Bikers to be charged to use the tunnel!
Horrendous fees for motorcycles! Blatant money grab.
Someone explain why it’s free for Dartford crossing but £4 (edit: £2.50) each way for blackwall?
Its ÂŁ2.50/ÂŁ1.50/free for motorbikes, depending when you travel
Are they going to charge bikes for the Blackwall tunnel as well ?
Rotherhithe is going to get very busy.
The way I read it bikes will be charged in both, like everyone else.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Rotherhithe starts charging too.
Though the ban on commercial vehicles means I’ve not gone through it in ages.
It’s in the article. Yes, they’re charged.
I’ve been using the Woolwich ferry recently, you can ride right to the front of the queue, have a nice 5 minute trip across the river and drive off first on the other side. Fri free.
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There was a proposal from TfL (internal) to make rotherine tunnel EV only, I wouldn’t be to surprised if they did it because they know once you start charging for Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels there is a chance 30% will divert to rotherine
I’m lucky, my company have moved us out of London and outside the M25
They have shut three offices in London with a few more to follow
Now If I have to go into London I can put it on my expenses and because I mainly work on government contracts guess who will be picking up the extra costs
The Dartford crossing hasn’t always been free for motorcycles. I can’t remember what the toll was but it was not insignificant. Several years ago, Motor Cycle News had free admission days at Brands and the toll-booths got absolutely jammed up with bikes, all taking ages to remove gloves, find loose change (no credit cards allowed in those days!) and then button up before leaving. The powers that be decided that it wasn’t worth the hassle so scrapped the motorcycle toll. Now with number plate recognition don’t be surprised if the Dartford toll isn’t resurrected when Blackwall & Silvertown get going.
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To clarify for bikes:
There are three “price bands”.
7 days a week 22.00 to 06.00 is free.
7 days a week: 06.00 to 22.00 basic charge ÂŁ1.50 per crossing.
Mon to Fri Peak times: 06.00-10.00 and 16.00-19.00 is ÂŁ2.50 per crossing.
Another ÂŁ100 a month to get to work, yay!
MAG did several demos too - where we all spent ages getting our gloves off etc. One person had to take off their entire leather all in one to find their wallet which had somehow got down into the lining of one leg.
Used to be a pound