Increase in peak hour ferry services for the Eastern Suburbs EASTERN suburbs residents who commute to the city for work will find their journey that little bit easier with the rollout of new ferry services at Darling Point, Rose Bay, Double Bay and Watsons Bay. From October 20, there will be more ferries running during the morning and afternoon peaks, as well as increased night services and weekend services. In Rose Bay most peak services will run directly to Circular Quay and the number of peak period ferries will increase from five to seven — all with a 11 minute travel time. There will be a new 8.30am weekday service. Weekend services will run directly between Rose Bay and Circular Quay during the day. In Double Bay ferries will arrive every 30 minutes during peak periods, rather than the current 40 minute intervals. Weekend services will increase to a one-per-hour timetable. Evening services to Double Bay and Rose Bay will run later every night, with the last departing Circular Quay at 8.55pm Sunday to Thursday (two and a half hours later than the current timetable) and 10.55pm on Fridays and Saturdays (four and a half hours later than the current timetable). In Darling Point there will be an additional service to Circular Quay in the morning peak and two additional services in the evening peak. Service frequency on these services will also increase to 30 minutes. In Watsons Bay the weekend timetable will start one hour earlier and run two hours later, with the last service departing for Circular Quay at 9.30pm on Saturdays and Sundays. The announcement of additional ferry services comes a week after the State Government announced an additional 85 peak period train services on the eastern suburbs train line, which come in to effect on October 20.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 01:04:22 +0000
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