The three buses that run through the Blackwall and Silvertown Tunnels will remain free until May 27, Transport for London has said. The concession was introduced in April last year to promote the Silvertown Tunnel and the two routes running through it – the 129 between Lewisham and Great Eastern Quay and the SL4 between […]
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More Silvertown Tunnel buses would be ‘moving fresh air around’, councillors told
Running more buses through the Silvertown Tunnel would simply be “moving fresh air around”, a TfL representative has told Greenwich councillors after being questioned on why so few routes will use the new link. Chris Lynch, a TfL planner, said that if councils such as Greenwich wanted new routes they should be getting money from […]
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Silvertown Tunnel bus routes will be free even if you don’t cross the Thames
All three bus routes serving the Blackwall Tunnel and the new Silvertown Tunnel will be free of charge for their entire length for a year, Transport for London has confirmed. TfL’s offer means that canny passengers on both sides of the Thames will be able to travel free on services that don’t involve crossing the […]
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Few people would use Silvertown Tunnel buses from Woolwich or Eltham, TfL says
Transport for London has said that only a “relatively small number of people” would use buses from Woolwich via the Silvertown Tunnel – despite the £2 billion road link being touted as a “public-transport-focused” river crossing by the mayor. Details of new bus routes that would use the tunnel, which is due to open in […]
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