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  1. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Introducing our new Young Freelancers (2022-2023)

    , 2 minute read

    Meet our new cohort of Young Freelancers, joining our team for a year as part of our Young People's Skills Programme.

    Seven people laughing while posing outside the Museum Depot
  2. Blog category
    •  Volunteers
    •  Collections

    London Transport at War: Recruitment Posters from the First World War

    By Nick Gill, , 3 minute read

    Find out how poster commisions by the the Underground Group contributed to recruitment propaganda at the beginning of the First World War, with Museum Depot volunteer Nick Gill.

    Poster depicting soldiers marching through ruined buildings
  3. Blog category
    •  Guest blog

    Discover Abellio's electric bus at our summer Depot Open Days

    , 2 minute read

    Find out more about Abellio's state of the art electric bus operating on route 63, before you can admire it up close at our Depot Open Days on 2-3 July 2022.

    A 63 bus crossing waterloo bridge
  4. Olga Konopka, Project Delivery Engineer at Crossrail, shares her experience working in engineering and being part of one the biggest transport project of the last years.

    Olga standing in front of a giant Elizabeth line roundel
  5. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    West Side Story – Marking the fifth anniversary of Grenfell

    , 2 minute read

    To mark the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, young residents who lost friends in the disaster have produced a charity single called ‘West Side Story’, with the support of the non-profit organisation One Vibe. Our current Khadija Saye Photography Fellow, Hannah Daisy, photographed the launch event on 6 May 2022. Find out more.

    People standing on the platform at Ladbroke Grove station
  6. Blog category
    •  Exhibitions
    •  Guest blog

    Leaving a Legacy

    , 2 minute read

    Josh Burrell, Senior Press Officer at TfL, shares insights of his experience as a member of the Advisory Board behind our exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce.

    A man standing in front of a screen with words from a poem
  7. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Early Explorer Mornings for schools are back!

    Find out what goes on at our Early Explorer Mornings designed for schools and familie with SEND.

    Person in 1930s clothes sitting in a vintage carriage
  8. Blog category
    •  Volunteers
    •  Collections

    The Art of the Poster - London Transport at War: Second World War

    By Nick Gill, , 3 minute read

    A look at wartime posters commissioned by London Transport during the Second World War, with Museum Depot volunteer Nick Gill.

    Illustration of a man, woman and child in a field