London Transport Museum depot opens its doors to public with 400,000 artifacts from last 150 years on display

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This weekend, the London Transport Museum is opening the doors of its depot in Acton, West London to the public.

 

Among the 400,000 artifacts on display are historic road and rail vehicles, thousands of posters and artworks, signage, engines, models, uniforms and ticket machines.

 

Visitors will also have the opportunity to get behind the wheel of a taxi as well as hear about its history.

The transformation of the London bus: Today, the capital has one of the biggest bus networks in the world. Approximately 7,500 red buses carry more than six million passengers each weekday throughout Greater London

Stand back from the platform edge: A woman views the conserved trains in the London Transport Museum Depot in Acton. The museum, which houses over 400,000 objects, will open its doors to the public this weekend

Another era: the upper deck of a conserved tram. Trams were introduced to London in 1860. Operation Tramaway phased them out and replaced them with diesel buses by 1952. They were re-introduced in 2000 and now three lines run over 38km of track in South London

Artifacts from long ago: Visitors will have the opportunity to view how buses and taxis evolved over the years. Among the collection are models from 1912, 1934 and the modern day TX4

A volunteer examines a collection of historic transport maps in the London Transport Museum Depot. Until 1933, London's transport maps followed a familiar geographic style that mirrored the landscape of the city. Then, Harry Beck produced a simple diagrammatic map that is still used today

Destination unknown: Before motor taxis with meters were introduced onto the streets of London, cabs operated on a fixed rate per mile system. There were often disputes over the price, however, as the distance could only be estimated

 

 Visitors to the open weekend will see signs for directing passengers to the lavatories (above) as well as wooden printing blocks in London Underground typeface

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