- Tower Millennium Pier
Infobox London River Services
title=Tower Millennium Pier
image_caption =
transit_type = River bus and tourist/leisure services
operator =London River Services
owner =London River Services Tower Millennium Pier is a
pier on theRiver Thames , inLondon , UK. It is operated byLondon River Services and served by various river transport and cruise operators. The pier is close toTower Bridge and is situated immediately adjacent to theTower of London , next to theTraitors' Gate .ervices
The pier is used by river bus services from Embankment to Woolwich (operated by
Thames Clipper ) and Westminster-Greenwich tourist boats (operated by City Cruises). [ cite web
url = http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1131.aspx
title = London River Services timetables
author=Transport for London
accessdate =2008-03-30] Private-charter entertainment boats also use Tower Pier. [For example cite web
url = http://www.londonpartyboats.co.uk/rivermap/tower.htm
title = London Party Boats ltd.
accessdate =2008-03-30]Millennium fund
Tower Millennium Pier was opened on 14 July by London Mayor
Ken Livingstone . Its creation was funded by theMillennium Commission as part of the Thames 2000 project, and was one of five new piers provided by the Commission on the Thames (the others beingBlackfriars Millennium Pier ,Waterloo Millennium Pier ,Westminster Millennium Pier andMillbank Millennium Pier ). The project was part of an integrated transport and regeneration strategy for the Thames led by London'sCross River Partnership . [cite web
url = http://www.millennium.gov.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=1213
title = Ken Livingstone Opens New Millennium Commission Funded Pier
accessdate =2008-03-30
date = 2000-07-13
work = The Millennium Commission press release]Transport links
Local transport connections are all about five minutes' walk from Tower Millennium Pier:
*London Underground services run fromTower Hill tube station (District and Circle lines).
*St. Katharine Pier is located just on the other side of Tower Bridge, offering tourist river cruise services including the "hop-on, hop-off" circular service operated by Crown River Cruises.
*Tower Gateway DLR station providesDocklands Light Railway services toCanary Wharf DLR station , Stratford and Lewisham.
*Fenchurch Street railway station offersNational Rail services toEssex .Lifeboat pier move
In 2002 the RNLI's Thames lifeboat service was introduced to the River Thames following the
Marchioness disaster , and Tower Pier was initially used as a base for the lifeboat service. In 2006 the RNLI station moved up-river to a new base, the former Waterloo Police Pier onVictoria Embankment next toWaterloo Bridge , which took the name Tower Lifeboat Station. [cite web
url = http://www.natoli.co.uk/rnli/station.htm
title = Tower Lifeboat Station website
accessdate =2007-11-13
author =
date = 2006-05-08 ]References
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