Cross Harbour ferry services explained

Cross Harbour
Waterway:Port Jackson
Began Operation:26 November 2017
Ended Operation:24 October 2020
Terminals:8 wharves
Vessels:Emerald & SuperCat class
Operator:Transdev Sydney Ferries
Owner:Sydney Ferries
Map Name:Sydney Ferries services
Map State:collapsed

The Cross Harbour ferry service, officially known as F4 Cross Harbour, was a commuter ferry service in Sydney, New South Wales. Part of the Sydney Ferries network, it was operated by Transdev Sydney Ferries and serviced the Darling Harbour, Lavender Bay, Rose Bay and Watsons Bay areas.

Introduced on 26 November 2017, the service replaced the entirety of the predecessor F4 Darling Harbour service and the Watsons Bay stopping pattern of the F7 Eastern Suburbs service. Emerald-class ferries and SuperCat ferries operated the service. On 25 October 2020, the service ceased and was split into F4 Pyrmont Bay and F9 Watsons Bay services.

History

Prior to the introduction of the Cross Harbour route, service patterns on the Sydney Ferries network were often divided between wharves located west of Circular Quay, and wharves located east, with the exception of a short-lived service in the mid-1990s that linked McMahons Point and Rose Bay. The Cross Harbour service is a successor to the Darling Harbour ferry service, which existed in many iterations between the 1980s and 2017. The new service was unveiled by the New South Wales Government on 27 March 2017.[1]

Following community consultation jointly held by the ferry operator Transdev Sydney Ferries and Transport for NSW in 2019/20, the F4 route was divided into F4 Pyrmont Bay and F9 Watsons Bay services on 25 October 2020.[2] [3]

Wharves

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F4 wharves!Name!Waterway!Other lines
Pyrmont Bay – Watsons Bay
Pyrmont BayDarling Harbour
Barangaroo
Balmain East
McMahons PointLavender Bay
Milsons Point
Circular QuaySydney Cove
Rose BayRose Bay
Watsons BayWatsons Bay

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20170425113418/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/more-ferry-routes-and-services-between-the-north-shore-cbd-and-eastern-suburbs/news-story/9a3cb2113abdd5813d99f88117a3812a More ferry routes and services between the North Shore, CBD and Eastern Suburbs
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20201012102150/https://yoursay.transdev.com.au/2020-service-changes Your Say Transdev
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20201014100329/https://transportnsw.info/news/2020/f4-cross-harbour-ferry-route-changes F4 Cross Harbour ferry route changes