On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Dave Arquati wrote:

Aidan Stanger wrote:
Dave Arquati wrote:

Boats can be useful but the river serves a limited catchment area;
interchange is also difficult between river and other modes except at a
few choice locations (although I accept that that can be remedied).

Many locations upstream of Greenwich, and a few town centers downstream!

Downstream means a lengthy passage around the peninsula and through the
Thames Barrier, just to reach Woolwich,

You mean around Docklands? As in, the land where the docks are? The docks
which connect to the river at both ends? There's a reason it's called the
Isle of Dogs, you know - the waterway cutting from the Limehouse to the
Blackwall reaches, which has been there in some form for centuries -
literally makes it an island!

However, i have no idea what the gauge available at the ends of the docks
is these days, what with all the building in recent decades. Presumably,
it's inadequate, otherwise current services would use it. It would be nice
if it could be used, since it would provide absolutely the closest service
possible to Canary Wharf!

tom

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