JOIN THE RACE
ON DOGGETTS DAY

Follow the Doggetts Coat
& Badge Race on 22nd July
on board a City Cruises
RiverLiner.See the Special
Services page for details.
020 77 400 400 to book.

riverliners

Facts and Figures

Open top deck, enclosed lower salon with panoramic windows
Wheelchair accessible toilets
Two bars
500 seats (up to 240 around tables)
Twin hulls of welded steel construction
Length 29.2m
Depth 2.85m
Beam l O.9m
Tonnage 270grt
Twin Cummins 6-cylinder turbocharged diesel engines (350hp) with advanced design of injectors, piston and cylinder head to optimise fuel burn and offer greater fuel efficiency
Fuel capacity 14,000 litres
Water capacity 8,000 litres
Fuel Consumption 100 litres/hr approx.
Electric power 50kVA diesel generators.

M.V.Millennium City, M.V.Millennium Dawn, M.V.Millennium of Peace and M.V.Millennium Time are collectively known as M2-class RiverLiners™. These vessels, built at a total cost of £6m, provide the backbone of our sightseeing service. Their design, specification and fit-out are the result of more than five years of technical studies, market research and development undertaken by City Cruises. The initial result from this programme was our first RiverLiner™, M.V.Millennium of London, which entered service in 1996. This was the first purpose-built sightseeing vessel on the River Thames for 25 years and to mark the occasion she was named by The Queen at Tower Pier. The design was refined in the light of operational experience and strategic decisions on the future of passenger services on the tidal Thames leading to the superb M2 class.

Design of the Vessel

The RiverLiners™ were designed by Eddie Woods of Anglia Design and built by Vosper Thornycroft UK at Woolston, Southampton. Whereas Millennium of London is a trimaran, the M2 series has twin hulls designed to offer low drag, a stable ride and low wash. Windows in the new boats are larger, contributing to a greater sense of light and space. The open top decks allow unrivalled views. The M2 class are currently the only boats on the tidal River Thames designed with accessibility in mind, the lower saloon, bars and toilets being fully accessible for wheelchair users.

Fuel

Like all City Cruises' fleet, the RiverLiners™ use ultra low sulphur diesel oil [ULSD], often known as "green diesel". This offers lower emissions [oxides and particulates] compared with conventional fuel. We adopted ULSD in 1999, following nine months of technical and commercial evaluation and are the first, and so far the only, operator to have made the change.

More pictures

To download more pictures and a summary of information, click here or on the boat picture top left.

The Interior

Each vessel has an individual interior design theme by Susan Redgrave of Inter Arc Design. These themes are water for Millennium of Peace and spring, summer and autumn for the other three M2 class vessels. All have a modern European look which is a significant departure from the woodwork featured in traditional river boat interiors. The water theme is manifested in the use of blue as the dominant interior colour and the wave design to the front and side of the bar and the floor for the entrance area. To ensure that the interior is as light and bright as possible, adding to the sense of spaciousness, the bulkheads are faced in a reflective metallic finish, while the deckhead is white with recessed downlighters. A dance floor can be provided at the front of the lower saloon.