On Apr 7, 7:03*pm, kytelly wrote:
On 5 Apr, 21:44, wrote:

The current boats are now over 45 years old, and must be coming
towards the end of their life. *What is going to happen to the derry,
will new boats be built, will it be replaced by a new bridge or
tunnel, or will it simply be closed?

Also, when riding on the 180 bus, between Lewisham and Abbey Wood,
I've noticed two enclosed areas of water just to the west of the
ferry, close to where the spare boat is kept when a single boat
service is operating. *Only the Easternmost of these can easily be
seen from the bus, as the other is largely hidden by a building, but
they can both be seen on Google Earth, and there is some sort of
building between them. *The water in them seems to be separated from
the river by a concrete wall now, but they look rather like small dry
docks. *were they used to maintain the old ferries possibly; they look
about the right size, and if so why were they walled off from the
river? *Or were they something completely different?

Both the ferry and the foot tunnel were being well used last sunday.
The DLR less so; I think it was running a reduced service service only
to Canning town.
Ferry will still be needed if a bridge isnt built IMHO

Without a doubt a continuing ferry service is essential if there's not
to be a bridge - it's a critical link in a major trunk route after all
(between the North and South Circular roads), and like bicycles, HGVs
are not welcome either on the DLR, but unlike bicycles, they're not
welcome in the foot tunnel either.

The DLR is never going to displace the tunnel and ferry for foot
passengers who are just making local journeys - it's £1.60 a shot
after all! Nonetheless glad to here people are still making use of
shank's pony. Of course the ferry offers rather better views than the
glazed white tiles of the tunnel!