Thames cable car

Great for the Olympic games, but after that it will be just another over subsidised form of public transport, unable to cover it's own operating costs without taxpayers money being thrown at it. And a little bit of wind and it will be taken out of service...

I think this is such a great idea - can't wait to try it out - also we should use the thames transport more often!

Let's just hope those cable cars float on water, should the cable ever snap, mind you with the amount of sewage floating down the Thames, it should be a very soft landing...

lol ever the optimist

Good job Barney doesn't work for the tourism industry!

Yes, and the amount of tourists who swear blind that they've seen an otter bobbing up and down on the Thames is quite remarkable... Their not otters, we are still using victorian drainage systems in London designed to cope with around 2million people... Now we have around 8million and with a little bit of rain the sewage system overflows and the only place to go is in the river Thames, other factors that cause the problem is people block paving front gardens to park their 4x4s which creates more surface water to go down the drain instead of soaking into the ground, which in turn makes the reservoirs run short of supplies, which then creates hose pipe bans, which then in turn cheeses of those arrogant 4x4 drivers

...but how else is little Quentin and Henrietta going to get to school?

Thought the cable car was going to be longer to be honest

Have you been on it? Assumed it was just to span the Thames, what were you expecting?

I don't know, just something a little more exciting!