Piers
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South Bank
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North Bank
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Hampton Court
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Richmond
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Kew
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Putney
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- Open. Recently bought by Livetts Launches from the
Port of London Authority. A waiting room and restaurant
are planned
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Chelsea Harbour
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Cadogan
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Battersea
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- In May 1998, £6.9m funding was announced for the
restoration of Battersea Park and a feasibility study
concerning the construction of a pier before 2000
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Vauxhall Effra
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- About 300 metres upstream from the station
- Under consideration as part of a larger development
during 1998
- In late 1998, planning permission for the Effra
development was turned down. The site has a long history
of dereliction and refused planning proposals. Maybe the
plan for a pier is dead?
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Tate Gallery (Millbank)
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- In December 1998, the Tate Gallery revealed their
£1m design for a new pier
- In July 1999, Westminster Council stated that further
feasibility work was planned
- In June 2001, Westminster Council approved the new
pier, which will be designed by London Eye architects
Marks Barfield. The lighting installation by 1997 Turner
Prize nominee, artist Angela Bulloch, will consist of
fluorescent tubing embedded into the floor which will be
computer controlled to provide changing lighting effects
throughout the night. Boat service will be to the Tate
Modern further downstream, as well as to other key points
along the Thames. The Millbank Pier was due to open in
Spring 2002 at a cost of "‘£1m plus"
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Lambeth
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Westminster
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- Open: refurbishment was expected to be complete by
Spring 2000
- In Summer 2000 the refurbishment was expected to be
complete by Autumn 2000
- In May 2001, London's Mayor officially opened the
£5m pier
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Waterloo (Millennium Wheel)
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- To be opened by January 2000
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Embankment (formerly Charing
Cross)
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- Open: was rebuilt in October 1998
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Festival
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- Disappeared by December 1998
- Returned by March 1999
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Savoy
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Temple
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Oxo Tower
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Blackfriars
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- On 1st January 2000, the pier came into service
- On 28th July 2001, the pier was formally opened
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Globe/Bankside
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- £1.1m pier opened in May 1998
- Will be served by boats to the Millennium Dome in
2000
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Swan Lane
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London Bridge (New Fresh Wharf)
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London Bridge City
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HMS Belfast
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Tower
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- Open, to be refurbished (not replaced)
- In 1998, completion date was given as Summer
1999
- In May 1999, completion date had slipped to Autumn
1999
- On 14th July 2000, the refurbished pier officially
opened, complete with lounge for cruise ship
passengers
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St Katherine's
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Butlers Wharf
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Cherry Garden
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- David Connor - "Cherry Garden Pier seems to be merely
used for boats to tie up to overnight - it doesn't look
as if a passenger service could easily call there now, as
access is restricted"
- In July 1999, Southwark Council stated that they had
"recently" received a proposal to extend this pier to aid
access to the Millennium Dome
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Canary Wharf
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Holiday Inn (Nelson Dock)
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Greenland
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- Julian Shute - "It has a fast ferry that is operated
by Collins River Enterprises Limited
[Tel: +44 (0)20 7237 9538]
and works between Greenland, Canary Wharf, London Bridge
and Embankment in the about the same time as Fast
Ferries. Cost of a single is £2.70 and a return is
£4.70"
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Greenwich
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Millennium Exhibition (Dome)
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- Due for completion in July 1999, the new £2m
pier is situated east of the Dome and was designed by the
Richard Rogers Partnership
- On 17th May 1999, the main structure was towed into
place
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Thames Barrier (Barrier
Gardens)
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Woolwich Ferry South
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Woolwich Ferry North
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Royal Arsenal
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- In April 1999, Greenwich Council stated that they
will work to secure a pier as part of the redevelopment
of the Royal Arsenal site
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Boats and River
Services
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London to the Millennium
Dome
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- From 08:30 on 1st January 2000 until the end of 2000,
City Cruises boats are running between Waterloo
(Millennium Wheel) and Millennium Dome, stopping only at
Blackfriars. Journey time: 45 minutes. Service interval:
30 minutes. Each boat will carry 515 passengers, cost
£1.2m and be 108ft long
- A £27 ticket will buy a ticket to ride on the
river and admission to the Dome
- City Cruises is investing £5.5m in operating
river passenger services to the Dome next year, which
they believe is the largest investment of its kind in
Europe. They hope that they will carry 1.25 million
visitors from Waterloo and Blackfriars to the Dome
- The Dome's builder and operator estimates that 10 per
cent of the expected 12 million visitors to the Dome next
year will make the journey by river
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 Greenwich
to the Millennium Dome
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- From 1st January 2000 until the end of 2000,
White
Horse Fast Ferries were to run a boat approximately
every 10 minutes daily between Greenwich (Cutty Sark) and
Millennium Dome. Journey time would be 10 minutes. The
service would be provided by 2 vessels (3 when necessary)
of the type used on the Central London
Hopper Service
- By early February 2000, extremely low usage had
prompted a cut to a single boat providing a half-hourly
service
- By October 2000, White Horse Fast Ferries had pulled
out of all their services. This service has made no
profit except for on 3 days at the beginning in
January
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Park & Sail to the Millennium
Dome
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- Large car parks were planned on the banks of the
Thames at Barking Creekmouth and Woolwich Arsenal
- Scheme scrapped in April 1998
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Central
London Hopper service
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- It served Blackfriars Pier from 4th January 2000
- From January 2000 it was supposed to serve Waterloo
(Millennium Wheel). It will also serve Tower
Pier when reconstruction has completed. From early
2000 (or early 2001?), it will also serve
Westminster
- When the Millennium Exhibition is over, boats used
for ferrying Dome visitors from Greenwich will be added
to the Hopper fleet, allowing a 12-minute frequency in
the morning peak and a 20 minute off-peak service
- White
Horse Fast Ferries ultimately hoped to run this
service between Battersea and Gravesend/Tilbury
- By October 2000, White Horse Fast Ferries had pulled
out of running all of their services (this did not
affected White Horse Ferries or other White Horse
companies)
- Anonymous in November 2000 - "Collins River
Enterprises (CRE), which has been running daily commuter
services on fast catamarans on a similar route, has taken
over the old White Horse route in addition to its own.
This means that you can now get a commuter boat stopping
at Greenland Pier - Holiday Inn (Rotherhithe) - Canary
Wharf Pier - St Katharine's Dock (Tower) - London Bridge
Pier - Blackfriars Pier - Savoy Pier (Embankment). The
service runs at peak morning and evening commute hours
Monday through Friday. More details on their website at
www.thamescat.com.
CRE are planning to bring an additional boat into service
in the next few weeks with a new more frequent timetable.
The commissioning of the new boat has been delayed
briefly (original date was 6 November) but it is still
expected to start before the end of the year. During this
interim period White Horse are continuing to shuttle
commuters back and forth across the Thames between
Holiday Inn and Canary Wharf Pier just opposite"
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Other Services
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- City Cruises will also provide an express 'legacy'
service after the Millennium Experience linking upstream
and downstream piers (perhaps starting in January 2001).
Piers served will include Westminster, Tower and
Greenwich (possibly others)
- In December 1997, London Transport set up a new
subsidiary company, London
River Services Limited, to manage tendering of river
services. On April 1st 1999, LRS took over management of
all piers previously owned by the Port of London
Authority (except for Tower Pier, which will be handed
over to LRS when rebuilding is complete in Autumn
1999)
- By June 1999, London
River Services had published a timetable booklet of
the main river services
- In May 1999, London Transport stated that the
possibility of including scheduled riverboat services in
the Travelcard scheme or some form of discount on
ordinary boat fares to Travelcard holders was under
review
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