Thames Clippers non-public timetable & workings

[antharro]

Thames Clippers / Uber Boat have a published timetable which is available on their website. It seems to be pretty efficient in terms of not having much in the way of empty moves. I'm guessing they also have a non-published timetable though as I do see the occasional late night empty move going out of the city towards their base out east. I assume these are return moves from the late night o2 Arena express services.

Are these moves documented anywhere, or are they more casual - i.e., the trip in to the city is on a timetable (following a timetabled stopping pattern into the city), but after the last stop, the return to depot isn't specifically timetabled - just run fast to depot. I also assume each boat is individually tracked so the depot can track them and knows when to expect them to reach the depot. Is this tracking available anywhere publicly or is it restricted to internal use only?

Would I be right in thinking that one Clipper is moored out west overnight (Putney/Battersea) for the first eastbound service of each day, rather than running empty from depot in the east? The first westbound services start at the o2, so presumably start out from the depot.

 

[SynthD]

https://careers.aegeurope.com/pdf/getting_to_uber_boat_by_thames_clippers_head_office.pdf

This pdf must be recent as it’s Uber branded. It refers to a ferry between Trinity Buoy Wharf and the regular dock at North Greenwich.

 

[Towers]

I know naff all about their empty workings, but I will say I think the Clippers are splendid things!

A friend and I recently did N Greenwich into the city, and I sat outside for the first time. They don't half go!

As an aside, I wonder if/what the colloquial term for the marine equivalent of a depot is? Pier, or (boat)yard maybe?!

 

[Mikw]

I know naff all about their empty workings, but I will say I think the Clippers are splendid things!

A friend and I recently did N Greenwich into the city, and I sat outside for the first time. They don't half go!

As an aside, I wonder if/what the colloquial term for the marine equivalent of a depot is? Pier, or (boat)yard maybe?!

Yeah, i rode one for the first time a few weeks ago, they're really quick, i enjoyed it a lot.