| Free & Cheap, Weekend | By: Laura Reynolds
The ever-swarming Regent Street will be dominated by transport fanatics this weekend, as the world-famous road is closed to traffic to host London Transport Museum’s bus cavalcade.
It takes something special for us to consider setting foot in the heaving West End shopping district — particularly on a Sunday — but our inner transport geek is pretty excited about this one. Buses from the past 185 years will be on show in chronological order, from the earliest horse-drawn buses of the 1820s at the Piccadilly Circus end of the road, up to the most modern hydrogen, electricity and hybrid technology buses at Oxford Circus. Almost 50 vehicles will squeeze in between, a rare chance to get up close to London’s vehicular timeline.
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