SIGHTS IN LONDON - London 2015 - page 79

▲ London Transport Museum
This modern, well-presented museum, located right at Covent Garden, is fun for kids and
thought-provoking for adults (if a bit overpriced). Whether you're cursing or marveling
at the buses and Tube, the growth of Europe's third-biggest city (after Moscow and Istan-
bul) has been made possible by its public transit system. Kids enjoy picking up the “stamp
card,” then punching it with old-fashioned ticket punchers at the different exhibits.
Cost and Hours: £ 15, ticket good for one year, kids under 18 free, Sat-Thu
10:00-18:00, Fri 11:00-18:00, last entry 45 minutes before closing; pleasant upstairs
café with Covent Garden view; in southeast corner of Covent Garden courtyard, Tube:
Covent Garden, switchboard tel. [phone], recorded info tel. [phone],
www.ltmuseum.co.uk .
Visiting the Museum: After you enter, take the elevator up to the top floor...and the
year 1800, when horse-drawn vehicles ruled the road. London invented the notion of a
public bus traveling a set route that anyone could board without a reservation. Next, you
descend to the first floor and the world's first underground Metro system, which used