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Before ferries were dominant on Puget Sound, the route was served by passenger and freight-carrying steamboats. The wooden steamship Florence K served the route for the Eagle Harbor Transportation Co., until 1915 when the company put the new steamer Bainbridge on the route, and shifted Florence K to the Seattle–Port Washington route.
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.
MV Puyallup is a Jumbo Mark-II-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.This ferry and her two sisters are the largest in the fleet. Puyallup is normally assigned to the Edmonds–Kingston route, [1] although she is often reassigned to the Seattle–Bainbridge Island route whenever either of her sisters assigned to that route are out of service.
The Bainbridge, Seattle ferry will operate on a Saturday schedule on Thursday, featuring different departure and arrival times than a regular weekday. The ferry will resume is regular weekday ...
A new ORCA card costs $3; [4] prior to May 2022, this fee was $5, one of the highest prices for a public transportation smart card in the United States. [47] The King County Council has requested a study on the impact of either eliminating the $5 fee or adding $5 in value to all newly purchased cards. [48] The report will be due in February 2017.
The new ferry service, traveling 40 minutes between the two terminals, struggled to attract riders in its early months, but grew from 200 daily passengers to 500 by the following May. [34] [35] Under the agreement, Kitsap Transit leased the ferry for $32,000 per month and paid for docking fees and fuel with local and federal grants. [35] [36]
Washington State Ferry Tacoma The Hyak in Rich Passage heading to Bremerton, WA The MV Chimacum arrives in Seattle for the first time with passengers on board, on May 24, 2017. As of 2020, there are 21 ferries in the WSF fleet that serve Puget Sound. [24] The largest vessels in this fleet carry up to 2500 passengers and 202 vehicles.
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