North Greenwich tube station had its busiest day on Saturday since the start of the first coronavirus lockdown as people flocked to the Greenwich Peninsula for a sunny start to the bank holiday weekend. At least 43,684 people journeys started or ended at North Greenwich on Saturday, more than on any day, including weekdays, since […]
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News about the London Cable Car, once known as the Emirates Air Line and now called the IFS Cloud Cable Car.
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Cable car deal sparked Garden Bridge discussions, review transcripts reveal
They’re often both damned as Boris Johnson vanity projects – but recently-released documents have revealed how TfL’s ability to fund the Thames Cable Car sparked City Hall discussions about building the controversial Garden Bridge. In the interview, former TfL planning director Michele Dix reveals that a Royal Docks developer offered to sponsor a transport project […]
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How did Sadiq Khan get caught by the cable car’s finances?
Happy new year. Sorry, back to the cable car again. If you use public transport in London, 2016 opened with a fare rise – and that included the Emirates Air Line, which slapped 10p on an adult single trip. The annual round of fare rises also kicked off campaigning for May’s mayoral election, with the […]
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What next for the cable car? It still has no Oyster card commuters…
Last year, this website told you there were no Oyster card commuters. Guess what? There still aren’t any. There’s more in this story I’ve written for Londonist: Cable car still has no regular users. It’s the fourth year I’ve surveyed cable car usage in a typical October week. In 2012 and 2013 I did it […]
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Emirates Air Line cable car now has NO regular commuters
853 exclusive: It had just four regular commuters last year – now the Emirates Air Line cable car appears to have NO regular users at all between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, according to figures issued by Transport for London. No Oyster card holders used the £60m crossing more than five times during one […]
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Emirates Air Line commuter numbers drop to four, TfL admits
Just four regular commuters are now using the Emirates Air Line cable car between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, down from 16 last autumn. Hop over to The Scoop to find out more. TfL is still claiming the cable car “continues to play a key role in attracting investment to this strategically important part […]
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Just 16 commuters touching into Greenwich’s cable car
It’s a bit lonely up there in the mornings. More over at Snipe.
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No Travelcards on the two-speed Thames Cable Car
So London’s most baffling piece of public transport will open to the public a week on Thursday, with many unanswered questions about quite what it’s there for. London Reconnections has done a sparkling job on bringing together all the info on the Thames Cable Car, and last night the station was proudly displaying its EMIRATES […]
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