<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Emirates Air Line is a cable car link across the River Thames in London, England built by Doppelmayr with sponsorship from the airline Emirates . The service opened on 28 June 2012 and is operated by Transport for London . In addition to transport across the river, the service advertises "a unique view of London". The duration of a single crossing is ten minutes (reduced to five minutes in rush hour as the service speed is increased). </P> <P> The service, announced in July 2010 and estimated to cost £ 60,000,000; comprises a 1 - kilometre (0.62 mi) gondola line that crosses the Thames from the Greenwich Peninsula to the Royal Victoria Dock, to the west of ExCeL London . Construction of the cable car began in August 2011 . The cable car is based on monocable detachable gondola (MDG) technology, a system which uses a single cable for both propulsion and support, used also on the metrocable in Medellín, Colombia . The MDG system is reportedly cheaper and quicker to install than a more complex three - cable system which would allow larger - capacity cars . </P> <P> On 4 July 2010, Transport for London (TfL) announced plans to develop a cable car crossing over the River Thames . It is the first urban cable car in the United Kingdom . Designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Expedition Engineering and Buro Happold, it crosses the river at a height up to 90 metres (300 ft), higher than that of the nearby O2 Arena . The cable car provides a crossing every 15 seconds, with a maximum capacity of 2,500 passengers per hour in each direction, about 50 busloads . Bicycles may be carried . Passengers can pay for their journeys with pay - as - you - go Oyster cards . </P>

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