"The museum has almost become a victim of its own success with its post-covid recovery, and is now at times having to limit numbers in the building, and has queues outside to get in. Which isn't so nice when the weather is being stereotypically British. A Transport for London ( TfL) finance paper in March 2024 highlighted the issue, saying that "footfall and income at LTM is now capped by space and capacity constraints", and that "venue hire is sold out across the year on term-time Tuesdays and Wednesdays.""
"'With the Museum's 50th birthday on the horizon in 2030, this is the perfect time to take stock of where we want to be in another fifty years and be ambitious about how we can make our fantastic museum fit for the future. We're planning with colleagues across the organisation, thinking creatively about what the future will look like and the impact we want to make as an education and heritage charity. We look forward to sharing our plans as they develop. It is fantastic to have TfL's support and investment in their museum going forward'"
TfL has committed £12 million of capital funding to transform the London Transport Museum's Covent Garden site ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2030. Post‑COVID recovery has pushed visitor numbers so high that the museum sometimes limits entry and queues form outside, and venue hire is sold out on term‑time Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The museum recorded nearly 435,000 visitors at the Covent Garden site and almost 200,000 visitors to off‑site events in the year to March 2025. Specific upgrade plans will be announced later this year, and there is a long‑term possibility of developments at the Acton depot.
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