London Transport Museum

Open regularly

City: London (United Kingdom).

Opened: 1973 at Syon Park.
Closed: 1980 because of relocation.
Reopened: March 28, 1980 at Covent Garden.
Closed: September 4, 2005 because of renovation.
Reopened: November 22, 2007 at Covent Garden.
Closed: March 2020 because of COVID-19.
Reopened: September 7, 2020 at Covent Garden.
Closed: March 2021 because of COVID-19.
Reopened: August 9, 2021.

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Current trams at the museum

Bilevel rail car: 102, 290, 355, 585, 1025.

Horse-drawn tram: 2.

Glasgow Corporation Tramways
Closed

Bilevel rail car: 585.

London Transport Executive (LTE)
Closed

Bilevel rail car: 102, 290, 355, 1025.

Horse-drawn tram: 2.

Former trams at the museum

Horse-drawn tram: ?.

Open bilevel horse-drawn tram: 14.

Chesterfield Tramways Company
Closed

Horse-drawn tram: ?.

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway
Summer operation only

Open bilevel horse-drawn tram: 14.

Indicative opening hours

Monday to Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm

See the official opening hours.

Address

Covent Garden Piazza
London, WC2E 7BB

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Photos from London Transport Museum

Entrance ticket for London Transport Museum (1985)By Henrik Boye, London Transport Museum.
March 11, 1985.

Archive photo: London bilevel rail car 355 in Syon Park (1978)By Michael Olsen.
September 2, 1978.

London bilevel rail car 1025 in Covent Garden (1985)By Henrik Boye.
March 11, 1985.

Postcard: London bilevel rail car 290 in Covent Garden (1983)LTM 167 Museum mural showing Metropolitan Railway A-class steam loco, LGOC B-type bus and West Ham tram. Painted by Simon Kibblewhite, 1983.By Henrik Boye, London Transport Museum - 1983.

Archive photo: London bilevel rail car 1025 in Syon Park (1978)By Michael Olsen.
September 2, 1978.

Drawing: London bilevel rail car 290 outside Covent Garden (1985)By Henrik Boye.
March 11, 1985.

Postcard: London horse tram (1960)Built by George F. Milnes & Co. Ltd. of Birkenhead in 1897, the car operate until 1904. It has seating capacity for 16 passengers and the body framework is of oak, there are four main side windows, glazed on 4 wheels, the brake being operated by a ratchet type handle mounted on the platform which applies cast iron shoes to all wheels. A paraffin lamp on the near side at each end of the saloon provides interior illumination and acts as an exterior direction light. This car is preserved at the Museum of British Transport, London, S.W.4By Henrik Boye, J. Arthur Dixon - 1960.

London by Transport Museum (1985)Museum London Transport ShopBy Henrik Boye - March 11, 1985.

Archive photo: London bilevel rail car 102 in Syon Park (1978)By Michael Olsen.
September 2, 1978.

London horse tram 2 in Covent Garden (1985)By Henrik Boye.
March 11, 1985.

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Last updated: January 18, 2026.