Thurrock Transport - Tilbury Ferry

Tilbury Ferry

In 1970, when this website starts to take an interest in the Tilbury to Gravesend ferry,
the service was owned & operated by British Rail, with links to rail services available
via the nearby Tilbury Riverside station. Two boats were available at this time, named
‘Edith’ and ‘Catherine’, though ‘Catherine’ had been demoted to a spare boat by 1981.

In 1979, the ferry service was transferred to Sealink - British Rail was to be privatised. 1984 saw Sealink acquired by Sea Containers LTD. ‘Catherine’ was sold in 1989 and in
1990 Stena Line took over from Sea Containers LTD. Stena Line didn’t want to keep hold
of this small river crossing service, and so another change of ownership saw White Horse
Ferries take over in 1991.

White Horse continued to use ‘Edith’, on loan from Stena Line until their new catarmaran
‘Great Expectations’ was ready in 1992. White Horse Ferries went into receivership in
2000, and the service passed on to current operator Lower Thames & Medway
Passenger Boat Company, who now operate the service using the ‘Duchess M’.

For more information on current Tilbury ferry services (including the current timetable),
please download the leaflet which you can find online by clicking here.

Alternatively, if you wish to contact the operator direct, their address is: Ferry Office,
68 West Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0BS. Telephone: 07973 390124

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Edith

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Duchess M

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