By Ellie Miles, Documentary Curator Did you know that London Underground has its own football league? Every year two divisions of teams compete for the cup. It’s a popular competition with non-league enthusiasts. The London Underground Football League was set up in 1996. In the early years you had to work on a particular line to play for their squad. Since then it’s been opened up to all TfL employees, and players can transfer without changing jobs! Piccadilly FC players in their new moquette-inspired 2020 kit, London Transport Museum, September 2020 Transport employee sports teams have a long ..read more

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By Elizabeth McKay, Chief Operating Officer I’ve been thinking about a poster I had as a child that exhorted, When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and how appropriate it is for the challenges we’re all facing with the pandemic. What this proverbial expression encapsulates is the optimism that you can think your way out of a problem, find solutions, create something new that can be transformative and better, in short, to innovate. We all know the pandemic has been massively disruptive and absolutely devastating to many, and we’re only starting to see the tip of the iceberg in terms of bus ..read more

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By Sam Mullins OBE, Museum Director Tucked away over the bridge by Acton Town station, our Museum Depot is one of west London’s best kept secrets. The huge warehouse and operational base of London Transport Museum, the Depot is a transport Aladdin’s Cave and only usually open to the public for special weekends, guided tours and schools’ visits. But this summer, as a local response to the easing of lockdown, the Museum Depot will be open with a special ten-day family programme. We have long nurtured the idea of a family summer camp at our Museum Depot. Easy access from west London, the outdoor ..read more

By Fenella Goodhart, Head of Learning, and Matt Brosnan, Head Curator Planning is now underway to get the London Transport Museum’s Depot in Acton open in August.  We can’t wait to welcome visitors and staff back and to unlock this treasure trove of London’s transport history. We are planning a family experience at the Depot for two weeks  from 19-23 and 26-30 August 2020.  It will be a timed ticket offer so that we can control numbers and ensure a safe and relaxing experience for visitors.  We will create a trail of the Depot vehicle sheds which will not only reveal some o ..read more

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Geoff Rowe, Assistant Director of Operations and Resourcing Protecting your health, safety and wellbeing are key to you being able to enjoy yourself and having confidence in us that we can provide a safe Museum experience. As our minds turn to opening our Museum Depot in Acton and Covent Garden again to visitors, your Health and Safety is our top key priority. The Government have issued their guidance on re-starting the visitor economy and Visit Britain have successfully launched their `We’re good to go` industry standard. My team and I have read and re-read this guidance and are putting th ..read more

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By Sau-Fun Mo, Head of Design and Presentation Around the world, we are seeing countries and cities slowly easing restrictions that were put in place to control and minimise the spread of a highly dangerous virus. We have yet to understand the full scale of the impact that this killer virus will have on our economy, our children’s education, employment and sadly, the loss of loved ones. After several weeks of lockdown in the safety of our own homes, children, adults, employees and customers alike are cautiously stepping back into the real world. In order to try and get back to some kind of no ..read more