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The old 82 Route, forerunner of the defunct 395, was operated by RT double-deckers through the tunnel...but these were only 7.5 ft wide. Still, a capacity of 56.

Perhaps Ensign, Blue Triangle or Imperial could run a heritage route through it for former tube passengers?

This is an RTL (same width) on the route.

Thank goodness I don't live in Rotherhithe and work at Aldgate East anymore!

Reading tfl’s page on the " East London Line link "in dg’s blog, under the sub heading “New fast, frequent trains” it would seem that the over 60's with a Freedom Pass will need to be accompanied by an adult with a ticket!!.I think they mean under 11's need the adult but it is written badly.
I hope to take a farewell ride on the East London line this Saturday, - trip planned before DG,s blog article!

Another route for those condemned to walking is to take a wander along the riverside to Canary Wharf pier and then take the ferry across the river to the Hilton Hotel (which is a public service) and then wander along the river down to Rotherhithe station.

At least the route is scenic.

What a shame they haven't put on an interim ferry. That could have been fun!

D,G please dont forget the FAMOUSE
LONDON BLACK CAB...

Glad I don't rely on the East London, it must rank as one of the 'longest closed for engineering works' line on the network given it was shut for 3 years in 1995.

DG, you're right on the money yet again. I live in Rotherhithe and much enjoy the riverside pubs in Wapping.

As you note, it'll be completely unfeasable to do this from one month's time, not to mention the fact that me and the missus both use it to get to the District line for work. This will be one serious pain in the posterior for a ridiculous amount of time; the whole Waterloo and City line was rebuilt and resignalled in 4 months last year, and in much worse working conditions (deep bore tunnel with no rail access for materials).

I dread the next time there's a signal failure or some such on the Jubilee, as the ELL is currently the lifeline to/from this area when the Jubilee goes down.

Grrrr....

If, instead of using the replacement buses, you use the normal bus lines you can get from Wapping to Canary Wharf in 15 minutes (D3, every 10 minutes)), then take the Jubilee to Canada Water (3 minute journey time, every 3 minutes) and just walk from there to Rotherhithe.
That's 18 minutes plus maybe 5 in transfer time. The distance between Canada Water to Rotherhithe is just a quarter of a mile.

The Waterloo and City Line works weren't as extensive as you say, Tony.

Seems odd they canned the only bus going through the tunnel just before closing the Tube line, but that's London's transport network for you...

Another oddity is why run separate buses from Canada Water - Rotherhithe and Canada Water - New Cross?

Surely it would be more efficient to have them do Rotherhithe-New Cross because as noted above CW-Rotherhithe is so short its barely worth it, and the bus will just cause congestion running up and down its very short route probably with no one on it...

This is why I bought a bike 3 months ago and learned to ride in the London traffic whilst the weather was relatively ok.

I'm freezing my nipples off at the moment though...

The Rotherhithe - Canada Water bus is going to burn money carry warm air around, they don't actually want anyone to use it. Have you seen a) the route, and b) the bus stop it'll serve? The route goes right around Salter Road rather than via the old 395 route via Needleman St, so it'll take longer than walking, and it won't even serve the bus stop opposite the station but will stop at the Tunnel roundabout.
The problem with the walk is not using it during the day, but late at night; you need to realise that the walk through to Rotherhithe passes through a large patch of wasteland which is not pleasant at night for lone women.











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