Crown River Cruises

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Crown River Cruises

The vessel "Suerita" at Festival Pier
Locale	London, UK
Waterway	River Thames
Transit type	Leisure/tourist cruises
Terminals	Festival Pier
Operator	Crown River Cruises
No. of vessels	5
Website	www.crownriver.com

Crown River Cruises is a river boat company which provides leisure cruises on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom. Crown River Cruises operate on the Thames under licence from London River Services, part of Transport for London.

Vessels

Crown has a fleet of five boats:

"Salient" - the largest vessel is a double-decker with retractable roof and on-board bar. Mainly used for private hire and party work.
"Sapele" - a 250-seater which is used for Circular Trips from Westminster, Embankment and Festival Pier
"Sarah Kathleen" - a small open-deck cruise boat used in the summer seasons for round trips from Westminster, Embankment, Bankside and St Katharine Docks
"Sarpedon" - a 400-seater with an open top deck and on-board catering
"Suerita" - a large double-decked catamaran hulled vessel used for dining tours.

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 East Herts & Essex Arriva London Arriva Southern Counties 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	Abellio Greater Anglia Stansted Express c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland London Overground Rail Operations 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 Proposed: Thames Estuary

Major stations

Central area	Bank/Monument Baker Street Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster
Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Finsbury Park Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

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