Sausalito Ferry Terminal

Sausalito Ferry Terminal
Golden Gate Ferry docked at Sausalito, 2006
General information
LocationHumboldt Avenue at Anchor Street
Sausalito, California
Coordinates37°51′22″N 122°28′44″W / 37.856°N 122.479°W / 37.856; -122.479
OwnerCity of Sausalito
OperatorGolden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (as Golden Gate Ferry)
ConnectionsGolden Gate Transit: 130
Marin Transit: 17, 61
Construction
ParkingYes
History
Opened1868 (1868)
August 15, 1970 (1970-08-15) (Golden Gate Ferry)
ClosedFebruary 28, 1941 (1941-02-28) (NWP)
Rebuilt1996
Former railway services
Preceding station Northwestern Pacific Railroad Following station
Green Brae
toward Eureka
 Main Line Terminus
Corte Madera
toward Cazadero
 North Shore Railroad
Pine
toward Mill Valley
 Sausalito–Mill Valley
Almonte
toward Manor
 Sausalito–Manor
Pine
toward San Rafael
 Sausalito–San Rafael via San Anselmo
Almonte
toward San Rafael
 Sausalito–San Rafael via Green Brae
Terminus Connection to San Francisco via Ferry San Francisco Ferry Building
Terminus
Location

Sausalito Ferry Terminal is a ferry terminal in Sausalito, California, connecting Marin County and San Francisco. The station is served by Golden Gate Ferry and Blue & Gold Fleet ferries as well as Golden Gate Transit and Marin Transit bus routes.

History

Steam trains at Sausalito Terminal, photo dated May 1891
The Eureka, then the largest double-ended ferryboat in the world, carried passenger and automobile traffic on the Sausalito–San Francisco run from 1922 to 1941. (Pictured in San Francisco in 2008)

The Sausalito Land and Ferry Company began running ferries between here and San Francisco around 1868.[1] The terminal served as the southern terminus and ferry connection to San Francisco for the North Pacific Coast Railroad,[2] which purchased the service in 1875.[1] Pedestrian ferries were discontinued on February 28, 1941,[1][3] with car ferry service ended by March, a few years after opening of the Golden Gate Bridge.[4]

On August 15, 1970, Golden Gate Ferries began service to San Francisco along with the inauguration of bus services to the ferry terminal that day.[1] A new dock was built in 1996.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "History of Golden Gate Ferry Service". Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ Stindt, Fred. Kelseyville and Modesto (1982) [1964]. The Northwestern Pacific Railroad: Redwood Empire Route. Dunscomb Press. pp. 88–89. Library of Congress Catalog No.64-24033.
  3. ↑ "1,700 Passengers in Last Excursion on Gate Ferry". Press Democrat. March 2, 1941. p. 1. Retrieved September 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  4. ↑ "History of Sausalito". Sausalito.com. Sausalito.com & California Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  5. ↑ Prado, Mark (May 30, 2017). "Sausalito ferry landing revisions approved as city balks". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved June 1, 2017.

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