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I took a $6.50 ferry to Vashon Island, a scenic spot near Seattle.. The ferry ride was only 20 minutes long and had beautiful views of the Puget Sound. I had a great time on the island and even ...
The Point Defiance–Tahlequah ferry is a ferry route across Puget Sound between the Point Defiance ferry terminal in Tacoma and Tahlequah, Washington, on the southern tip of Vashon Island. Since 1951 the only ferries employed on the route have belonged to the Washington state ferry system , currently the largest ferry system in the United States.
The ferry, operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF), is on a 1.7-mile-long (2.7 km) route and is served by the Kwa-di Tabil class MV Chetzemoka traveling at a speed of 15 knots (17 mph) for a 15-minute crossing. [5] The ferries depart from Port Defiance and head north across the Dalco Passage to the community of Tahlequah on Vashon Island. [6]
The ferry system carried a total of 18.66 million riders in 2023—9.69 million passengers and 8.97 million vehicles. [3] WSF is the largest ferry system in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world behind BC Ferries. [4] The state ferries carried an average of 59,900 per weekday in the third quarter of 2024.
Some state ferries are on restricted routes and fast ferries will not run on Thursday, with 300,000 riders anticipated for the holiday. ... Vashon ferry remains on its weekday two-boat sailing ...
Fauntleroy–Vashon: Vashon Island: West Seattle SR 160: 3,059,587 1,738,721 All three services operated together as a "triangle route." Fauntleroy–Southworth: Southworth: West Seattle (Fauntleroy) Southworth–Vashon: Southworth Vashon Island 200,672 109,548 Point Defiance–Tahlequah: Tahlequah, Vashon Island Tacoma (Point Defiance) SR 163
The MV Tacoma is a Jumbo Mark-II-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.Launched in 1997, it was the first in its class in the Washington State Ferries fleet. Since delivery, the Tacoma has almost exclusively been assigned to the busy Seattle–Bainbridge Island
Fauntleroy- Vashon Island- Southworth (as of 30 September 2017) ... Cost: $36,000,000; Original 1978 cost $59,040,000; ... MV Issaquah is an Issaquah-class ferry ...