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Sean Collins co-founded Thames Clippers in 1999 with partner Alan Woods as Collins River Enterprises. Thames Clippers was then taken over in September 2006 by the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), [1] who promised substantial investment into the company to upgrade the services and to provide a more frequent "hop-on-hop-off" between Central London and The O 2, also owned by AEG.
The Embankment Pier is a departure point for the Thames River Sightseeing cruise, which operates between Westminster Pier and Greenwich Pier.. Boat services go east (downriver) to Tower Bridge Quay for exploring the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and St Katharine Docks before continuing to Greenwich Pier and then returning.
Barking Riverside Pier is an Uber Boat by Thames Clippers commuter service pier located on the River Thames at Barking Riverside.Passenger services began on 26 April 2022. The pier provides interchange with Barking Riverside railway station and local bus rout
Oyster PAYG can be used to buy tickets on river services operated by Thames Clipper (23 November 2009) [76] Oyster PAYG extended to National Rail (2 January 2010) [100] Contactless cards can be used on London Buses (End of 2012) Cash no longer accepted on buses. Cash ticket machines removed from bus stops in central London (Summer 2014) [101]
While the service is not as extensive as those of Hong Kong or Sydney, it has been growing: in 2007, more than 700,000 commuters travelled by river on Thames Clippers services, one of the operators on the system; [2] in 2013 the Thames Clippers service had grown to 3.3 million, as it had become more integrated into the tube and bus ticketing ...
The Canary Wharf - Rotherhithe Ferry, also operated by Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, links Canary Wharf Pier with Doubletree Docklands Nelson Dock Pier at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Rotherhithe. The service uses smaller boats than the commuter service but runs at a higher frequency of roughly every 10 minutes.
Bankside Pier is a stop for river services in London.It is located on the south bank of the River Thames, close to the Tate Modern.. Three services call at the pier: the river bus routes RB1 (between Battersea Power Station and Barking Riverside) and RB2 (from here to Vauxhall (St George Wharf) Pier and Millbank Pier for the Tate Britain).
The service is operated by Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, who also operate commuter boats along the river, but uses rather smaller boats. [1] In March 2020 the service was suspended due to the Covid-related closure of the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Rotherhithe. The service re-opened in September 2020. [3]