Blog posts
From the French word for carpet, moquette is a tough woollen fabric, used on transport all over the world. It was introduced to London in the 1920s. How much do you know about the city's most iconic fabric?
To celebrate our 40th birthday, we've put together a quiz to test how much you know about the Museum, our collection and the big facts from our history. How much do you know?
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- Collections
- Q Stock Restoration
- Museum Depot
Our Q Stock story: one year on
, 3 minute readAn update on our Q Stock restoration project by Project Manager Jullian Urry.
Senior Curator Laura Sleath looks at Transport for London's long history of producing posters to keep passengers informed about upgrades to the network. This theme is further explored in our exhibition Untangling the Tracks,
Inspired by some of the stations highlighted in our Untangling the Tracks exhibition, you can now find out what Thameslink station you’re most like! Take our personality quiz below and share your results with us using the hashtag #UntanglingTheTracks.
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- Collections
- Exhibitions
Thameslink: A history through the city
By Laura Sleath, , 3 minute readOur latest exhibition Untangling the Tracks takes a closer look at the Thameslink Programme, a major project to increase capacity, improve connections and provide greater reliability on the Thameslink route. Senior Curator Laura Sleath tells us the history behind the only north-south mainline railway to cross London.
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- Collections
- Posters
Celebrating 150 years of the District line with our new Poster Parade
By Laura Sleath, , 2 minute readSenior Curator Laura Sleath presents some of the posters in our new Poster Parade, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the District line.
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- Collections
- Contemporary Curators
#MyJourneyToPride – Collecting LGBT+ experiences
By Ellie Miles,Documentary Curator Ellie Miles introduces our new My Journey to Pride project - asking you to document your journey to 2019 pride parades