Eastern Suburbs ferry services

Eastern Suburbs

Susie O’Neill passing Goat Island in July 2013
Waterway	Sydney Harbour, Double Bay Rose Bay, Watsons Bay
Owner	Transport for New South Wales
Operator	Harbour City Ferries
System length	6 wharves, 12km
No. of vessels	SuperCat First Fleet

Eastern Suburbs ferry services connect wharves in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs with Circular Quay by commuter ferry. The services are provided by Sydney Ferries, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. The route is coloured dark green on the current Sydney Ferries network map. SuperCats are the primary vessel on the route with some Double Bay services operated by First Fleet ferries.

Wharves

Circular Quay- Circular Quay is a major Sydney transport hub, with a large ferry, rail and bus interchange. The Cahill Expressway is a prominent feature of the quay, running from the east, over the elevated railway station to join the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the west. Sydney Cove was the site of the initial landing of the First Fleet in Port Jackson. Circular Quay was originally mainly used for shipping and slowly developed into a transport, leisure and recreational centre. Sydney Ferries services use wharves 2, 3, 4 and 5 at Circular Quay. Each wharf has ticket vending machines and ticket barriers, and is wheelchair-accessible.
Garden Island- This wharf serves the Royal Australian Navy's Naval Heritage Centre on Garden Island. The wharf is wheelchair-accessible.
Darling Point- This wharf serves the suburb of Darling Point and is located in McKell Park. The wharf is open on weekdays only and is not wheelchair-accessible.
Double Bay- This wharf serves the suburb of Double Bay and is located on Bay Street. The wharf is not wheelchair-accessible.
Rose Bay- This wharf serves the suburb of Rose Bay and is located in Lyne Park. The wharf is not wheelchair-accessible.
Watsons Bay- This wharf serves the suburb of Watsons Bay and is located on Military Road. The wharf is not wheelchair-accessible.

Sydney Trains	T1 North Shore, Northern & Western T2 Airport, Inner West & South T3 Bankstown T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra T5 Cumberland T6 Carlingford T7 Olympic Park

Sydney Metro	Northwest Rapid Transit (operator) Sydney Metro Northwest (under construction) Sydney Metro City & Southwest (proposed) Sydney Metro West (proposed)

Infrastructure	List of Sydney railway lines List of Sydney Trains railway stations Sydney rail rolling stock

Services	Local routes Metrobus NightRide Rapid routes Suburban routes 144 190 400

Operators	Busabout Busways Forest Hillsbus Interline Punchbowl Bus Company State Transit Transdev Transit Systems

Infrastructure	Liverpool–Parramatta T-way North-West T-way

Ferry

Sydney Ferries	F1 Manly F2 Taronga Zoo F3 Parramatta River F4 Darling Harbour F5 Neutral Bay F6 Mosman F7 Eastern Suburbs Harbour City Ferries

Other	Captain Cook Cruises Church Point Ferry Cronulla and National Park Ferry Cruises Hawkesbury River Ferries Manly Fast Ferry Palm Beach Ferry

Point-to-point

Ticketing

Government

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