The Emirates Air Line cable car crosses the river Thames from Royal Docks in Newham to the Greenwich peninsula. The Greenwich terminal is identical to the Royal Docks building. Before 09:00 the journey takes 5 minutes.
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The Emirates cable cars arrive every 30 seconds and the trip takes about 10 minutes. If you travel during peak times, the journey is about five minutes. After 7pm, it extends to 12 to 13 minutes during the night flight experience.
You don't not need to book tickets for the Cable cart. Here is some info, if this helps: Anyone holding a valid paper Travelcard, Oyster Travelcard, a London Boroughs Freedom Pass, or using Oyster Pay-as-you-go, gets a discount of 25% off the fares below.
The Powell-Hyde Street line starts at the cable car turnaround at Powell Street and Market Street (map). On this route, you'll have views of Coit Tower, Alcatraz Island, the Financial District, and San Francisco Bay.
It is not necessary to book the cable car. You can just turn up and use either your Oyster card or bank card on the reader, just as you would on the bus or tube. I also found there was no difference in price whether you booked in advance or paid on the day.
Basic Rules of the RideTickets/Receipts are not valid as transfers and are NOT round trip. You can get on the Cable Car at any stop along the way where you see the Cable Car stop pole. The Conductors will stop at each stop pole to let people on and off.
It's a cable car over the river, rather than a tram (just to avoid any confusion). You can use PAYG money on an Oystercard to pay for it, but it won't count towards the daily cap.
Journey timesOne way journeys take up to 10 minutes but vary according to passenger flow and weather conditions. During busy times, we introduce shared cars.
Guinness World Records on January 17 announced its recognition of Ba Den station of the modern cable car system at the Ba Den Mountain national tourist site in the southern province of Tay Ninh as the largest cable car station in the world.
You can reach the Ferry Building by several ferry lines, all San Francisco BART lines, many MUNI lines, the F Market Streetcar, and the California Street Cable Car line.
During busy times, there is likely to be a very long line at this stop. However, the cars run every ten minutes or so and each car holds up 65 people so the line often moves more quickly than you'd expect. TIP: If you want to avoid the long line then you can walk north a few blocks and get the car at the next stop.
Historic Transit Route MapThe F-line's vintage streetcars and the world-famous cable car lines – the Powell-Hyde line, the Powell-Mason line, and the California Street line – currently operate between 7 a.m. – 11 p.m. every day.
Today, San Francisco'scable cars are one of two National Historic Streetcar Landmarks in operation (New Orleans' St. Charles streetcar line is the other), and both the continued operation and minimum level of service of our cable cars are locked into San Francisco's City Charter.
Cable cars are a historic symbol recognized around the globe and offer real working transportation up the steep hills of San Francisco. You can download our printable cable car map, with all of the stops and top areas or a full San Francisco map. The (very popular) cable cars generally run about every 10 minutes.