London’s Buses

The first public buses in London were horse-drawn and were introduced in 1829, when George Shillibeer introduced a 13-seater horse-drawn single-decker service between Marylebone and The Bank of England. They cost a shilling and the bus travelled at a steady rate of 12kms per hour. The operation...

London’s Taxis

The first London taxi, or Hackney carriage, appeared in the 1600s and were horse-drawn. A law requiring cab drivers to carry a bale of hay for their horse was only repealed in the 1970s. The carriages would originally have been horse-drawn and the...