On 17/11/2014 16:33, Basil Jet wrote:


Why could a private chain ferry not be installed here, to be used only
by the EL1 bus? The buses would have a control box on the dashboard...
push a button to open the electronic gate, drive onto the ferry, look up
and down the river to check it's clear and then push another button to
shoot across the river and drive out, allowing another bus to come back.
Obviously the drivers would have to be given extra safety training and
would be dedicated to this route.

Neither option is as cheap as a normal bus route, but wouldn't half a
dozen such bus crossings between Charlton and Belvedere work out cheaper
than TfL's proposals?

What about the old adage of waiting ages for a bus and then two come
along together?