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In 2001, Cross London Rail Links (CLRL), a 50/50 joint-venture between Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport (DfT), was formed to develop and promote the Crossrail scheme, [11] and also a Wimbledon–Hackney scheme. In 2003 and 2004, over 50 days of exhibitions were held to explain the proposals at over 30 different locations.
East London Transit (ELT) is a part-segregated [2] bus rapid transit, operated as part of the London Buses network. The East London Transit opened in phases between 2010 and 2013, designed to meet the existing and anticipated demand for public transport in East London caused by the Thames Gateway redevelopment. [3]
Peninsula was an electoral ward in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections and last used for the 2018 elections . It returned three councillors to Greenwich London Borough Council .
Located on the Greenwich Peninsula by the Thames in south-east London, the works was built between 1881 and 1886. Most of the works was built on a greenfield site on Greenwich Marshes. [1] [2] The start of work on the site was complicated by proposals to build a dock system on the peninsula, similar to that on the Isle of Dogs across the river ...
Greenwich Peninsula is an electoral ward in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The ward was first used in the 2022 elections . It returns three councillors to Greenwich London Borough Council .
Greenwich Powder Magazine (as it appeared in 1738) The peninsula was drained by Dutch engineers in the 16th century, allowing it to be used as pasture land. In the 17th century, Blackwall Point (the northern tip of the peninsula, opposite Blackwall) gained notoriety as a location where pirates' corpses were hung in cages as a deterrent to other would-be pirates.
A planning application was submitted to the London Borough of Newham, using the name London Cable Car, in October 2010 for the "erection of a cable car for the length of 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) over the River Thames from North Greenwich Peninsula to Royal Victoria Dock at a minimum clearance of 54.1 metres (177 ft) above mean high water springs ...
The village is on the southern banks of the River Thames, about one mile upstream (west) from the Thames Barrier and adjacent to the purpose-built Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park, cycle paths and recreational areas. The village currently has the Millennium Primary School, a GP surgery, and a few shops. East of the village, at Peartree Wharf ...