London River Services

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London River Services is an arm of Transport for London, which manages public transport on the River Thames in London. They do not own or operate any boats but licence the services of other operators. Commuter services are operated by the privately owned Thames Clipper.

London River Services

The Festival Pier on the River Thames

Festival Pier From the Waterloo Bridge

[edit] Piers served

(In order going downstream)

Millbank Millennium Pier, for the Tate Britain art gallery
Westminster Millennium Pier, for the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and Westminster tube station
Waterloo Millennium Pier, for the London Eye, South Bank arts precinct and Waterloo station
Embankment Pier, for Embankment tube station and Charing Cross railway station
Festival Pier, for the South Bank arts precinct
Savoy Pier
Blackfriars Pier, for Blackfriars station
Bankside Pier, for the Globe Theatre and Tate Modern art gallery
London Bridge City Pier
Tower Millennium Pier, for the Tower of London and Tower Bridge
St. Katharine Pier, for St Katherine's Dock and the Tower of London
Hilton Docklands Pier
Canary Wharf Pier, for the Canary Wharf financial district
Greenland Pier
Masthouse Terrace Pier
Greenwich Pier, for Greenwich, the Cutty Sark and the National Maritime Museum
Barrier Gardens Pier, for the Thames Barrier

[edit] Fares

Unlike the underground and bus networks, the river services do not accept Travelcards or Oyster cards and operators charge their own (usually rather higher) fares. Some operators give discounts to Travelcard holders and students.