Schedule changes will take effect for all San Francisco Bay Ferry routes beginning Monday, March 9. These changes focus on increasing system reliability, responding to rider feedback, and improving connections for morning UCSF transbay commuters.
[1]For riders commuting between the East Bay and South San Francisco, adjustments include trip time changes prompted by the results of the recent South San Francisco ferry route study [2]. Additionally, a new early morning ferry trip is being added from Oakland to Downtown San Francisco to accommodate transbay UCSF commuters catching the Lilac Shuttle Route at Rincon Center at the Embarcadero. Other adjustments include minor departure time changes to improve system reliability.
SF Bay Ferry will make the following weekday service adjustments in March. All weekend schedules will remain the same with the exception of the Vallejo route and Alameda Short Hop.
[3]
Alameda Seaplane
Westbound
- The 9:40 a.m. westbound trip will be eliminated.
- A new westbound trip will be added at 12:30 p.m.
Eastbound:
- The 9:10 a.m. eastbound trip will be eliminated.
- The 9:40 a.m. eastbound trip will be eliminated.
- The 10:35 a.m. eastbound trip will shift 10 minutes earlier to depart at 10:25 a.m.
- The 12:10 p.m. eastbound trip will shift 10 minutes earlier to depart at noon.
- The 9 p.m. eastbound trip will shift five minutes later to depart at 9:05 p.m.
[4]
Harbor Bay
Eastbound:
- A new eastbound trip at 9:55 a.m. will be added.
- The 10:50 a.m. eastbound trip will shift 10 minutes earlier to depart at 10:40 a.m.
[5]
Oakland & Alameda
Westbound:
- A new westbound trip will depart Oakland at 5:55 a.m. and arrive in Downtown San Francisco at 6:20 a.m.
- The 9:05 a.m. westbound trip from Oakland will shift five minutes later to depart at 9:10 a.m.
- The 9:50 a.m. westbound departure from Main Street Alameda will be discontinued. This trip will continue to operate only between Oakland and Downtown S.F.
Eastbound:
- A new early morning trip will depart Downtown San Francisco at 6:25 a.m. eastbound to Oakland and Main Street Alameda.
- The 9:25 a.m. eastbound trip from Downtown San Francisco will shift 10 minutes later to depart at 9:35 a.m. This trip’s destination is the Oakland ferry terminal and will not stop at Main Street Alameda.
[6]
South San Francisco
Westbound:
- The arrival times for all morning trips arriving at South San Francisco are being adjusted to arrive 15 minutes before the top of each hour.
- The 8 a.m. Main Street Alameda and 8:20 a.m. Oakland departures to South San Francisco will be eliminated. The new westbound South San Francisco departure options from Main Street Alameda will be 6:50 a.m. and 7:45 a.m.
- The 4:10 p.m. Oakland and 4:25 p.m. Main Street Alameda departures to South San Francisco will shift 10 minutes later to depart at 4:20 p.m and 4:35 p.m. respectively.
Eastbound:
- The 7:10 a.m. departure to Oakland and Main Street Alameda will be eliminated.
- The 3:20 p.m. departure to Oakland and Main Street Alameda will shift 10 minutes later to depart at 3:30 p.m.
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Alameda Short Hop
Weekdays
Eastbound:
- The 6:05 a.m. eastbound trip will depart Main Street Alameda at 6:50 a.m.
- The 7:05 a.m. eastbound trip will depart Main Street Alameda at 7:45 a.m.
- The 8 a.m. and 9:50 a.m. eastbound trips will be eliminated.
Westbound:
- The 4:10 PM westbound trip will shift 10 minutes later to depart Oakland at 4:20 PM.
Weekends
Eastbound only:
- A new eastbound trip will be added departing at 10:40 p.m. from Main Street Alameda.
Please refer to the updated schedules shown here for all changes. Information regarding the Vallejo and Richmond routes is available on the SF Ferry Schedule Changes [8] webpage.