News | Transport'How will we live?' Londoners react with mock panic as Emirates cable car set to close for a weekClosure: the cable car will shut for a weekScott Heavey/Getty ImagesHannah Al-Othman4 March 2016The Emirates Air Line cable car is due to close for a week - sparking a wave of mock panic among Londoners.The cable car, which critics argue is under-used, will shut for seven days next week in order for maintenance work to be carried out.A statement on the TfL website said: "The Emirates Air Line will be closed from Monday 7 to Sunday 13 March for essential maintenance work. "This is to ensure reliability and safety, and to avoid the need for any further closures."A picture of the TfL notice was posted to Reddit, with the message: "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: EMIRATES CABLE CAR TO BE CLOSED FOR 7 DAYS! HOW WILL WE LIVE?"And Reddit users have responded in kind, joking that the closure of the line will spell the end for London.One Reddit user wrote: "ABANDON LONDON! EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!"Read MoreGreenpeace activists forced to abandon bid to scale Thames cable carEmirates Air Line cable car opening hours extended to offer 'NightEmirates Air Line cable car closed 354 times in just two-and-a-halfWhile another responded with: "Should..... should we eat our children?"One user questioned: "Who knows what kind of post-apocalyptic hell we will find in the docklands in a week."Reddit user LadInLondon asked: "How on earth am I able to see East London scrapyards from a height now?"While another commenter joked: "Both regular users reported to be distraught."And another simply said simply that they were "devastated".MORE ABOUTEmirates Air LineReddit
