Our journey on the Emirates Cable car was certainly a unique experience.
O2 Arena
Tall Ships seen from cable Car
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Over the Thames (4)
Posted: May 17, 2017 in London, UKTags: Emirates Air Line Cable Car, River Thames
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Over the Thames (3)
Posted: May 10, 2017 in London, UKTags: Emirates Air Line Cable Car, River Thames
Canary Wharf
The Emirates Airline cable car gives some wonderful views over East London
O2 Arena
Riverside development
Riverboat Station
The area on both side of the river which was once industrial is now being developed for residential, commercial and leisure uses
An old Lightship moored on a wharf
Over the Thames (2)
Posted: May 3, 2017 in London, UKTags: Emirates Air Line Cable Car, River Thames
Olympic Stadium, Stratford
The emirates airline cable car allows wonderful views of East London.
O2 Arena
Thames Flood Barrier
East India Dock (now a nature reserve)
Excel Exhibition Centre
Docklands Light Railway
Over the Thames (1)
Posted: April 24, 2017 in London, UKTags: Emirates Air Line Cable Car, River Thames
On a recent visit to Greenwich for the tall ships Festival, Keith and I decided to take a ride on the emirates cable car.
In the middle of 2010, Transport forLondon announced plans to develop a cable car across the River Thames. It would connect North Greenwich to the Royal Victoria docks. The final design was 1100 m long with a clearance over the River of between 54 m and 87 m. The following year it was announced that it would be sponsored by Emirates airline and construction began in August of that year. The cable car was opened on 28 June 2012 just in time for the London Olympics, connecting venues in the dockland area with those at the O2 Arena in Greenwich.
The cable car has 34 gondolas, each carrying a maximum of 10 people (although from my experience 110 people would be quite a squash). At its peak, shortly after opening, it carried 42,500 people a week but this is now settled back to an average of 28,000 journeys per week.
