Tamar Crossings Newsletter – July 2025
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Tamar Crossings website updated to provide real time journey information
Tamar Crossings has updated its website to be more user friendly and provide real time journey information for people using the two crossings. As well as providing general information about the day-to-day operation of the crossings, the refreshed site, which…
Tamar Crossings join with YMCA Plymouth to host this year’s Women in STEM day on 20th June
The event will see more than 200 young women from local schools and colleges visit the Bridging the Tamar Visitor and Learning Centre for the third year in a row on Friday, 20 June to learn about careers in engineering…
Update on LYNHER Refit May 22nd 2025
Work on the refit of the LYNHER is continuing with “flooding up” of the drydock, a significant milestone in the refit process, taking place yesterday (Wednesday, 21 May). The period in drydock enabled work to be carried out on replacing…
Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry – Toll Charges
Cash tolls for those travelling by car on the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry will increase to £3 per crossing from midnight on 12 May 2025. The discounts for pre-paid crossings using the TamarTag scheme will continue to be 50%…
New Chief Officer appointed at Tamar Crossings
Philip Robinson, currently the Service Director for Street Services in Plymouth City Council (PCC), has been appointed as the new Chief Officer for Tamar Crossings. His appointment follows the retirement of former General Manager David List at the end of…
Ferry – Update on LYNHER Refit – 9th April 2025
Ferry – Update on LYNHER Refit – 9th April 2025 Torpoint ferry LYNHER has been successfully moved into drydock in Falmouth, enabling work to begin on the refit. The refit process is expected to take up to eight weeks to…
Update on LYNHER ferry refit – 26th March 2025
Work to prepare LYNHER for her journey to Falmouth for her five yearly refit at the A&P dry dock facilities is going extremely well. However, the latest forecast of poor weather and sea conditions for Friday, 28 March means that…
Government approves formal application to revise tolls on the Tamar Bridge and the Torpoint Ferry 25 March 2025
Last year the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee took the decision to submit a formal application to the Government to revise tolls to secure the long- term future of the two crossings. A Public Local Inquiry into the…
Tamar 2050 programme
Next steps confirmed in delivering groundbreaking Tamar 2050 programme You can watch a short film about the Tamar 2050 programme here: Last year saw the launch of Tamar 2050 – a groundbreaking programme aimed at securing the long-term future of…