Circular Quay ferry wharf

Circular Quay
View towards the wharf, railway station and surrounding buildings from Sydney Cove
Location	Alfred Street, Sydney central business district
Coordinates	33°51′40.267″S 151°12′38.539″E / 33.86118528°S 151.21070528°ECoordinates: 33°51′40.267″S 151°12′38.539″E / 33.86118528°S 151.21070528°E
Owned by	Roads & Maritime Services
Operated by	Harbour City Ferries
Platforms	5 wharves (10 berths)
Connections	Bus Train
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Services
Manly → Taronga Zoo → Milsons Point → Milsons Point → Kirribilli → Cremorne Point → Garden Island →

Circular Quay ferry wharf is a complex of wharves at Circular Quay, on Sydney Cove, that serves as the hub for the Sydney Harbour ferry network.

Layout

The Circular Quay ferry wharf complex consists of five double sided wharves at 90 degrees to the shoreline, numbered 2 to 6. Wharves 2 to 5 are used exclusively by Sydney Ferries, while wharf 6 is used by operators including Captain Cook Cruises and Manly Fast Ferries. Each wharf has ticket selling facilities on both sides of the barriers as most other wharves do not have such facilities.

On the eastern side alongside Bennelong Apartments, is the Eastern Pontoon used by charter operators. On the western side, lie the Commissioners Steps and Harbour Masters Steps that are used by charter operators and water taxis.

When the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company introduced hydrofoils to the Manly service in the mid-1960s, a pontoon was attached to the eastern side of wharf 2 to allow the hydrofoils to berth without their foils fouling the wharf. This was removed when the hydrofoils were replaced by JetCats in 1991.

Wharf 3 is exclusively used by ferries on the Manly service. When the Freshwater class ferries were introduced in the 1980s, the wharf was rebuilt to accommodate their onboard gangways. It has a mezzanine level allowing ferries to disembark passengers from their upper decks. It also houses an office for Harbour City Ferries. To better accommodate the larger ferries, wharf 3 is built higher from the water and this combined with differently configured Opal card readers, means only Manly ferries can use the wharf.

Wharves 2, 3, 4 and 5 are used interchangeably by Sydney Ferries.

Ferry services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
2		Shuttle to Taronga Zoo Limited stops to Taronga Zoo via Mosman Bay Limited stops to Taronga Zoo via Cremorne Point	[1]
3		Shuttle to Manly	[2]
4		All stops to Neutral Bay	[3]
		All stops to Mosman Bay Limited stops to Mosman Bay	[1]
		F7 Eastern Suburbs Shuttle to Rose Bay Shuttle to Double Bay Limited stops to Watsons Bay via Garden Island Limited stops to Watsons Bay via Garden Island, Double Bay & Rose Bay Limited stops to Rose Bay via Garden Island & Double Bay Limited stops to Rose Bay via Darling Point & Double Bay Limited stops to Rose Bay via Double Bay Limited stops to Double Bay via Darling Point F7 Eastern Suburbs (weekends) Shuttle to Watsons Bay Limited stops to Watsons Bay via Rose Bay Limited stops to Watsons Bay via Double Bay & Rose Bay Limited stops to Double Bay via Garden Island	[4]
5		F3 Parramatta River Shuttle to Sydney Olympic Park Limited stops to Parramatta Limited stops to Parramatta via Darling Harbour Limited stops to Rydalmere via Drummoyne Limited stops to Rydalmere via Milsons Point, McMahons Point and Abbotsford Limited stops to Sydney Olympic Park via Balmain East Limited stops to Sydney Olympic Park via Cockatoo Island Limited stops to Sydney Olympic Park via Darling Harbour Limited stops to Sydney Olympic Park via Darling Harbour & Cockatoo Island Limited stops to Cabarita Limited stops to Chiswick Limited stops to Cockatoo Island F3 Parramatta River (weekends) Services to Rydalmere & Parramatta	[5]
		All stops to Darling Harbour	[6]
6	Lane Cove River	Captain Cook Cruises service to Hunters Hill	[7]
	Harbour Explorer	Captain Cook Cruises service Darling Harbour to Fort Denison, Taronga Zoo, Watsons Bay & Manly	[8]
	Watsons Bay	Captain Cook Cruises Watsons Bay Rocket	[9]
	Manly Fast Ferry	Shuttle to Manly	[10]
	Sydney Harbour Eco Hopper	Tourist Hop on/Hop off service around Sydney Harbour	[11]

Public transport interchange

Aerial view of the wharves

View of Wharves 4 & 5 from Circular Quay station

The Circular Quay ferry wharf complex is adjacent to an elevated railway station of the same name. The station is served by Sydney Trains services on the Airport, Inner West & South Line and the Bankstown Line.

South of the railway station is the Alfred Street bus terminus. A large number of Sydney Buses routes originate from there as well as two Sydney Explorer routes.

References

1. "F2: Taronga Zoo and F6: Mosman Bay ferry timetable" (PDF). Sydney Ferries. 20 October 2013.
2. "F1: Manly ferry timetable" (PDF). Sydney Ferries. 20 October 2013.
3. "F5; Neutral Bay ferry timetable" (PDF). Sydney Ferries. 20 October 2013.
4. "F7: Eastern Suburbs timetable" (PDF). Sydney Ferries. 20 October 2013.
5. "F3: Parramatta River Ferry timetable" (PDF). Sydney Ferries. 20 October 2013.
6. "F4: Darling Harbour ferry timetable" (PDF). Sydney Ferries. 20 October 2013.
7. "Lane Cove Ferry timetable" (PDF). Captain Cook Cruises. 18 September 2014.
8. "Harbour Explorer timetable" (PDF). Captain Cook Cruises. 14 May 2015.
9. "Watsons Bay Rocket timetable" (PDF). Captain Cook Cruises. 7 April 2015.
10. "Manly Fast Ferry timetable". Many Fast Ferry. 1 April 2015 [Amended 21 April 2015].
11. "Eco Hopper Timetable". Bass & Flinders. 5 April 2015.

External links

Media related to Circular Quay ferry wharf at Wikimedia Commons