West Seattle Water Taxi adding more trips starting Monday

Out of the WSB inbox, news that the West Seattle Water Taxi will “offer an expanded sailing schedule” starting Monday – read on for more details:

Beginning February 28, King County’s West Seattle Water Taxi will offer an expanded sailing schedule that will give riders more travel options across Elliott Bay.

Given the advanced capabilities of the vessel Rachel Marie, the King County Marine Division has concluded that the current 40-minute round-trip sailing schedule can be adjusted to offer 30-minute service between Seacrest Dock and downtown Seattle’s Pier 50. As a result, the West Seattle Water Taxi will offer scheduled departures on the quarter-hour from Seacrest Park with an average Elliott Bay crossing time of eight minutes. This schedule reflects one additional daily round-trip in the morning and two round-trips in the afternoon.

“This enhanced sailing schedule will continue to offer a great option for passengers looking to avoid bumper-to-bumper traffic during their daily commute,” said Ferry District Chair and King County Councilmember Larry Gossett. “And as the Alaskan Way Viaduct construction progresses along the waterfront, the water taxi will become an even more valuable commute alternative for residents who want to avoid construction tie-ups.”

For more details about schedules, fares and service, visit: www.kingcounty.gov/watertaxi.

7 Replies to "West Seattle Water Taxi adding more trips starting Monday"

  • Eric February 24, 2011 (1:06 pm)

    Have you actually received any information on what the new schedule will be? Neither the king county water taxi website nor the metro shuttle bus schedules show anything about this yet.

    • WSB February 24, 2011 (1:27 pm)

      Sorry, Eric, I thought it would have been online but I’ve been multitasking at the courthouse. I’ll find out where it is! – TR

  • Eric February 24, 2011 (1:40 pm)

    Looks like sometime in the last 40 minutes they posted it as a service bulletin. Thanks :)

    • WSB February 24, 2011 (1:53 pm)

      I called KCDOT and they tracked it down, apologizing for the delay … TR

  • Kindree February 24, 2011 (3:18 pm)

    According to http://www.kingcounty.gov/transportation/kcdot/WaterTaxi/NewsAndAlerts.aspx#info

    Departing Downtown Seattle
    6:30
    7:00
    7:30
    8:00
    8:30
    9:00
    15:45
    16:15
    16:45
    17:15
    17:45
    18:15
    18:45

    Departing West Seattle
    6:45
    7:15
    7:45
    8:15
    8:45
    9:15
    16:00
    16:30
    17:00
    17:30
    18:00
    18:30
    19:00

  • Rower February 24, 2011 (4:44 pm)

    Awesome!

  • Eric February 24, 2011 (5:27 pm)

    Which is actually more accurate than the “cleaned up” version they now have on the web page, that
    lists the 8:30 sailing at BOTH west seattle and downtown (rather than an 8:15 from west seattle)…

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