Circular Quay ferry wharf

Circular Quay
View towards the wharf, railway station and surrounding buildings from Sydney Cove
General information
Location	Alfred Street, Sydney central business district
Coordinates	33°51′40.267″S 151°12′38.539″E
Owned by	Roads & Maritime Services
Operated by	Harbour City Ferries
Platforms	5 wharves (10 berths)
Connections	Train, Bus
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Fare zone	MyFerry 1
Services
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Circular Quay ferry wharf is a complex of wharves on Sydney Cove that serves as the hub for the Sydney Harbour ferry network.

Layout

The Circular Quay complex consists of five double sided wharves at 90 degrees to the shoreline, numbered 2 to 6. Wharves 2 to 5 are used exclusively by Sydney Ferries, while wharf 6 is used by operators including Captain Cook Cruises and Manly Fast Ferries. Each wharf has ticket selling facilities on both sides of the barriers as most other wharves do not have such facilities.

On the eastern side alongside Bennelong Apartments, is a pontoon used by charter operators. On the western side, lie the Harbour Master Steps that are used by charter operators and water taxis.

When the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company introduced hydrofoils to the Manly service in the mid-1960s, a pontoon was attached to the eastern side of wharf 2 to allow the hydrofoils to berth without their foils fouling the wharf. This was removed when the hydrofoils were replaced by JetCats in 1991.

Wharf 3 is exclusively used by ferries on the Manly service. When the Freshwater class ferries were introduced in the 1980s, the wharf was rebuilt to accommodate their onboard gangways. It has a mezzanine level allowing ferries to disembark passengers from their upper decks. It also houses an office for Harbour City Ferries. To better accommodate the larger ferries, wharf 3 is built higher from the water and this combined with differently configured Opal card readers, means only Manly ferries can use the wharf.

Wharves 2, 4 and 5 are used interchangeably by Sydney Ferries.

Ferry services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
2		Shuttle to Taronga Zoo Limited stops to Taronga Zoo via Mosman Bay Limited stops to Taronga Zoo via Cremorne Point
3		Shuttle to Manly
4		All stops to Neutral Bay
		All stops to Mosman Bay Limited stops to Mosman Bay
		F7 Eastern Suburbs Shuttle to Rose Bay Shuttle to Double Bay Limited stops to Watsons Bay via Garden Island Limited stops to Watsons Bay via Garden Island, Double Bay & Rose Bay Limited stops to Rose Bay via Garden Island & Double Bay Limited stops to Rose Bay via Darling Point & Double Bay Limited stops to Rose Bay via Double Bay Limited stops to Double Bay via Darling Point F7 Eastern Suburbs (weekends) Shuttle to Watsons Bay Limited stops to Watsons Bay via Rose Bay Limited stops to Watsons Bay via Double Bay & Rose Bay Limited stops to Double Bay via Garden Island
5		F3 Parramatta River Shuttle to Sydney Olympic Park Limited stops to Parramatta Limited stops to Parramatta via Darling Harbour Limited stops to Rydalmere via Drummoyne Limited stops to Rydalmere via Milsons Point, McMahons Point and Abbotsford Limited stops to Sydney Olympic Park via Balmain East Limited stops to Sydney Olympic Park via Cockatoo Island Limited stops to Sydney Olympic Park via Darling Harbour Limited stops to Sydney Olympic Park via Darling Harbour & Cockatoo Island Limited stops to Cabarita Limited stops to Chiswick Limited stops to Cockatoo Island F3 Parramatta River (weekends) Services to Rydalmere & Parramatta
		All stops to Darling Harbour
6	Lane Cove River	Captain Cook Cruises service to Hunters Hill
	Harbour Explorer	Captain Cook Cruises service Darling Harbour to Fort Denison, Taronga Zoo, Watsons Bay & Manly
	Watsons Bay	Captain Cook Cruises Watsons Bay Rocket
	Manly Fast Ferry	Shuttle to Manly

Public transport interchange

Aerial view of the wharves

View of Wharves 4 & 5 from Circular Quay station

Circular Quay is adjacent to an elevated railway station of the same name. The station is served by Sydney Trains services on the Airport, Inner West & South Line and the Bankstown Line.

South of the railway station is the Alfred Street bus terminus. A large number of Sydney Buses routes originate from there as well as two Sydney Explorer routes.

Main article: Circular Quay railway station § Bus_services

External links

Media related to Circular Quay ferry wharf, Sydney at Wikimedia Commons