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SR 305 begins at Colman Dock in Seattle and travels on the Seattle–Bainbridge Island ferry to Bainbridge Island. The ferry, operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF), is on a 8.6-mile-long (13.8 km) route and is served by the Jumbo Mark-II-class MV Tacoma and MV Wenatchee, traveling at a speed of 18 knots (21 mph) for a 35-minute crossing.
In 1951, Washington State bought out PSNC and took over the ferry system. The state paid $500,000 for the ferry terminal at Colman Dock. [6] Work on the present terminal began a decade later; there have been several reconfigurations and modernizations since. [3] The very month that the state ferry terminal opened, it was the subject of another ...
The ferry system carried a total of 18.66 million riders in 2023—9.69 million passengers and 8.97 million vehicles. [3] WSF is the largest ferry system in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world behind BC Ferries. [4] The state ferries carried an average of 59,900 per weekday in the third quarter of 2024.
Eagle Harbor is a harbor on the east side of Bainbridge Island, Washington. It is the harbor where the Seattle–Bainbridge Island ferry service operates at the island's main town of Winslow. Washington State Ferries has a shipbuilding and maintenance facility in Eagle Harbor near the ferry terminal that it has used since 1951. The harbor has ...
From 1951 to 1968, the main ferry on the route was the Illahee which ran along with the Quinault (1951–1953), Evergreen State (1954–1959), and Tillikum (1959–1968), with the steam ferry San Mateo occasionally running as an extra boat. [1] In 1950, the Agate Pass Bridge opened, connecting the north end of Bainbridge Island to the Kitsap ...
[32] [31] Prior to August 2019, "Terminal H" was primarily occupied by FRS Caribbean, which operated a ferry service between Miami and Bimini in the Bahamas. [33] [32] [needs update] The new terminal is designed to be the homeport for Virgin Voyages' first two vessels, the Scarlet Lady and the Valiant Lady. [34] "Terminal V" was completed in ...
In March 2023, Kitsap Transit selected Pier 48 as their preferred site for a new passenger ferry terminal in Downtown Seattle due to expected overcrowding of the existing Pier 50 facility shared with the King County Water Taxi. The site is south of Colman Dock and Pier 50 and was formerly used by Washington State Ferries as overflow for ...
30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...