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  1. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    Family volunteering at the Museum Depot

    , 3 minute read

    Volunteer Resource Manager Sam Clift report back from our fist family volunteering day at the Museum Depot. The day provided families with an opportunity to visit our Museum Depot on a weekend afternoon, and spend some recreational time together helping to maintain the tracks of our London Transport Mu

    A men and two children walking by a red tube train
  2. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Q Stock Restoration
    •  Museum Depot

    Our Q Stock story: one year on

    , 3 minute read

    An update on our Q Stock restoration project by Project Manager Jullian Urry.

    Volunteers working on the inside of a train car
  3. Blog category
    •  Exhibitions
    •  Collections

    Untangling the Tracks: communicating change

    , 2 minute read

    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,

    A young woman looks at posters
  4. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot

    Celebrating 20 years of the Museum Depot

    , 3 minute read

    Our Museum Depot celebrates its 20th anniversary this year! Find out all about this marvellous transport treasure trove in Acton Town.

    View of three historic trains, one yellow, one red and one white and green
  5. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog
    •  Hidden London

    Uncovering Hidden London

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, , 3 minute read

    In this blog, our Director talks all things Hidden London, from the new immersive exhibition at the Museum and a brand new illustrated book, to the popular Hidden London tours of disused stations across the transport network.

    A section of the Hidden London exhibition showing a disused ticket window and desk
  6. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Exhibitions

    Thameslink: A history through the city

    By Laura Sleath, , 3 minute read

    Our 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.

    Print of works on a railway
  7. Blog category
    •  Museum Depot
    •  Families

    Love Your Line - Museum Depot Open Weekend

    , 3 minute read

    Celebrating the Victoria Line's 50th, Jubilee Line's 40th and District Lines 150th anniversaries at the Acton Depot Open Weekend. Find out more about the Tube lines you Love!

    illustrated advert for Love Your Line, with a mimic of the Tube map in the shape of hearts along the lines
  8. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Picking up speed in 2019

    By Sam Mullins, OBE,

    Our Director, Sam Mullins, takes a look at what's coming up in 2019

    Sam Mullins OBE standing on the back of Battle Bus