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The ferry district took over operation of the West Seattle/Downtown Seattle route from King County on April 27, 2008. [13] King County Water Taxi at Seattle's Pier 50 in 2010. In April 2009, the West Seattle route was renamed from the Elliott Bay Water Taxi to the King County Water Taxi. [14]
MV Doc Maynard is a passenger-only ferry built for the King County Water Taxi. The Doc Maynard is 104 feet (32 m) long and has a capacity of 278 passengers seated in two indoor and outdoor decks. It was built in 2015 by All American Marine in Bellingham, Washington for US$ 6.25 million (US$8.03 million in 2023 dollars [ 3 ] ), and is used ...
King County Water Taxi and Downtown Seattle. The King County Department of Transportation operates two passenger-only ferry services known as the King County Water Taxi with service from Downtown Seattle to Vashon Island and West Seattle. [11] Kitsap Transit operates passenger-only ferries between Port Orchard and Bremerton, and Annapolis and ...
During the winter months (late October to early April) mid-day and weekend service is suspended on the West Seattle Water Taxi and on the shuttle routes. Routes in the 700s are also used for special event services, such as Washington Huskies football games at Husky Stadium .
She sailed between Downtown Seattle and Kingston until the service was discontinued in the fall of 2012. [ 5 ] On March 18, 2013, Spirit of Kingston was acquired by the King County Ferry District at no cost under an arrangement with the Federal Transit Administration, which had originally provided the grant funding to the Port of Kingston for ...
The water taxi serves West Seattle and Vashon Island, while the Fast Ferries serve Bremerton and Kingston. From 2017 to 2019, passenger ferries used a temporary passenger-only dock at the north side of Pier 52. [ 17 ]
[1] She was later sold to Four Seasons Marie which leased the vessel to Kitsap Transit for a Passenger-Only ferry route between Seattle and Bremerton. From April 2010 and on, she was operated by the King County Ferry District on the Downtown Seattle to West Seattle route as part of the King County Water Taxi. The route runs all day from April ...
A water taxi or a water bus is a boat used to provide public or private transport, usually, but not always, in an urban environment. [1] Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to a bus , or on demand to many locations, operating in a similar manner to a taxi .