Celebrating the Queen and the Capital’s transport

London’s world-famous public transport system has been keeping the city moving throughout the lifetime and reign of Queen Elizabeth II. In 2022, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee also coincides with the opening of the capital’s newest railway, the Elizabeth line.  

Over the Platinum Jubilee Weekend (2-5 June), kids visiting London Transport Museum will be given a colourful roundel adorned paper crown to mark the Royal occasion (while stocks last) and in the Museum’s café, Canteen, which is run by Benugo, guests can enjoy a special Jubilee cream tea and Victoria sponge cake, as well as colour-changing Elizabeth line inspired lemonade and cocktail.

During a visit to London Transport Museum, people can see vehicles and objects from 200 years of London’s history, including the Capital’s iconic red Routemaster bus which first entered service in 1954, the year after the Queen’s coronation.

Visitors can also marvel at how the Tube map has evolved as new lines have been built, learn to ‘drive’ an Elizabeth line train in the Future Engineers gallery and discover the secrets of disused stations that lie beneath the city’s streets in the award-winning Hidden London exhibition in the Global Gallery.