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ACCOMMODATION & TRAVEL<br />
The Emirates Air Line and The O 2<br />
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Travel Information<br />
For 24-hour <strong>London</strong> travel<br />
information, including by<br />
bus, Tube, river, rail, coach,<br />
cycle, tram, car and on foot,<br />
plus accessibility, assisted<br />
travel and more, visit the<br />
Transport for <strong>London</strong> (TfL)<br />
website tfl.gov.uk/<br />
gettingaround or call<br />
08432 221 234.<br />
Also useful is visitlondon.<br />
com/travel or you can visit<br />
Travel Information Centres<br />
in person at the following<br />
train stations:<br />
Ë t Victoria,<br />
Ë t Euston,<br />
Ë t King’s Cross<br />
St. Pancras,<br />
Ë t Liverpool Street,<br />
Ë Piccadilly Circus,<br />
Ë Heathrow Terminals 1-3.<br />
AIR LINE (EMIRATES)<br />
Opened last year, this cable<br />
car system across the River<br />
Thames takes passengers<br />
between Royal Docks and<br />
the Greenwich Peninsula.<br />
As well as offering amazing<br />
views of the <strong>London</strong> skyline,<br />
it provides a quick link<br />
between The O 2 and the<br />
ExCel <strong>London</strong> exhibition<br />
centre. Oyster pay-asyou-go<br />
rates for a single<br />
journey are £3.20 for an<br />
adult, £1.60 for a child.<br />
‘Boarding Pass’ fares from<br />
the terminal’s ticket offices<br />
for a one-way trip are £4.30<br />
for an adult, and £2.20 for<br />
a child.<br />
27 Western Gateway, E16.<br />
Ë Royal Victoria/Unit<br />
3, Emirates Cable Car<br />
Terminal, Edmund<br />
Halley Way, SE10.<br />
Ë North Greenwich.<br />
emiratesairline.co.uk<br />
Map inset.<br />
ON FOOT<br />
It’s often quicker to get<br />
around <strong>London</strong> by walking.<br />
Legible <strong>London</strong> is a<br />
scheme to help pedestrians<br />
find their way around the<br />
capital more easily. Look<br />
out for their blue and yellow<br />
street maps on tall narrow<br />
monoliths in key areas.<br />
They offer information<br />
including local landmarks,<br />
street names and estimated<br />
walking times.<br />
Signs and maps around<br />
Exhibition Road in South<br />
Kensington help visitors get<br />
around the area’s museums,<br />
concert halls and other<br />
attractions. Other areas you<br />
can spot Legible <strong>London</strong>’s<br />
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| visitlondon.com|LONDON PLANNER|January 2013
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