It's being reported that, post-Olympics, not many people are using the
Thames cable car, and almost all of them appear to be tourists, not
commuters. Hardly surprising as not many people need to commute from
not-quite-the-O2 to not-quite-The Excel. I suppose there will be more
tourists using it from next Spring, when the weather's brighter and there's
more of them around.

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Since the Olympics the £60m service, which operates between the 02 and the
Excel Centre, has been running at less than 10% capacity, the figures show.

Transport for London said it was early days and it remained optimistic
commuter numbers would increase.

Mayor Boris Johnson opened the Emirates Air Line in June ready for the
start of the Olympics in July and so far 1.5 million trips have been made.

Since the end of the Games in September 400,000 journeys have been made but
of those only 1,400 were discounted commuter fares, which are 10 for £1.60.

This accounts for 0.01% of all trips since the end of the Games.
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Full story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20356251