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The Silvertown Tunnel, London’s newest Thames crossing and the city’s first new sub-river road tunnel in three decades, has been in the works since way back in 2012. After well over a decade, it’s been revealed that it’ll open on April 7, connecting Newham and Greenwich Peninsula.
All of which is exciting news for London’s infrastructure-heads (we know you’re out there). But there’s more good coming from the tunnel: it’ll make several London bus routes free for an entire year.
After the Silvertown opens in April, the entire length of the shiny new Superloop SL4 and the 129 routes will be entirely free for 12 months. All of the routes will be free, rather than just the bits that use the tunnel.
But the SL4 and 129 aren’t the only Thames crossing routes that’ll be free from April. TfL has also said that the 108 (which uses the Blackwall Tunnel) will also be entirely free too for the year. The route is often used to quickly clear post-event crowds at the O2 Arena, travelling between North Greenwich and Lewisham.
All of which should encourage more Londoners to bus through the Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels! If you’d rather cycle, find out about the Silvertown’s ‘bike bus’ here, and if you’ll be driving through the tunnel, here is a breakdown of the toll charges.
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