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Travel on our heritage collection

What better way to experience our collection than to travel on it?

We regularly run a variety of heritage rail and road events, from art deco Tube trips in Metroland, to steam train events at locations in and around London.

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Steam on the Underground - District 150

As part of our celebrations with Transport for London to celebrate 150 years of the District line, we ran a special Victorian steam train on the Underground for the final time in central London.

On Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June 2019, commemorative steam-powered journeys between Ealing Broadway and High Street Kensington were run, giving people the opportunity to experience what it would have been like to travel on District line when it first opened on Christmas Eve 1868. 

It was the final time a heritage steam train would travel in central London on the Underground, due to the installation of a new signalling system on the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines.

A steam train pulling into a train platform with two women dressed in Victorian outfits
Met Steam Loco No.1
A crowd of people on a platform looking at Met loco No.1

More stories about heritage vehicles in our collection

Here we focus on ten significant and unusual rail vehicles that have interesting stories to tell about how travel in the capital has changed.

London Underground 1938 Tube stock driving motor car, No. 11012, 1939

Here we focus on ten road vehicles that have interesting stories to tell about how travel in the capital has changed.

Road vehicle; AEC RT-type double deck motor bus, RT4712, 1954

Our Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive dates from 1866. Read more about the only surviving steam locomotive from the early years of the world’s first Underground.

Metropolitan Railway A class 4-4-0T steam locomotive No. 23, 1866

‘Knifeboard’ buses were the first double-deckers. Learn more about the bus which ran in the 1870s and 1880s owned by Thomas Tilling, one of London’s biggest bus operators.

Thomas Tilling 'Knifeboard' type horse bus, circa 1875

The Stephenson horse tram in our collection was built in the USA. Read more about tramways and Stephenson's who were considered the most experienced tramcar builders in the world.

London Tramways Company double deck horse tram No 284, built by John Stephenson & Co New York, 1882

The RT type bus formed London’s largest ever standardised bus fleet. Learn more about the bus which served London for 40 years.

AEC RT-type double deck motor bus bonnet No RT4712, 1954

More events at London Transport Museum

Enjoy workshops, activities, talks, tours and more during one of our popular Museum Lates or After Dark events, both at the Museum and from the comfort of your home!

Two young women laughing during a Museum After Dark event standing in front of a map of London. The woman on the left is drinking an Elizabeth line cocktail with is changing colour from blue to purple. The woman on the right is wearing a stripy black and white top and is holding a red Routemaster cocktail

Explore the Depot on three open weekends each year. Discover rare road and rail vehicles spanning over 100 years, signs, ceramic tiles, original posters, ephemera, ticket machines, and more.

People walking between trains at the Acton Depot

Go behind the scenes on a guided tour at our working Depot in Acton and explore the treasure trove of items from our collection.

A group of people between red and green buses at the Depot