What to know about every public transport in London 🚇 Train vs boat vs bike vs cable Car

Going to be using public transportation in London? In this video I give you the rundown of each public transportation option in London that you might encounter. I show you the classic red London bus, the underground, river bus, bike, and even a cable car that takes you over the River Thames.

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About Love and London:
I'm Jess, I've lived in London for many years, and this channel is a London travel guide for anyone visiting the city that wants to experience it like you live here. Beyond talking about the usual London attractions, I show you some of the cooler things to do in London, that most travel guides don't mention. Watch my videos and you'll feel like you've got a Londoner friend telling you the best kept secrets in the city.

[JustinMorales]

I'm going to London solo for the first time this weekend and I've been binge watching your videos. Thanks for all the informative videos!

[Rachel-mjpt]

Hi! I'm going to London next week for the first time. I'm a very anxious person and I just want to say that binge-watching your channel has eliminated a lot of my worries. Keep up the good work! :)

[bjoernaltmann]

I get what you’re saying about the cable car, but the North Greenwich end is actually quite interesting with the O2, including shopping opportunities, the new Design District with a collection of very interesting buildings, some food places, and then there is the Magazine exhibition space. The views from the cable car are also quite nice. But yes, there is nothing at the other end of it.

[Hollandstation]

As a Dutch YouTuber that loves making videos about public transport, I really enjoyed the underground when I was in London. And I never had to wait to get on a train!

[r.t]

At least 9/10 of London's transportation I used is the tube. I enjoy using the tube station because some have old histories dating back more than 100 years, like Baker Street (the oldest tube station). The downside of the tube station is the lack of ventilation, and it does get uncomfortably hot! Caught a river bus for the first time in early June of 2022. I need to try cable cars; I didn't even know they existed in London until you revealed it!

[michael]

“Even the pointless ones” LOL. My family and I had a great London public transportation adventure a few years ago. We were staying in Camden, and took Overground and the Tube to North Greenwich station; hopped on the cable car for a round trip across the river and back - pointless yes, but amazing views!! Hopped on a river boat at the landing right next to North Greenwich; cruised up the river to London Bridge; stopped at Borough Market and then walked across the bridge to explore the City; then caught a bus back to Camden. A great day out for not much money!

[justanotheryoutubechannel]

I was in London the other day and we took a river boat bus, something I didn’t know existed beforehand it was surprisingly really nice! It was air conditioned and wasn’t that slow, it was luxury compared to the boiling hot buses since we arrived during the second hottest week of the year with an extreme heat warning. It was £36 from Cadogan to Tower, which is shocking, but we could’ve easily skipped paying as they just said “Oh, use the app to pay.” and never tried to verify it 😂

We used all the main forms of transit on this trip, 2 buses which luckily had no traffic issues (aside from other buses) because the congestion charge kept nearly every car off the roads except for the cabs, and the tube which was stuffy in the station but the actual train was lovely as it was a modern one with AC. We also took trains to get up to London from my town, however we didn’t use the cable car as we were nowhere near it and we didn’t use the Boris bikes as two of us can’t cycle. On previous trips though I’ve used the DLR, the bikes, the cable car, and cabs, so I’ve basically experienced it all, the cable car was during the Olympics as it took us exactly to where we needed to go from where we happened to be.

We’re so lucky to have such a successful public transit system here, compared to America it’s amazing. The congestion charge is a big improvement too, the amount of cars is massively reduced and the buses move much better now with less traffic, the air qualify is much better too, we walked about 8 miles as “connection walks” between transit and destinations, and it was much nicer to do due to the charge, I remember in the past the air quality was awful and long walks made you cough from the fumes.

[StealthParrot]

This is a really useful video, I wish I would have known about the river boats when we were in London, well next time. The bikes are cool too.

[MinexZ]

Thank you for the video. I will use it for this summer, I am frensh and I will go to London !

[charlesunderwood]

Lived here for 20 years and am still amazed by the tube (pronounced choob!). There line I take to work transports 40000 people an hour in a pair of tunnels each only 3.5 metres across (that's more than an 8 lane motorway)

[anitk.brahma]

Love watching your videos. A big kiss from India. Thank you.

[kata]

That was very fun and educational. Thank you for showing us these different transportation ways around London. Have been to London several times, in fact we will be there on Monday!! I didn‘t know about the cable car!!

[bobwalsh]

I'm gonna be visiting London in about a month so this is SUPER helpful.

[tobis.]

The bus at the beginning of the video is rather nice.
I'm an absolute fan of the new routemaster (boris bus). The exterior looks awesome, so does the interior - warm colors, those lovely round lights and an overall pleasant atmosphere. But then there are also some of the ugliest buses I've ever been on. Talking about the ones with blue/gray interiors and cold, bright lighting that have this 70's hospital kinda vibe.
(I'm not a Londoner and I know that the boris bus isn't / wasn't popular with a lot of people but every time I'm in London I just love riding on one of them)

[gnhansen]

For me the best thing I did in London was catch a ferry along the River Thames.

[leanneearle]

This is an amazing resource for people!! Thank you for the awesome video!

[kadeembest]

Wow, this video is soooo informative. I'll be travelling to London, from Toronto, for the first time, in 3 days, by myself. I was a bit anxious but your videos help calm my nerves and anxiety a lot. Thank you! I'll update to let you know how it goes

[caryeddy]

Hi Jess! I'll be in London in a couple of months. Your videos have been extremely helpful in the past and I expect no different this time around! Thanks for doing what you do.

[peterg]

As always Jess a beautiful video put together full of information about and around London Town... Thank you my friend...

[grahambell]

Interesting vlog! Elizabeth line is the best!!