London River Services

n 1997, the Cross River Partnership (CRP), a consortium of public and local authorities, private sector organisations, and voluntary bodies with an interest in promoting the use of the River Thames, began working on the development of proposals for a Thames 2000 initiative. This sought to develop new river piers and boat services, to facilitate links between Central London and the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) site at North Greenwich in the short term, and to provide a longer term legacy of boat services and piers.

The CRP concluded that a new agency (provisionally titled the Thames Piers Agency) should be established to deliver the key elements of the initiative, and to take long term responsibility for developing river passenger transport in London. Its immediate objectives would be to procure the new Millennium boat services, and to secure the development of new piers at Blackfriars and Waterloo to provide dedicated berths for these services. In the longer term, it would also acquire the public piers owned and operated by the Port of London Authority (PLA) and develop, promote and co-ordinate riverboat services on the Thames whilst integrating them as much as possible into other transport modes.

London River Services
Tower Pier, Lower Thames Street, London, EC3N 4DT, United Kingdom

phone: 020 7222 1234 24 hours a day
email: mailto:travinfo@tfl.gov.uk
web: www.tfl.gov.uk/river/

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