Cross Harbour ferry services

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.

Cross Harbour
Pemulwuy at Milsons Point in November 2017
WaterwayPort Jackson
OwnerSydney Ferries
OperatorTransdev Sydney Ferries
Began operation26 November 2017
Ended operation24 October 2020
No. of vesselsEmerald & SuperCat class
No. of terminals8 wharves
Manly
Taronga Zoo
Parramatta River
Pyrmont Bay
Neutral Bay
Mosman Bay
Double Bay
Cockatoo Island
Watsons Bay
Blackwattle Bay

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.[lower-alpha 1] 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
F4 wharves
Name Waterway Other lines
Pyrmont Bay – Watsons Bay
Pyrmont Bay Darling Harbour none
Barangaroo
Balmain East
McMahons Point Lavender Bay
Milsons Point
Circular Quay Sydney Cove
Rose Bay Rose Bay none
Watsons Bay Watsons Bay

References
Notes
  1. A 1995 network map shows a route originating at Circular Quay, stopping at McMahons Point, and terminating at Rose Bay.
Citations
  1. More ferry routes and services between the North Shore, CBD and Eastern Suburbs Daily Telegraph 27 March 2017
  2. Your Say Transdev Transdev Sydney Ferries
  3. F4 Cross Harbour ferry route changes Transport NSW 9 October 2020
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