Cross Harbour ferry services
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 MV Pemulwuy at Milsons Point in November 2017 | |
| Waterway | Sydney Harbour |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sydney Ferries |
| Operator | Transdev Sydney Ferries |
| Began operation | 26 November 2017 |
| Ended operation | 25 October 2020 |
| System length | 8 wharves, 14.6 km |
| No. of vessels | Emerald and SuperCat class |
The Cross Harbour ferry service, officially known as F4 Cross Harbour, was a commuter ferry service in Sydney, New South Wales. Part of the Sydney Ferries network, it was operated by Transdev Sydney Ferries and serviced the Darling Harbour, Lavender Bay, Rose Bay, and Watsons Bay areas.
Introduced on 26 November 2017, the service replaced the entirety of the predecessor F4 Darling Harbour service and the Watsons Bay stopping pattern of the F7 Eastern Suburbs service. Emerald-class ferries and SuperCat ferries operated the service. On 25 October 2020, the service ceased operations and was split up into F4 Pyrmont Bay and F9 Watsons Bay services.[1]
History[]
Prior to the introduction of the Cross Harbour route, service patterns on the Sydney Ferries network were often divided between wharves located west of Circular Quay, and wharves located east, with the exception of a short-lived service in the mid-1990s that linked McMahons Point and Rose Bay.[a] The Cross Harbour service is a successor to the Darling Harbour ferry service, which existed in many iterations between the 1980s and 2017. The new service was unveiled by the New South Wales Government on 27 March 2017.[2]
Following community consultation jointly held by the ferry operator Transdev Sydney Ferries and Transport for NSW in 2019–2020, the F4 route was divided into F4 Pyrmont Bay and F9 Watsons Bay services on 25 October 2020.[3][1]
Wharves[]
| Name | Distance from Circular Quay |
Waterway | Serving suburbs | Other lines | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyrmont Bay – Watsons Bay | ||||||
| Pyrmont Bay | 4.5 km | Darling Harbour | Pyrmont | none | ||
| Barangaroo | 3.9 km | Barangaroo, Sydney CBD | ||||
| Balmain East | 3.0 km | Balmain East | ||||
| McMahons Point | 1.7 km | Lavender Bay | McMahons Point | |||
| Milsons Point | 1.3 km | Milsons Point | ||||
| Circular Quay | 0.0 km | Sydney Cove | Sydney CBD, The Rocks | |||
| Rose Bay | 5.9 km | Rose Bay | Rose Bay | none | ||
| Watsons Bay | 10.1 km | Watsons Bay | Watsons Bay | |||
Patronage[]
The following table shows the patronage of Sydney Ferries network for the year ending 30 June 2020.
F1 |
3 300 000 |
|
F2 |
1 034 000 | |
F3 |
1 982 000 | |
F4 |
3 130 000 | |
F5 |
421 000 | |
F6 |
581 000 | |
F7 |
171 000 | |
F8 |
464 000 |
- ^ Figures based on Opal tap on and tap off data.
References[]
- Notes
- ^ A 1995 network map shows a route originating at Circular Quay, stopping at McMahons Point, and terminating at Rose Bay.
- Citations
- ^ a b "F4 Cross Harbour ferry route changes". Transport Info NSW. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ McDonough, Keely (27 March 2017). "More ferry routes and services between the North Shore, CBD and Eastern Suburbs". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "2020 Service Changes". Your Say Transdev. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Ferry Patronage - Monthly Comparison". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
External links[]
- F4 Cross Harbour timetable between 1 January 2019 and cessaion at Transport for NSW
- Ferry transport in Sydney