A Saturday Visit To The London Transport Museum

Two old double decker buses.
They would make great motor homes.
Low bridge everybody down.

Solid rubber tires - yikes

My grandson loves buses - trains - trucks - planes - and cars. So I thought a visit to the Transport Museum was in order. We walked from our apartment to Convent Gardens. Admission for Lulu and I was 15 pounds - not bad when you consider that it is a full year pass. 

The museum covers the history of the subway - bus - train - and taxi traffic in London. London is a city of 8 million people and getting around is a major undertaking. If you choose to drive your car here - there is a daily congestion fee of 15 pounds. It makes you think twice about owning a car in town. If you choose an electric car - they waive that daily fee. 

In the 1950s - London had a very serious air pollution problem. The smoke from brown coal fireplaces - and cars and trains - made a pea soup smog that killed people. Today - the coal fires are banned - the chimneys and fireplaces plugged. Buses are burning natural gas - electricity - and now even hydrogen fuel. Subways are completely electric. 

I really like riding the bus and Tube. A single ride cost 1.5 pounds. When you use the Oyster transportation card - it limits your cost to 7 pounds a day. We took a taxi home after the museum - and it was 9 euros. It is a much nicer door to door ride - instead of hauling the stroller up and down the Tube. Of course the bus and subway are flat rates - while the taxi is more for long rides. Sometimes when you are exhausted - the taxi is really a great refuge. 

The Apple Store is in Covent Garden Square by TheTransport Museum. There are lots of street entertainers in that square. If you saw the movie - A Streetcat Named Bob - this is where he used to hang out and entertain. 

Horse drawn rail trolley.

Trolley upper deck

Trains cars used to have compartments.
One door  for each compartment. 

Wonderful upper deck bus.

Museum is an old car barn

Kids loved playing old buses.

Lulu loved driving the Library 7 bus.

Just like grandpa.

Note luggage in cab.

I rode these double trolleys
in Hong Kong.

Upper deck reminds me of school bus.

Original Tube cars.

Planes - trains - automobiles.
He loves garbage trucks. 

Museum store

Train time. 

New Hydrogen powered bus on street.

The only exhaust is water vapor.