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Sydney Ferries is the public transport ferry network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales. Services operate on Sydney Harbour and the connecting Parramatta River . The network is controlled by the New South Wales Government's transport authority, Transport for NSW , and is part of the authority's Opal ticketing system .
Part of the Balmain New Ferry Company fleet until that company's takeover by Sydney Ferries Ltd in 1918. [55] In 1933, became first Sydney Ferries Ltd vessel to be converted to diesel. Gardner diesel, two strike five-cylinder providing 190 hp (141 kW) and 10.3 knots. Sent to Adelaide in 1971 and rebuilt as show boat.
Lady Chelmsford was a Sydney Harbour ferry built in 1910 for the Balmain New Ferry Company. She and four similar ferries, Lady Denman (1912), Lady Edeline (1913), Lady Ferguson (1914), and Lady Scott (1914), were a new series of "Lady-class" ferries designed by naval architect Walter Reeks.
1920s - Sydney Ferries Limited has a near a near monopoly on Sydney Harbour ferry services, except for the Manly ferry service and several small launch services. [12] In addition to buying out most of the other ferry operators and their assets, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] between 1900 and 1914 the company acquired 25 large vessels - mostly of the type known ...
Transdev Sydney Ferries, formerly Harbour City Ferries, is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia, and is the operator of ferry services in the Sydney Ferries network since July 2012. It currently operates the ferry network under a contract until June 2028.
On 1 May 1939, the High Court of Australia found that the vessel had capsized through negligence. Charles Rosman lost his captain's ticket for three years, although he ran his ferry business into the 1970s. Damages of £200 was awarded to one of the survivors, Laura Nagrint.
It subsequently took over the Parramatta River Steamers and Tramway Co. Ltd. (in 1901), the Balmain New Ferry Co. Ltd. in 1917 and the Watsons Bay and South Shore Steam Ferry Co. Ltd. in 1920. [1] Sydney Ferries acquired some innovative technology from its predecessor companies, notably the double-ended screw ferry design in which Sydney was a ...
External image Sydney Ferries network map (PDF) by Transport for NSW, updated November 2017. Sydney Ferries is a metropolitan ferry service operating in Sydney Harbour, connecting a network of 36 wharves on the waterway and its various inlets and tributaries. Currently, Sydney Ferries operates nine distinct service routes across the harbour, all originating from or terminating at Circular Quay ...