I-Free River River Crossing yaseLondon
I-Woolwich Ferry isebenzile ngaphesheya koMfula iThames kusukela ngo-1889 futhi kunezinkomba ezibhekiswe enkonzweni yomkhumbi eWoolwich ehamba phambili ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-14.
Namuhla, isikebhe sithwala izimoto ezingaba ngu-20 000 kanye nabagibeli abangu-50 000 ngesonto ngalinye, okuhlanganisa izimoto ezingaphezu kwesigidi kanye nabagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-2.6 ngonyaka.
Kuphi Umkhumbi WeWoolwich?
I-Woolwich Ferry ngumfula owela empumalanga eLondon ngaphesheya kweThames.
Ihlanganisa i-Woolwich, emgodini wasebukhosini waseGreenwich, neNorth Woolwich / Silvertown, esiteshini saseLondon saseNewham.
Umkhumbi nomgwaqo ohlangothini oluseningizimu (Woolwich) lomfula utholakala eNew Ferry Approach, Woolwich SE18 6DX, kanti ngasenyakatho (iNewham) ohlangothini lomfula itholakala ePier Road, eLondon E16 2JJ.
Kubashayeli, kuhlanganisa iziphetho ezimbili zomgwaqo ongaphakathi wangaphandle waseLondon: iNyakatho Circular neSouth Circular. Lona umfula wokugcina owela eLondon.
Kwabahamba ngezinyawo, kuneziteshi ze-DLR (Docklands Light Railway) eduze nomgwaqo ngamunye wezikebhe. Ehlangothini oluseningizimu, isiteshi se-Woolwich Arsenal sisendaweni engamaminithi angu-10 (noma kukhona amabhasi), futhi ngasenyakatho, i-King George V Station nayo ihamba ngezinyawo ngamaminithi angu-10 noma ibhasi. Uhlangothi olungasenyakatho lubuye neLondon City Airport eliseduze.
Abahamba ngezinyawo bangasebenzisa i-DLR ukuwela umfula njengoWoolwich Arsenal noKing George V abasegatsheni elifanayo leDocklands Light Railway.
Ngenye indlela yamahhala, kune-Woolwich Foot Tunnel ( njengeGreenwich Foot Tunnel ). I-Woolwich Foot Tunnel yavula ngo-1912 njengoba inkungu ivame ukuphazamisa insizakalo yomkhumbi.
Uma uhamba ngebhasi elifushane kusuka eWoolwich Ferry North Terminal ungavakashela iThames Barrier Park.
Ukuthatha Uhambo Ngaphakathi
Izinhlangothi ezimbili zokuhamba ngesikebhe aziholele ezindaweni zokuvakasha, ngakho-ke azenzi eziningi zencwadi yokuqondisa yaseLondon.
Lezi zindawo zokuhlala ezihlala eLondon ngakho-ke insizakalo yomkhumbi isetshenziswa kakhulu abasebenzi kanye nezimoto ezinkulu.
Uhambo luyimaminithi angu-5 kuya kwangu-10 nje kuphela uma umfula uwela lapha cishe ngamamitha angu-1500. Kubashayeli, kungaba khona imigqa emide ukugibela ukuze uvumele isikhathi esiningi.
Ngesikhathi uhambo lufushane, yenza kube iphuzu ukubukeka emuva eLondon njengoba uzokwazi ukubona i-Canary Wharf, i-O2 , ne-Thames Barrier. Uma ubuka kude eLondon, ungabona i-Thames yasolwandle iqala ukuvula.
Amaqiniso we-Woolwich Ferry
Kukhona amafrikhi amathathu kodwa ngokuvamile uyingxenye eyodwa noma emibili enkonzweni ngomunye ukulinda uma kwenzeka ukuphazamiseka - futhi lokho kwenzeka. (One for off-pics and two ferries ngezikhathi eziphakeme). Izitsha ziphethwe yi-TfL (Ezokuthutha eLondon) futhi zabizwa ngamacala ombusazwe abathathu bendawo: uJames Newman, uJohn Burns no-Ernest Bevin. UJames Newman ube nguMeya weWoolwich kusukela ngo-1923-25, uJohn Burns wafunda umlando waseLondon nomfula wayo, kanti u-Ernest Bevin wakha i-Transport and General Workers Union ngo-1921.
Nakuba lena yingxenye esemthethweni yenethiwekhi ye-TfL, i-Briggs Marine inenkontileka yokuqhuba insizakalo yomkhumbi iminyaka eyisikhombisa kusukela ngo-2013.
Ubani Ongasebenzisa Isevisi Yesikebhe?
Wonke umuntu angasebenzisa i-Woolwich Ferry noma ngabe ungumhamba ngezinyawo, uhamba ngebhayisikili, ushayela imoto, i-van noma i-lorry (iloli).
Isikebhe singakwazi ukufaka izimoto ezinkulu ezingenakuthola eMthunjini we-Blackwall ukuze zifinyelele eLondon.
Asikho isidingo sokubhuka amathikithi kusengaphambili - kumane nje 'isevisi yokuvula futhi ibhodi' elenhlanhla ngokuphelele mahhala kubo bobabili abahamba ngezinyawo nabasebenzisi bomgwaqo.
Phakathi nohambo lwakho lomkhumbi
Azikho izinsizakalo zebhodi njengoba kuhamba okufushane. Abashayeli abaningi bahlala ezimotweni zabo, kodwa akugcini ukukhwabanisa ukuphuma bese welula imilenze yakho imizuzu embalwa.
Ibhodi labahamba ngezinyawo bese uya emgodini ophansi ogcwele izindawo zokuhlala kodwa kujabulise kakhulu ukubuka umfula. Kunendawo encane ekhoneni eliphezulu labahamba ngezinyawo ukuma.
Qaphela ukuthi wonke umuntu kumelwe ahambe e-pier pier, ngisho noma ufuna ukubuyela emuva (njengomgibeli wenyawo) bese ubuyela.
Amahora Omsebenzi Wokuhamba
Umkhumbi weWoolwich awuqhubeki amahora angu-24 ngosuku - ugijima yonke imizuzu engu-5-10 kulo lonke usuku kusukela ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu, njalo njalo ngemizuzu engu-15 ngoMgqibelo nangeSonto.
Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi lokuhamba, hlola iwebhusayithi esemthethweni yeWoolwich Ferry.
Amazinga kanye nesimo sezulu
Isikebhe seWoolwich asivame ukubhekana nezimo zomzimba kodwa ngezikhathi ezithile ziyanqanyulwa uma kunamanzi amakhulu kakhulu. Inkungu yinkinga enkulu, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuphumula ekuseni, njengoba isevisi kufanele imiswe kuze kuvele ukubonakala.