It's not costing London taxpayers $100m USD (£60m). £36m comes from a ten year sponsorship deal with Emirates, and the rest is funded from fares.
Assuming anyone actually uses it, to travel between those bustling commerical hubs of North Greenwich and Royal Docks.
It'll be as busy as the Woolwich Foot Tunnel, y'know the one most people don't realise exists. It'll make a massive loss, Emirates will have some sort of break clause since they no doubt have better lawyers than TfL, and then we'll be paying the whole whack.
Assuming anyone actually uses it, to travel between those bustling commerical hubs of North Greenwich and Royal Docks.
It'll be as busy as the Woolwich Foot Tunnel, y'know the one most people don't realise exists. It'll make a massive loss, Emirates will have some sort of break clause since they no doubt have better lawyers than TfL, and then we'll be paying the whole whack.