For those of you with a head for heights (not me!) "There's a new icon on the London Transport map: a cable car. The UK's first urban cable car will open in time for the Olympics (fingers crossed) and run over the Thames, connecting Greenwich Peninsula station on the south bank and the Royal Victoria Docks on the north. Promising to whisk up to 2,500 pedestrians and cyclists an hour over the river, the £36m ride, sponsored by airline Emirates, will link the 02 Arena in Greenwich and the ExCeL centre in east London. Expect a different kind of view. • tfl.gov.uk, ticket prices TBA, but Oyster cards will be valid" http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/jan/20/new-tourist-attractions-london-2012
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Northamptonshire, England
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Unfortunately it is also the first time that the London government has sold out to private interests by allowing the name of the company to appear on all TfL maps right over the Thames. The line has also been chosen to be the corporate colour of Emirates. It will wind up being pretty cheap advertising for them, and I believe that TfL will bear all the running costs. It is not far from where the Docklands Light Railway crosses the river. It hope it will not wind up as an advertising gimmick turned to white elephant.
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BC, Canada
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I don't like heights, and my mom doesn't like enclosed spaces, but... looks like it would be a nice trip.