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The Watsons Bay ferry service, officially known as F9 Watsons Bay, is a ferry service in Sydney, Australia. Part of the Sydney Ferries network, it is operated by Transdev Sydney Ferries from Circular Quay to Rose Bay and Watsons Bay .
Today it is served by Sydney Ferries Watsons Bay services operated by Emerald-class ferries. [4] Watsons Bay wharf is also served by Captain Cook Cruises peak hour commuter services to Circular Quay. [5] At other times the Captain Cook Cruises Hop On/Hop Off Sydney Harbour ferry service operates via Watsons Bay wharf. [6]
The Circular Quay ferry wharf complex consists of five double-sided wharves at 90 degrees to the shoreline, numbered 2 to 6 [1].Wharves 3 to 5 are used exclusively by Sydney Ferries, wharf 2 Side B is used by Sydney Ferries, wharf 2 A is used by Manly Fast Ferry by while wharf 6 is used by other operators including Captain Cook Cruises.
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 ...
Served the Watsons Bay run. The first of the Walter Reeks double-ended single-screw designs and built by Rock Davis of Brisbane Waters. At 15 knots, the fastest ferry at the time. [54] [71] [74] Expensive to run. [69] With the Watsons Bay run declining, the vessel was sold to Newcastle 1931 and its fate is unknown. Watsons Bay service was ...
Following community consultation jointly held by the ferry operator Transdev Sydney Ferries and Transport for NSW in 2019–2020, the F4 Cross Harbour route was divided into F4 Pyrmont Bay and F9 Watsons Bay services on 25 October 2020. [7] [1] During the consultation, the new F4 was originally planned to be known as the F4 City Connector. [7]
In November 2017 the service was restructured. Services to Garden Island, Darling Point and Double Bay became the F7 Double Bay service, while the Watsons Bay service was merged with the F4 Pyrmont Bay service to become the F4 Cross Harbour service. [6] [7] Ferries do not stop at Garden Island Wharf because Garden Island is not open to the public.
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 ...