Transport for London (TfL) has relaunched its Chatty Cabins initiative on the IFS Cloud Cable Car, in support of Marmalade Trust’s upcoming Loneliness Awareness Week campaign (Monday 9 – Friday 13 June) to help encourage Londoners to come together and spark new conversations.
The hugely popular Chatty Cabins initiative, which launched in February, encourages people who complete the 20-minute round-trip on the IFS Cloud Cable Car across the River Thames between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks to engage in conversation.
With the aim to help tackle loneliness in the capital, the initiative is focused on sparking conversation between Londoners and visitors to our city who haven’t met before about their favourite London moments, from cherished experiences in the capital to their favourite way to travel.
The relaunch of Chatty Cabins will help mark this year’s Loneliness Awareness Week, which is a campaign run by Marmalade Trust dedicated to reducing the stigma around loneliness and supporting communities to have open and honest conversations.
TfL’s initiative builds on the Mayor’s Strategy for Social Inclusion and the Reconceptualising Loneliness in London report published in 2022, which estimates 700,000 Londoners feel lonely ‘always’ or ‘most of the time’. Loneliness disproportionately affects young, low-income, LGBTQ+, single parents, deaf or disabled, or ethnic minority Londoners.
The Chatty Cabin initiative will run every day from Monday 9 – Friday 13 June, operating from 10:00 to 12:00. Tickets for the ‘Chatty Cabins’ are available here: Free Chatty Cabins at IFS Cloud Cable Car – Loneliness Awareness Week 2025 Tickets, London | Eventbrite.
A Chatty Cabin ticket includes a free round trip on the IFS Cloud Cable Car and a hot drink for participants.
