Manly ferry services
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Collaroy in November 2008
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| Waterway | Sydney Harbour | ||||||||||||
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| Owner | Transport for New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Operator | Harbour City Ferries | ||||||||||||
| System length | 2 wharves, 11.3km | ||||||||||||
| No. of vessels | 4 Freshwater class 1 Lady Class (Backup) |
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Manly ferry services services operate on Sydney Harbour connecting the Sydney suburb of Manly with Circular Quay in the CBD a journey of seven nautical miles.
Services to Manly commenced in the 1850s. The Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company operated the service until it was sold to Brambles Industries in April 1972 and the Public Transport Commission in December 1974. In the mid 1960s hydrofoil services were introduced to complement the traditional ferries.
In July 1980 it came under the control of the Urban Transit Authority, in January 1989 the State Transit Authority and in 2004 Sydney Ferries.
The Sydney JetCats high speed service, was discontinued on 31 December 2008 and replaced with a privately owned service operated by Manly Fast Ferries. In March 2010, the government announced that that Manly Fast Ferries contract had not been renewed. Instead another private operator, Sydney Fast Ferries, was awarded a five year contract from 1 April 2010. However both operators have continued to operate services between Circular Quay and Manly During 2014 Transport for NSW has put out a tender for a combined service to commence during 2015 with Bass & Flinders Cruises, SeaLink Travel Group, Sydney Fast Ferries and Transit Systems responding. On 13 December 2014, it was announced that Manly Fast Ferries had won back the rights to operate the service, with a new contract which commencing on 1 April 2015.
On 28 July 2012 Harbour City Ferries, a 50/50 joint venture between Transdev Australasia and Transfield Services, began operating the services of Sydney Ferries under a seven year contract.
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