 Climb aboard the celebrations for the 175th year of London's famous buses. The oldest motorbus at the Museums Acton Depot, the 1920 K-type will be on show alongside state of the art contemporary buses including a new hydrogen fuelled, zero emission bus. The new buses were introduced to London's streets this year and are not only environmentally friendly, but provide modern low-floor easy access.
The Museum has teamed up with Kew Bridge Steam Museum to provide a special discount ticket offer and free trips between the two venues on the first ever Routemaster bus. RM1 was revealed 50 years ago this year as the first prototype for the Routemaster and this is a unique opportunity to travel on a vintage classic.
The vehicles will be accompanied by an exhibition of early films, models, photographs and posters telling the story of Londonís buses since the first horse-bus journey from Paddington to Bank in 1829.
There will also be the opportunity to purchase a brand new model bus to be launched especially for this open weekend.
London's Transport Museum Depot in Acton Town is a unique working museum store, containing over 370, 000 items in the collection not on display at the Museum in Covent Garden. Objects include trains and buses, the famous poster collection and unusual items such as a one-man bomb shelter and the earliest known prototype for a spiral escalator. |
