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Where does the London cable car start and finish?

Where does the cable car go in London? The Cable car starts from Greenwich Peninsula to the Royal Docks. Therefore, crossing over the Thames is a great view of the London city.



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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.

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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.

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Are London cable cars free? No. Adult tickets are £5 for one way and £10 for a return (slightly more if bought at the desk). You can get tickets at the IFS Cloud Cable Car counter or use your contactless/Oyster cards at the gates.

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Your Visitor Oyster card is accepted on the IFS Cloud Cable Car. Pay as you go fares are up to 26% cheaper than buying a paper single ticket. Find out more about IFS Cloud Cable Car.

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There are 36 passenger gondolas, of which 34 are in use at any one time, with a maximum capacity of 10 passengers each.

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Basic Rules of the Ride Tickets/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.

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The cable car routes are the Powell-Hyde line, the Powell-Mason line and the California line. Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason lines stop at the museum.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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In part that's because it costs much more to operate the cable cars -- $312 an hour compared with $188 for a streetcar and $126 for a diesel bus. As a result, revenue is up more than 20 percent over the past year.

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The centrepiece of the Firstbahn is the six-seater Gondola Cable Car, which runs from Grindelwald via Bort and Schreckfeld to First. The gondola trip takes around 25 minutes.

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If you didn't want to buy beforehand you can also use your contactless/Oyster cards, simply tap the barriers before you board. As well as standard cable car tickets, they have a range of river packages for Thames Clipper/Uber boats that saves you some money on both of these top London attractions.

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