Bristol Ferry Boat Company

The Bristol Ferry Boat Company operates water bus services on Bristol Harbour in the centre of the English city of Bristol.

Services are operated for the leisure market to and from both the city centre and Bristol Temple Meads railway station, and serve 15 landing stages throughout the length of the harbour. Services are provided by a fleet of yellow and blue painted ferry boats.

In 2010 the city council supported commuter services formerly operated by the Bristol Ferry Boat Company were transferred to a new operator, Number Seven Boat Trips.^[1]

The company's boats are maintained by the Bristol Classic Boat Company.^[2]

Landing stages served

The Bristol Ferry Boat serves the following landing stages:^[3]

Fleet

The fleet of the Bristol Ferry Boat Company includes the following vessels:^[4]

• Brigantia - Purpose built in 2006 for work on the Bristol Ferry.
• Countess - Built in 1896, carries up to 12 passengers.
• Elizabeth - Built in 1922, carries up to 30 passengers.
• Emily - Built in the mid 1920s and has been in service in Bristol since 1992, carrying up to 45 passengers.
• Independence - Built in 1926 and has been in service in Bristol since 1981, carrying up to 45 passengers.
• Margaret - Built in 1952 and has been in service in Bristol since 1977, carrying up to 25 passengers.
• Matilda - Purpose built for work on the Bristol Ferry, carries up to 45 passengers.

History

The City Docks Venturers, a non-profit making conservation group in Bristol, started a Ferry service in 1977. with the first of the ferry boats " Margaret" which had worked on the Avon between Pill and Shirehampton. In 1978 the Ferry service became a proper business, and later added the ferry boat "Independence "

References

External links

• Bristol Ferry Boat Company website.