A ferry has plied this route since the fourteenth century, and the free ferry has been in operation since 1889, and is still going strong.
However, now may be your time to ride the service, as it has a new challenger in the form of the DLR extension to Woolwich Arsenal, which opened yesterday, and passes through a new tunnel across the Thames near the ferry. Read more about that over at the Londonist.
You can read more interesting facts about London's remaining free passenger service over on Wikipedia.
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