Golden Gate Ferry is one of three transportation systems owned and operated by Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transport District. The other two are the Golden Gate Bridge and the Golden Gate Transit bus service. Golden Gate Ferry connects San Francisco to Marin County, California. Funding for ferry services mainly consists of passenger fares and bridge toll subsidies.
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Area layanan
The Golden Gate Ferry serves Larkspur, Sausalito, and Tiburon in Marin County and San Francisco.
Route
Golden Gate Ferry operates regular passenger ferry services on three routes:
- Larkspur Ferry Terminal to San Francisco Ferry Building
- Sausalito Ferry Terminal to San Francisco Ferry Building
- Tiburon Ferry Terminal to San Francisco Ferry Building
It also operates a limited service from Larkspur to AT & amp; T Park for all San Francisco Giants baseball games. Additional services are provided for special occasions.
The service to Sausalito began in 1970, and the service for Larkspur began in 1976. The service for AT & T Park began in 2000. Recently, the service for Tiburon began on March 6, 2017.
Schedule
Note: The schedule information listed below is effective from March 6, 2017. The Larkspur and Sausalito routes provide extended services during the summer.
On a weekday morning, one trip each at Golden Gate Transit Routes 24 and 97 provides additional services before the first ferry departure from the Larkspur Ferry Terminal to the San Francisco Financial District.
Holidays include President's Day, Anniversary, Independence Day, and Labor Day. No services operate on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Reduced schedules operate on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Day after Thanksgiving, and on the days around Christmas and New Year.
Transfer Connection
The Larkspur Ferry Terminal is served by Golden Gate Transit Route 25. The Larkspur Ferry Shuttle is the time to meet the ferry crossings during the hours of weekday travel. Additional services are provided by Marin Transit Routes 17, 29, and 228, which stop at East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in front of the terminal.
Sausalito Ferry Landing is served by Golden Gate Transit Routes 2, 30, and 92, departing at Bridgeway. Additional services provided by Marine Transit Routes 17, 61, 66F, and 71X, taking on Bay Street.
The Tiburon Ferry Landing is served by the Golden Gate Transit Route 8, which takes on Tiburon Boulevard. Additional services provided by Marine Transit Routes 219 and 219F.
San Francisco Ferry Building is serviced by many Muni buses and tram lines and several San Francisco Bay Ferry lines.
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Rates and transfers
Price
The price of Golden Gate Ferry differs based on route, type of passenger, and method of payment. Rates are valid from 1 July 2017.
Youth aged 5 to 17. Age is aged 65 years and over. Up to 2 kids ages 4 and under ride free if accompanied by an adult.
Transfer
- Golden Gate Transit
Transfers from Golden Gate Ferry to Golden Gate Transit are only available using Clipper cards. Transfers from the Golden Gate Transit to the Golden Gate Ferry are available by cash or by using a Clipper card. Transfers are valid for 4 hours for inter-regional travel. Transfers can be used up to 3 times to complete a single trip.
- Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit
Until the line is extended to the nearest station, the shuttle bus service connects the Larkspur Terminal to the San Rafael Transit Center to facilitate inter-system transfer.
- Muni
Free transfers to and from San Francisco Muni were discontinued in 2010. Conversely, passengers must use Clipper cards to take advantage of the following transfer opportunities:
From ferry to Muni : Adult Clipper Customers receive $ 0.50 credit at the cost of their Muni Clipper (e-cash only); Clipper customers of young, senior, and disabled age are not covered by transfer credits.
From Muni to ferry : Clipper customers receive $ 0.50 credit ($ 0.25 credit for youth/senior/disabled) at their GGF Clipper rates.
Fleet
The first ship to provide a ferry service is M.S. Golden Gate . Before he retired in 2004, he took 42,108 trips between Sausalito and San Francisco, carrying 21 million passengers and drove nearly 1.3 million nautical miles (2.400.000 km; 1.500.000 mi), equivalent to around 45 times worldwide.
The Golden Gate Ferry has four catamarans and three Spaulding monaur ships that operate today.
The Spaulding ship was named M.S. Marin , M.S. San Francisco , and M.S. Sonoma . Marin can carry 750 passengers, and San Francisco and Sonoma can carry 630 passengers each. They were purchased from Philip F. Spaulding & amp; Partner in San Diego from 1976-1977. They were originally supported by gas turbine water jets but converted to diesel engine propeller drives in 1983-1985. More efficient diesel engines were installed in 2001 and 2002.
The catamaran is M.V. Del Norte (purchased 1998, 400 passengers), M.V. Golden Gate (purchased 2009, 450 passengers), M.V. Mendocino (purchased 2001, 450 passengers), and M.V. Napa (purchased in 2009, 450 passengers).
All ferries are wheelchair accessible () and can carry bikes; catamaran can carry 15 bicycles, Marin can carry 100 bicycles, and San Francisco and Sonoma can carry 25 bikes. All ferries have on-board drinks, including a full bar with mixed drinks.
The M.S. Marin underwent a full renovation in November 2006, including all new seating, paint, deck coverings and carpets, ceilings and wall panels, lighting, PA systems, toilets, stand refreshment, security cameras, windows , bike racks, generators and electrical systems, and modern wheelchair lifts. It re-entered service in July 2007.
Golden Gate Ferry bought two paintings from Washington State Ferries in January 2009. The M.V. Snohomish was renamed M.V. Napa and entered service in May 2009. The M.V. Chinook named M.V. Golden Gate , improved, and entered service in May 2011. The M.V. Napa experienced improvements from the end of 2009.
Also see
The Golden Gate Ferry connects with the following transit agencies in San Francisco and Marin County:
- Amtrak
- BART
- Marin Transit
- Muni
References
External links
- Official website
- Golden Gate Bridge District
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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