Ferry passengers will now enjoy more trips on the iconic Freshwater vessels and extra services on the Parramatta River, with the NSW Government delivering an additional 60 services across the F1 and F3 routes during the week and another 36 on weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freshwater Class vessels will be permanently uplifted from operating every 2 hours to hourly, increasing from 5 services a day to 10, on weekdays and weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Sydney\u2019s most popular ferry route, with vessels that can carry up to 1100 passengers, this is a major boost for passengers and a win for our city \u2013 doubling the options for a trip across the harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first services from Circular Quay will depart at 9:50am with the first service from Manly taking off at 10:30am. The last service departing Circular Quay will be at 6:50pm and the last from Manly departing 7:30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An extra 7 services will operate on the F3 Parramatta River route each weekday and an extra 26 on the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those heading to events on Sundays will also have more options and shorter wait times, with 8 trips that currently terminate and Meadowbank and Barangaroo now extending all the way to Sydney Olympic Park and Circular Quay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the busy L1 Inner West Light Rail, passengers will enjoy a more frequent timetable, as extra services join the weekday peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new timetable will increase passenger capacity by 33% during peak times and see more frequent services on Friday nights when people are out and about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These extra services are as a result of the new Urbos 100 light rail vehicles hitting the tracks, increasing the L1 fleet from 12 to 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information, visit Transport NSW info.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Transport Jo Haylen said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAdding extra services to key routes in Sydney will support the return to work and school, increasing capacity and decreasing wait times for thousands of commuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe know the community wants more frequent trips along the Parramatta River, particularly on weekends and for major events, while our beautiful Freshwater Class ferries have never been more popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFerries are one of Sydney\u2019s most beloved forms of public transport, so this is great news for our city \u2013 both in our West and between Manly and Circular Quay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe went to the election promising more ferry services at Drummoyne Wharf \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m delivering now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cExtra light rail services will make a big difference for those in the Inner West by cutting wait times and increasing capacity, with more than 200 extra services a week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Transport for NSW Coordinator General Howard Collins said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cExtra services on the popular F1 and F3 routes is a major boost to those who are taking a ferry to work, to school or to events around Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe uplift to a 6-minute frequency for the L1 Light Rail will be a huge benefit to those travelling through the Inner West to the business hubs of Pyrmont, Ultimo, Haymarket and the CBD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want to thank our operators for working with us to provide more services that cut wait times and allow passengers to simply turn up and go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ferry passengers will now enjoy more trips on the iconic Freshwater vessels and extra services on the Parramatta River, with the NSW Government delivering an additional 60 services across the F1 and F3 routes during the week and another 36 on weekends. Freshwater Class vessels will be permanently uplifted from operating every 2 hours to … Continue reading “Ferry and light rail service boost”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24976,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24975\/revisions\/24976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}