St. Katharine's Pier

St. Katharine's Pier

Type	River bus and tourist/leisure services
Locale	River Thames, London, UK
Owner	London River Services
Operator	London River Services

St. Katharine's Pier is a river transport pier on the River Thames, in London, UK. It is operated by London River Services and served by various river transport and cruise operators.

It is situated on the north bank of the Thames, on the east side of Tower Bridge, and immediately in front of the Thistle Tower Hotel. The pier is about ten minutes walk from Tower Hill tube station.

St. Katharine's Pier should not be confused with the nearby St Katharine Docks, which is a private yacht marina and residential area.

Services

The main service from St Katharine Pier is a "hop-on, hop-off" circular river cruise operated by Crown River Cruises which goes west non-stop to Westminster Millennium Pier before returning east via the South Bank arts centre.^[1]

There is also a Westminster-Greenwich express service run by Thames River Services which circles around the Thames Barrier before returning to central London.^[2]

Interchange

Tower Hill tube station and Tower Gateway DLR station for London Underground and Docklands Light Railway.
Tower Millennium Pier is located on the other side of Tower Bridge, providing the main commuter river boat services ^[3]

Local attractions

Preceding station	London River Services	Following station
London Bridge City Pier toward Embankment Pier	Commuter Service	Canary Wharf Pier toward Woolwich Arsenal Pier
London Eye Pier toward London Eye	London Eye to Tower Express Service	Terminus
London Bridge City Pier toward Westminster Millennium Pier	Westminster to St Katharine's Circular	Westminster Millennium Pier Terminus

A Crown River Cruise boat leaving the pier
A Thames Clipper catamaran passes the pier (Tower Hotel in the background)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Katharine Pier.

↑ Transport for London. "London River Services timetables". Retrieved 2008-03-30.
↑ Transport for London (2008). "Boats from St Katharine's Pier" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-05-16.
↑ Transport for London (2008). "Boats from Tower Millennium Pier" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-05-16.

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses East London Transit Night Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Crossrail (under construction) London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators	Abellio Arriva London CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno

River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association

Train operators	Arriva Rail London c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Greater Anglia Stansted Express Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland South West Trains Southeastern TfL Rail Virgin Trains (West Coast) Virgin Trains East Coast

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall London Heliport Military: Northolt

Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted

Major stations

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Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)

Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

Category
Commons
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Coordinates: 51°30′22″N 0°04′25″W / 51.506071°N 0.073535°W / 51.506071; -0.073535

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