From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
That cafe in the overspill at Woolwich done a cracking bacon roll. Quite a pleasurable way to cross the Thames.
That has long gone.
I know. Just reminiscing.
Most stress free way of getting from Blackfen to Canning Town. Sit in the motor, bacon roll, cup of tea and the daily paper. May have taken longer, but a far pleasurable route.
From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
Isn’t the Woolwich ferry in the ULEZ zone?
No, it is on the border, turn right [westbound] off the ferry ,Woolwich side, you are in the ULEZ zone, straight ahead or turn left [eastbound] you avoid the ULEZ zone.
From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
Isn’t the Woolwich ferry in the ULEZ zone?
No, it is on the border, turn right [westbound] off the ferry ,Woolwich side, you are in the ULEZ zone, straight ahead or turn left [eastbound] you avoid the ULEZ zone.
Until August this year and ulez covers all the way out to Bromley etc.
Give it another couple of years and ulez will cover everywhere but the Isles of Scilly.
From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
Isn’t the Woolwich ferry in the ULEZ zone?
No, it is on the border, turn right [westbound] off the ferry ,Woolwich side, you are in the ULEZ zone, straight ahead or turn left [eastbound] you avoid the ULEZ zone.
Until August this year and ulez covers all the way out to Bromley etc.
Give it another couple of years and ulez will cover everywhere but the Isles of Scilly.
From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
Isn’t the Woolwich ferry in the ULEZ zone?
No, it is on the border, turn right [westbound] off the ferry ,Woolwich side, you are in the ULEZ zone, straight ahead or turn left [eastbound] you avoid the ULEZ zone.
Until August this year and ulez covers all the way out to Bromley etc.
Give it another couple of years and ulez will cover everywhere but the Isles of Scilly.
Only if the Mayor gets his way (which he probably will).
There's been loads of push back though and not only from the public, but
borough councils that are getting eaten up by the new zone and who are refusing to
let the infrastructure for the expansion be placed on their land.
The only people hit hard by all this are everyday working
people, who can neither afford a car upgrade nor the £12.50(?) a day fee to go
into the new zone to work / school / hospital / etc. Pretty sure some of the
councils who aren't happy are claiming the air quality in their boroughs fall
well within the limits of what is acceptable.
Hard to say too much though as this will be another topic
that, if you disagree with, you’re obviously the opposite extreme. In this
case, a climate change denying flat earther.
From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
Isn’t the Woolwich ferry in the ULEZ zone?
No, it is on the border, turn right [westbound] off the ferry ,Woolwich side, you are in the ULEZ zone, straight ahead or turn left [eastbound] you avoid the ULEZ zone.
Until August this year and ulez covers all the way out to Bromley etc.
Give it another couple of years and ulez will cover everywhere but the Isles of Scilly.
Only if the Mayor gets his way (which he probably will).
There's been loads of push back though and not only from the public, but
borough councils that are getting eaten up by the new zone and who are refusing to
let the infrastructure for the expansion be placed on their land.
The only people hit hard by all this are everyday working
people, who can neither afford a car upgrade nor the £12.50(?) a day fee to go
into the new zone to work / school / hospital / etc. Pretty sure some of the
councils who aren't happy are claiming the air quality in their boroughs fall
well within the limits of what is acceptable.
Hard to say too much though as this will be another topic
that, if you disagree with, you’re obviously the opposite extreme. In this
case, a climate change denying flat earther.
Even if the councils push back, TFL ‘own’ a lot of the major roads through those boroughs and can install them whatever.
From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
Isn’t the Woolwich ferry in the ULEZ zone?
No, it is on the border, turn right [westbound] off the ferry ,Woolwich side, you are in the ULEZ zone, straight ahead or turn left [eastbound] you avoid the ULEZ zone.
Until August this year and ulez covers all the way out to Bromley etc.
Give it another couple of years and ulez will cover everywhere but the Isles of Scilly.
Thats one hell of a detour!
the ferry cant even cross the fucking Thames never mind going all the way along the south coast of England.
From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
Isn’t the Woolwich ferry in the ULEZ zone?
No, it is on the border, turn right [westbound] off the ferry ,Woolwich side, you are in the ULEZ zone, straight ahead or turn left [eastbound] you avoid the ULEZ zone.
Until August this year and ulez covers all the way out to Bromley etc.
Give it another couple of years and ulez will cover everywhere but the Isles of Scilly.
Only if the Mayor gets his way (which he probably will).
There's been loads of push back though and not only from the public, but
borough councils that are getting eaten up by the new zone and who are refusing to
let the infrastructure for the expansion be placed on their land.
The only people hit hard by all this are everyday working
people, who can neither afford a car upgrade nor the £12.50(?) a day fee to go
into the new zone to work / school / hospital / etc. Pretty sure some of the
councils who aren't happy are claiming the air quality in their boroughs fall
well within the limits of what is acceptable.
Hard to say too much though as this will be another topic
that, if you disagree with, you’re obviously the opposite extreme. In this
case, a climate change denying flat earther.
Even if the councils push back, TFL ‘own’ a lot of the major roads through those boroughs and can install them whatever.
Yeah I heard that, but the fact the councils are pushing back in the first place kind of tells us somethings not right.
From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
Isn’t the Woolwich ferry in the ULEZ zone?
No, it is on the border, turn right [westbound] off the ferry ,Woolwich side, you are in the ULEZ zone, straight ahead or turn left [eastbound] you avoid the ULEZ zone.
Until August this year and ulez covers all the way out to Bromley etc.
Give it another couple of years and ulez will cover everywhere but the Isles of Scilly.
Thats one hell of a detour!
the ferry cant even cross the fucking Thames never mind going all the way along the south coast of England.
They've both gone somewhere.
Chatham has been mentioned for modifications/repairs to be undertken.
I was chatting to people at work about going to uni and Freshers weeks etc as some of our kids were off to uni. One bloke at work who went to Greenwich uni glumly said that they weren't allowed a Freshers week as the previous year some students got out of hand and hijacked the Woolwich ferry,tied up the captain and drove the ferry up and down the Thames. I'm not sure how true that is but that does sound like a good Freshers night event!
I was chatting to people at work about going to uni and Freshers weeks etc as some of our kids were off to uni. One bloke at work who went to Greenwich uni glumly said that they weren't allowed a Freshers week as the previous year some students got out of hand and hijacked the Woolwich ferry,tied up the captain and drove the ferry up and down the Thames. I'm not sure how true that is but that does sound like a good Freshers night event!
I was chatting to people at work about going to uni and Freshers weeks etc as some of our kids were off to uni. One bloke at work who went to Greenwich uni glumly said that they weren't allowed a Freshers week as the previous year some students got out of hand and hijacked the Woolwich ferry,tied up the captain and drove the ferry up and down the Thames. I'm not sure how true that is but that does sound like a good Freshers night event!
Sounds like BS to me however if true maybe we could arrange a freshers six months and get them to sail back and forth whilst carrying a few passengers
From memory, it wasn't just £20m for the crap boats, but new berths had to be constructed and new ramps fitted as they are larger than the 3 boats they replaced.
I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
Isn’t the Woolwich ferry in the ULEZ zone?
No, it is on the border, turn right [westbound] off the ferry ,Woolwich side, you are in the ULEZ zone, straight ahead or turn left [eastbound] you avoid the ULEZ zone.
Until August this year and ulez covers all the way out to Bromley etc.
Give it another couple of years and ulez will cover everywhere but the Isles of Scilly.
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I've tried to get on the new boats twice, but both times there was a fault and I couldn't do it.
I'm hoping third time lucky next month. I bloody hope so, or I'll be forced into the ulez zone with a no compliant van through the Blackwall Tunnel.
Sit in the motor, bacon roll, cup of tea and the daily paper.
May have taken longer, but a far pleasurable route.
Give it another couple of years and ulez will cover everywhere but the Isles of Scilly.
Only if the Mayor gets his way (which he probably will). There's been loads of push back though and not only from the public, but borough councils that are getting eaten up by the new zone and who are refusing to let the infrastructure for the expansion be placed on their land.
The only people hit hard by all this are everyday working people, who can neither afford a car upgrade nor the £12.50(?) a day fee to go into the new zone to work / school / hospital / etc. Pretty sure some of the councils who aren't happy are claiming the air quality in their boroughs fall well within the limits of what is acceptable.
Hard to say too much though as this will be another topic that, if you disagree with, you’re obviously the opposite extreme. In this case, a climate change denying flat earther.
Chatham has been mentioned for modifications/repairs to be undertken.
https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2023/06/16/woolwich-ferry-to-close-for-up-to-six-weeks/