Transport
Journey through our objects, stories and blogs connected to transport in London.
Blogs-And-Stories
King’s Cross Station: To Hogwarts & Edinburgh
It’s the terminus with links to “The North” and an orphaned boy wizard
London’s famous bridges
Bridges have helped Londoners cross the Thames for 2,000 years – here's the best of them
Building a Victorian underground railway
Henry Flather’s photos of the Metropolitan District Railway show a transport revolution in action
London buses: Red, iconic, double-decked
You wait for ages, then all you need to know about London buses comes along at once
What is the Cutty Sark?
How the speediest ship on the late 19th-century seas came to a standstill in Greenwich
What were London’s turnpikes?
In the 1700s and 1800s, travelling on London’s main roads came with a cost
Post-war photographs of the working River Thames
Sandra Flett’s snapshot of trade and industry on London’s liquid highway
When London moved by tram
Powered by horses, then electricity, London’s tram network was once the largest in the world
The sinking of the Princess Alice
Catastrophe struck on the River Thames in 1878 when a cargo ship collided with a tourist boat
When did London get electricity?
Between 1901 and 1910, London began to find its spark
The last galleried coaching inns left in London
These Victorian photos captured the decline of historic rest stops for travellers and their horses
Hailing the history of London’s black cabs
The must-have knowledge on the city’s iconic taxis
John Davies’ photos of major London roads
John Davies’ photos of the city remind us how roads divide, define and dominate its landscape
The 7/7 London bombings, 2005
On 7 July 2005, 52 people were killed by terrorists targeting London’s transport network
Euston: London's most divisive station
A grand Victorian terminus turned spacious 1960s rectangle
