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The terminal is on the Auckland waterfront, at the north end of Queen Street, across Quay Street from the Waitematā railway station, which is the hub for local buses and trains. The ferry terminal is composed of two main elements, a yellow Edwardian Baroque building facing Queen Street and the CBD, and newer wharves and a waiting area building ...
This is a list of ferries that operate in Auckland, New Zealand, as part of the city's public transport network. Ferries are primarily operated by Fullers360 , SeaLink , Belaire , and Explore . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Auckland Transport also owns several ferries, [ 3 ] but these vessels are controlled by Fullers360 until 2028.
The first official ferry started in 1854, the first steam ferry in 1860, [102] the first scheduled ferry in 1865, Auckland & North Shore Steam Ferry Co in 1869, Devonport Steam Ferry Company in 1885, a vehicle ferry in 1911 and North Shore Ferries in 1959. [103] In 1981 George and Douglas Hudson bought North Shore Ferries and Waiheke Shipping Co.
The current centre of the working port is further east than in historical times. Visible here are the wharves near the site of the current Auckland Ferry Terminal in 1905. Auckland's trade, by virtue of being the (now) largest city of an island colony nation, has to a large degree always depended on its harbours.
The Auckland waterfront (rarely the Auckland harbourfront) is a city-side stretch of the southern Waitematā Harbour coastline in Auckland, New Zealand. Previously mostly dominated by Ports of Auckland uses, from the 2000s on it is becoming increasingly open to recreational public use, with a number of former wharves being converted to office ...
The Auckland Ferry Terminal, which has ferries running to Devonport, Waiheke Island, and other places in Waitematā Harbour; the Hilton Auckland hotel; and Ports of Auckland are on the north side of the street. The Britomart Transport Centre, Queen Elizabeth Square and Grand Mercure Auckland hotel are on the south side.
The wharf was sold to Auckland Regional Council and the New Zealand Government, [5] who each paid $20 million to Ports of Auckland, [6] [7] in 2010. It was transformed to act as "Party Central" for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. A competition to outline a plan for renewing of the wharf for the Rugby World Cup and beyond began on 24 August 2009.
M.V. Kea (sometimes called the Seabus Kea) was a commercial passenger ferry that operated the busy New Zealand Devonport-Downtown Auckland express route for Fullers Ferries (Auckland's largest ferry operator). The Kea operated a regular service departing from Downtown Auckland every half-hour. [3]