Overview | |
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Official name | Greenwich Foot Tunnel |
Location | Greenwich/Millwall |
Crosses | River Thames |
Start | Royal Borough of Greenwich |
End | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
Operation | |
Opened | 1902 |
Owner | Jointly owned, along with Woolwich tunnel, by Royal Borough of Greenwich, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and London Borough of Newham[1] |
Operator | Royal Borough of Greenwich[1] |
Traffic | Pedestrian |
Technical | |
Design engineer | Sir Alexander Binnie |
Length | 1,215 feet (370.2 m) |
The Greenwich Foot Tunnel crosses beneath the River Thames in East London, linking Greenwich (Royal Borough of Greenwich) on the south bank with Millwall (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) on the north. Approximately 4,000 people use the tunnel (open 24/7) each day. It opened in 1902.