Ferry de Sydney

Cadre
Type	Réseau de transport en commun (ligne ferry), entreprise de transport
Pays	Australie
Propriétaire	Transport for NSW (en)

Le ferry de Sydney (en anglais : Sydney Ferries) comprend dix lignes de ferry dans le port de Sydney (Port Jackson), en Australie. Neuf des dix lignes relient différents appontements à Circular Quay, sur Sydney Cove, en centre-ville^[1].

Maintenues par Transport for NSW (une agence du gouvernement de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud), à l'instar des autres réseaux de transport en commun en Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, les lignes sont opérées par Transdev Sydney Ferries. Le ferry de Sydney joue un rôle important dans l'offre de transports en commun de la ville, au vu de sa topographie, avec 15,3 millions de passagers en faisant usage au cours du cycle 2017-2018^[2].

Histoire

Sydney connaît une longue histoire de service de ferrys, dès le lancement du premier service en 1789 sur le fleuve Parramatta^[3]. Au début des années 1930, Sydney Ferries Limited (SFL), principal opérateur de ferrys dans le port, constitue la première entreprise de ferrys mondiale, avec 40 millions de passagers annuels. Cependant, l'ouverture du Harbour Bridge en 1932 cause une diminution drastique du trafic^[4], ce qui mène le gouvernement de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud au rachat de sa flotte en 1951^[5].

Lignes de ferry

	Termini	Points d'arrêt
Manly	Circular Quay et Manly	2
Taronga Zoo	Circular Quay et Taronga Zoo	2
Parramatta River	Circular Quay et Parramatta	17
Pyrmont Bay	Circular Quay et Pyrmont Bay	6
Neutral Bay	Circular Quay et Neutral Bay	5
Mosman Bay	Circular Quay et Mosman Bay	5
Double Bay	Circular Quay et Double Bay	4
Cockatoo Island	Circular Quay et Cockatoo Island	6
Watsons Bay	Circular Quay et Watsons Bay	3
Blackwattle Bay	Barangaroo et Blackwattle Bay	3

Notes et références

↑ (en) « Routes and timetables ». Transport for NSW.
↑ (en) « Transdev to deliver new benefits for customers, securing Sydney Ferries contract until 2028 ». « “We appreciate that the delivery of the new Sydney Ferries contract is important, not only to us and our team of 583 employees but to the 15.3 million customers who have been choosing to travel with us each year,” he said ». transdev.com (27 février 2019).
↑ (en) Ian Hoskins (2015). « A History of the Parramatta River ». « The first river ferry, the Rose Hill Packet, was launched in 1789 ». dictionaryofsydney.org.
↑ (en) Garry Wotherspoon (2008). « Ferries ». « Patronage of the city's ferry services continued to grow, and by the start of the 1930s, Sydney Ferries Limited had become the world's biggest ferry operator, with ferry patronage at some 40 million passenger journeys a year. Before the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the busiest route was from Circular Quay to Milsons Point, where passengers would change onto trams or trains, to reach destinations as far away as Hornsby. Trams met ferry services at most wharves, acting as feeders into the suburbs, while from Circular Quay – the hub of the whole system – they took commuters into the city. [...] But when the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened on 19 March 1932, ferry patronage fell dramatically. The Bridge allowed for far faster travel between the city and its northern regions, particularly with the rail extension, and almost instantaneously the busiest ferry services were destroyed ». dictionaryofsydney.org.
↑ Graeme Andrews, The Ferries of Sydney, Terry Hills, AH & AW Reed, 1975, 16–32 p. (ISBN 0-589-07172-6).

Portail du monde maritime
Portail des transports en commun
Portail de Sydney

[1] (en) « Routes and timetables ». Transport for NSW.

[2] (en) « Transdev to deliver new benefits for customers, securing Sydney Ferries contract until 2028 ». « “We appreciate that the delivery of the new Sydney Ferries contract is important, not only to us and our team of 583 employees but to the 15.3 million customers who have been choosing to travel with us each year,” he said ». transdev.com (27 février 2019).

[3] (en) Ian Hoskins (2015). « A History of the Parramatta River ». « The first river ferry, the Rose Hill Packet, was launched in 1789 ». dictionaryofsydney.org.

[4] (en) Garry Wotherspoon (2008). « Ferries ». « Patronage of the city's ferry services continued to grow, and by the start of the 1930s, Sydney Ferries Limited had become the world's biggest ferry operator, with ferry patronage at some 40 million passenger journeys a year. Before the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the busiest route was from Circular Quay to Milsons Point, where passengers would change onto trams or trains, to reach destinations as far away as Hornsby. Trams met ferry services at most wharves, acting as feeders into the suburbs, while from Circular Quay – the hub of the whole system – they took commuters into the city. [...] But when the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened on 19 March 1932, ferry patronage fell dramatically. The Bridge allowed for far faster travel between the city and its northern regions, particularly with the rail extension, and almost instantaneously the busiest ferry services were destroyed ». dictionaryofsydney.org.

[GAndrews-5] Graeme Andrews, The Ferries of Sydney, Terry Hills, AH & AW Reed, 1975, 16–32 p. (ISBN 0-589-07172-6).

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