Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Saturday 3rd November 2012 ~ DLR and Cable Car to Greenwich

Piccadilly and Northern Line tubes to Bank. Then I headed for the Docklands Light Railway, where I got B90 stock 43 (with 38 on the front) from Bank to Canning Town. At Canning Town I changed on to a Beckton line train - B07 stock 105, with 109 on the front, to journey one stop to Royal Victoria.


105 (with 109 on the front) calls at Royal Victoria, heading for Beckton

There I met my friends and we headed for the Royal Docks cable car terminus. We boarded Cable Car 24 for the ride over to Greenwich Peninsula. This was my first time on the cable cars and it was quite thrilling, they go up pretty high.


The view from Cable Car 24, looking towards Greenwich Peninsula

At North Greenwich bus station, having become temporarily seperated from the group, I took Enviro400 no.2413 on the 188 to Greenwich Church Street.


Enviro400 no.2413 on Greenwich Church Street after I got off

That evening we went to the fireworks at Blackheath. Returning, I went down to Cutty Sark station which was very busy northbound. I got on to B07 stock 122, on the front of a 3 unit train which also included B09 stock 148 + 143. I took this one stop southbound to Greenwich, where I waited for around 20 minutes before getting on the same train returning north, so it was aboard 122 on the rear, with 143 + 148 leading which I took from Greenwich (at 21.35) to Bank. Thence onto the Northern and Piccadilly Lines back to Manor House.