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London's river service network is not as flats rent London extensive as those of Hong Kong or Sydney, but with recent investment in river public transport and the creation of London River Services, water transport in the British capital is experiencing a revival. More than 2,000 commuters a day now travel by river[2] which flats rent London adds up to three million people per year, a figure that is set to increase with preparations for the 2012 Olympics and tourist traffic during the games.

History
Traffic on the Thames in 1746

Before the flats rent London construction of London's bridges and the Underground, the River Thames had served as a major thoroughfare for centuries. Attempts to regulate the transport of passengers and goods began in 1197, when King Richard I sold the Crown's rights over the Thames to the Corporation of the City of London, which then attempted to license boats on the river. In 1510 Henry VIII granted a licence to watermen that gave exclusive rights to carry passengers on the river.[3], and in 1555 an flats rent London Act of Parliament set up the Company of Watermen and Lightermen to control traffic on the Thames.

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For centuries the only bridge flats rent London across the Thames was London Bridge. Crossing the river by wherry (small wooden rowing boat) was a common mode of transport. [4]

[edit] The 19th Century
Steamers on the Thames in 1841

Passenger steamboats were introduced in 1815 and the use of the river as a means of public transport increased greatly. River services ran from Gravesend, Margate and Ramsgate via Greenwich and Woolwich flats rent London into central London. By the mid-1850s about 15,000 people per day travelled to work on steamboat services – twice the number of passengers on the newly emerging railways. [5] With increased congestion on the river, collisions and other accidents became correspondingly more frequent, most notably with the Princess Alice disaster at Woolwich in 1878.[6]

While the introduction of large flats rent London steamboats and bridge construction had taken business from the Thames watermen, the growth of the railways took passengers away from the steamboat services and the use of the river for public transport began a steady decline. River service companies struggled financially, and in 1876 the five main boat companies merged to form the London Steamboat Company. The company ran a half-hourly service from Chelsea to Greenwich for eight years until it went bankrupt in 1884. Nevertheless, river flats rent London services continued under different management into the next century. Many of the Thames paddle steamers around this time were built by the Thames Ironworks at Bow Creek.[7]

 

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The 20th Century

In 1905 the London County Council launched its own flats rent London public river transport service to complement its new tram network, acquiring piers and investing in a large fleet of 30 paddle-steamers.[8] Frequent services operated from Hammersmith to Greenwich. The LCC river service was not a success; in the first year it ran flats rent London up debts of £30,000. It was shut down in 1907 after only two years' service.[9][10]

Numerous proposals for "river bus" services were considered throughout the Twentieth Century, although the few that were realised were cancelled after a flats rent London short time in service.[11] In 1940, a temporary wartime river bus service was introduced using commandeered pleasure cruisers to replace train and tram services which were disrupted by the bombing of the Blitz.[12]
 

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