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The Woolwich Ferry

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  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    I took my car across on one a couple of months ago. Wasnt terrible.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,708
    Were these boats ordered as a job lot with the London Stadium?
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,111
  • Leeds_Addick
    Leeds_Addick Posts: 4,713
    stackitsteve said:
    I could see and hear this from my balcony in East Greenwich last night. Could only see it above buildings obscuring the river though so looked bizarre.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,679
    It'll break down now.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,782
    stackitsteve said:
    Someone pulled the bath plug out?
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,912
    Baldybonce said:
    It'll break down now.

    I think that was the problem - it already had. You can hear the skipper shouting "why the f*ck won't this thing go straight??"
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,566

    Woolwich Ferry resumes one-boat service

    The Woolwich Ferry has resumed a one-boat service, after it had been suspended when crew members tested positive for coronavirus.

    The service, which links Woolwich and North Woolwich, was stopped on 4 December after some staff members needed to self-isolate.

    The ferry will continue to run between 07:00 and 19:00 Monday to Saturday, and 11:30 to 19:30 on Sundays, with a service approximately every 20-25 minutes.

    An enhanced deep cleaning regime is in place, in line with Covid-19 secure guidelines, said current operator Briggs Marine.

    Transport for London is set to take over the management at the end of the month.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/london

  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,048
    I thought it was because of the fog they stopped.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,014
    Fog, mechanical problems, Coronavirus, staff shortages, plague of locusts...

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  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,048
    killerandflash said:
    Fog, mechanical problems, Coronavirus, staff shortages, plague of locusts...
    Just a winter of despair really.
  • CatfordCat
    CatfordCat Posts: 220
    encountered this on youtube today (as usual found it while trying to find something else) - 1961 version of the woolwich ferry (the paddle steamers had a couple of years to go before the diesel boats replaced them)
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,566

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kf6KSVcqBI

    Ferry Tale of Woolwich

  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,566
    https://853.london/2023/02/16/shoddy-woolwich-ferry-closed-for-two-weeks-for-more-upgrade-works/
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,137
    Khan's done well there. £20 million well spent
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,658
    MrWalker said:
    Khan's done well there. £20 million well spent
    Seems cheap as opposed to the cable car at £60 million. That’s just a pointless waste of money.
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,244
    I was told by a guy controlling the queue at the Woolwich end that one captain is currently off sick and this means one ferry can't operate. 

    If TfL only have 2 captains there is no way that the service can run 7 days a week which it should do.
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,916
    Apparently one boat will be off to Chatham for repairs during this period 
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,137
    edited February 2023
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    MrWalker said:
    Khan's done well there. £20 million well spent
    Seems cheap as opposed to the cable car at £60 million. That’s just a pointless waste of money.
    I thought you weren't a fan of whataboutery?
    At least there's an income from the cable car.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,066
    MrWalker said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    MrWalker said:
    Khan's done well there. £20 million well spent
    Seems cheap as opposed to the cable car at £60 million. That’s just a pointless waste of money.
    I thought you weren't a fan of whataboutery?
    At least there's an income from the cable car.
    I’d argue that that pales into insignificance compared to the value that the Ferry provides as a key crossing point for traffic.  That doesn’t mean that TfL haven’t cocked up here, or that they need to get it sorted quickly. 

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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,922
    Never been on the ferry. 
    How many cars does it take across each day ? 
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,137
    edited February 2023
    MrOneLung said:
    Never been on the ferry. 
    How many cars does it take across each day ? 
    From today until 9th March, it's approximately 0 cars per day.

    Over 7000 passengers a weekday, usually.
  • Bromley Graham
    Bromley Graham Posts: 405
    TelMc32 said:
    MrWalker said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    MrWalker said:
    Khan's done well there. £20 million well spent
    Seems cheap as opposed to the cable car at £60 million. That’s just a pointless waste of money.
    I thought you weren't a fan of whataboutery?
    At least there's an income from the cable car.
    I’d argue that that pales into insignificance compared to the value that the Ferry provides as a key crossing point for traffic.  That doesn’t mean that TfL haven’t cocked up here, or that they need to get it sorted quickly. 
    Net cost of the cable car, after Emirates sponsorship  was, i believe, £24 million and it apparently operates at a profit. Sure it has a use but the ferry is vital for loads that are not allowed to use the Dartford Crossing and avoids them having to go around the M25. Not sure about the danger of these loads going through Woolwich and Beckton though.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Bromley Graham said:
    TelMc32 said:
    MrWalker said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    MrWalker said:
    Khan's done well there. £20 million well spent
    Seems cheap as opposed to the cable car at £60 million. That’s just a pointless waste of money.
    I thought you weren't a fan of whataboutery?
    At least there's an income from the cable car.
    I’d argue that that pales into insignificance compared to the value that the Ferry provides as a key crossing point for traffic.  That doesn’t mean that TfL haven’t cocked up here, or that they need to get it sorted quickly. 
    Net cost of the cable car, after Emirates sponsorship  was, i believe, £24 million and it apparently operates at a profit. Sure it has a use but the ferry is vital for loads that are not allowed to use the Dartford Crossing and avoids them having to go around the M25. Not sure about the danger of these loads going through Woolwich and Beckton though.
    You make a good point BG but I am struggling to think of something that is not allowed through the tunnel yet is allowed on a ferry boat. What are we talking about explosive material?
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,912
    edited February 2023
    eaststandmike said:
    Bromley Graham said:
    TelMc32 said:
    MrWalker said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    MrWalker said:
    Khan's done well there. £20 million well spent
    Seems cheap as opposed to the cable car at £60 million. That’s just a pointless waste of money.
    I thought you weren't a fan of whataboutery?
    At least there's an income from the cable car.
    I’d argue that that pales into insignificance compared to the value that the Ferry provides as a key crossing point for traffic.  That doesn’t mean that TfL haven’t cocked up here, or that they need to get it sorted quickly. 
    Net cost of the cable car, after Emirates sponsorship  was, i believe, £24 million and it apparently operates at a profit. Sure it has a use but the ferry is vital for loads that are not allowed to use the Dartford Crossing and avoids them having to go around the M25. Not sure about the danger of these loads going through Woolwich and Beckton though.
    You make a good point BG but I am struggling to think of something that is not allowed through the tunnel yet is allowed on a ferry boat. What are we talking about explosive material?
    Height/width restrictions most likely rather than type of cargo. 
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,125
    MrWalker said:
    Khan's done well there. £20 million well spent
    £20m is hardly anything in the grand schemes of things. I like how the Mayor gets personally blamed for all of the London's problems!  :)
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,405
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    MrWalker said:
    Khan's done well there. £20 million well spent
    £20m is hardly anything in the grand schemes of things. I like how the Mayor gets personally blamed for all of the London's problems!  :)
    Coz he's a mayor init!


  • Bromley Graham
    Bromley Graham Posts: 405
    bobmunro said:
    eaststandmike said:
    Bromley Graham said:
    TelMc32 said:
    MrWalker said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    MrWalker said:
    Khan's done well there. £20 million well spent
    Seems cheap as opposed to the cable car at £60 million. That’s just a pointless waste of money.
    I thought you weren't a fan of whataboutery?
    At least there's an income from the cable car.
    I’d argue that that pales into insignificance compared to the value that the Ferry provides as a key crossing point for traffic.  That doesn’t mean that TfL haven’t cocked up here, or that they need to get it sorted quickly. 
    Net cost of the cable car, after Emirates sponsorship  was, i believe, £24 million and it apparently operates at a profit. Sure it has a use but the ferry is vital for loads that are not allowed to use the Dartford Crossing and avoids them having to go around the M25. Not sure about the danger of these loads going through Woolwich and Beckton though.
    You make a good point BG but I am struggling to think of something that is not allowed through the tunnel yet is allowed on a ferry boat. What are we talking about explosive material?
    Height/width restrictions most likely rather than type of cargo. 
    Used to be explosives or toxic materials. Not allowed in the Blackwall or Rotherhithe and at Dartford back in the day. So such traffic had Tower Bridge or the Woolwich ferry. Height/width loads would struggle to fit a  ferry, especially the old ones with the 'fly over' bridge. Think Dartford escort this traffic now, stop other traffic to take these loads through the tunnel like petrol tankers.
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,685
    That cafe in the overspill at Woolwich done a cracking bacon roll.
    Quite a pleasurable way to cross the Thames.
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,202
    R0TW said:
    That cafe in the overspill at Woolwich done a cracking bacon roll.
    Quite a pleasurable way to cross the Thames.
    That has long gone.

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