5+); 'Design a Picture Fram...

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London Transport Museum

Covent Garden Piazza, London WC2E 7BB

Transport Covent Garden 

Telephone

020 7379 6344/020 7565 7299 (recorded info)

London Transport Museum website

10am-6pm Mon-Thur, Sat, Sun; 11am-6pm Fri (last adm 5.15pm)

£13.50, £10 concs, accompanied under-16s free; tickets valid for one year

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By Rob - Oct 16 2010

Don't forget the Museum's depot at Acton W3 - open 2-3 times a year including this weekend.

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