King County Water Taxi: Next phase for new dock

February 25, 2010 at 2:07 pm | In King County Water Taxi, Transportation, West Seattle news | 6 Comments

With a little over five weeks to go till the new season starts for the King County Water Taxi‘s West Seattle-Downtown Seattle run, construction of its new dock at Seacrest has entered the second phase. After the new pilings were finished earlier this month, the site was quiet for a while, but now the concrete dock itself is going in – the photo above is from about an hour ago. The first day of the new season is scheduled for Monday, April 5th; last Friday, we brought you a close-up sneak peek on board the boat King County has leased for the run, the Rachel Marie (see our story =here). It’s currently at a Ballard shipyard getting freshened up, with the county branding outside, and new seats (among other things) inside – this shot from our Friday tour looks toward the bow on the main deck:

You’re likely to see West Seattle’s new Water Taxi out on training runs starting in a week or two. Meantime, here’s a little more background about the new dock; other changes for the new season include fares and the downtown dock location, which moves south to Pier 50 (which the other county run, Vashon-Downtown, already uses). ADDED THURSDAY NIGHT: Thanks to Brenda C for photos taken as the concrete dock floated in, earlier in the day:

6 Comments

  1. Now that plans call for docking at Pier 50, has there been any discussion about adding a minibus link when the shuttle arrives? Or must we all hoof it up the hill to catch a bus into the downtown core? I don’t mind a little cardio work … but every day?

    Comment by elliott — February 25, 10 3:52 pm #

  2. So glad I picked up my Orca card today (they’re FREE until Sunday 2/28). I’ll be all set to go when the water taxi is back in service. :-)

    Comment by Cheryl — February 26, 10 12:45 am #

  3. Actually, Pier 50 is where the Ferry Terminal is and thete is an elevated walkway to First and Marion where you can connect to buses.

    Comment by water taxi fan — February 26, 10 12:41 pm #

  4. No, water taxi fan, the Ferry Terminal is Pier 52, three blocks away.

    Comment by former water taxi fan — February 26, 10 10:05 pm #

  5. Pier 50 is immediately south of Colman Dock. If you look it up on Google Street View and pan, you’ll see the tollbooths for Colman Dock. Try this:
    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=alaskan+way+and+washington,+seattle&sll=47.556647,-122.401943&sspn=0.006792,0.01929&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Alaskan+Way+%26+Seattle+Ferry+Terminal,+Seattle,+King,+Washington+98101&ll=47.601881,-122.336712&spn=0.006786,0.01929&z=16&layer=c&cbll=47.601732,-122.336604&panoid=Q2FIGgPOGPgdQVzkpZYu0w&cbp=12,241.12,,0,1.4

    Comment by WSB — February 26, 10 11:52 pm #

  6. Any current Vashon passenger only riders out there? How does it work for you?

    Comment by Gina — February 27, 10 12:09 pm #

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