In message , at 11:47:48 on Mon,
31 Jan 2011, Ian Jelf remarked:

The cable car will connect Greenwich and the Royal Docks, carrying up
to 2,500 passengers-an-hour.

Is that a realistic figure? It seems very high to me but I don't have
first hand knowledge of such things.

The Alton Towers cable car managed 6,000 an hour:

http://old.towerstimes.co.uk/attract...rt/skyride.htm
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Roland Perry