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The Seattle–Bremerton ferry is a ferry route across Puget Sound between Seattle and Bremerton, Washington. Since 1951, the route has primarily been operated by the state-run Washington State Ferries system, currently the largest ferry system in the United States. Kitsap Transit also runs passenger-only "fast ferries" service on the route.
In 2015, Kitsap Transit drafted a business plan for a "fast ferry" system serving Bremerton, Kingston, and Southworth from Seattle, funded by a local sales tax and fares. [54] The Kitsap Transit board voted in April 2016 to place a 0.3 percent sales tax on the November 2016 ballot that would fund a three-route passenger-only ferry system to ...
The new Kitsap Fast Ferries service began operation on July 10, 2017, traveling 28 minutes between Bremerton and Seattle. [9] A second fast ferry route, connecting Kingston to Seattle, began operating in November 2018. [10] In 2002, Kitsap Transit purchased Horluck Transportation, the operators of a foot ferry from Bremerton to Port Orchard and ...
Kitsap Transit received a grant in 2020 to develop the carbon fiber model and the Bremerton-Seattle route was selected to demonstrate the 150-passenger fast foil ferry. The goal is to see the ...
The Bremerton, Seattle ferry schedule remains on a one-boat schedule, and the holiday sailings will not change from the current weekday schedule. The Southworth, Fauntleroy, ...
The historic vessel will do special trips from Bremerton to Poulsbo all day Saturday as part of the Frosty Fest 2024 event. The historic Carlisle II ferry is coming to Poulsbo in February.
The state ferry system was established in 1951 by acquiring the domestic operations of the Puget Sound Navigation Company, which included the Seattle–Bremerton ferry, notably served by the MV Kalakala (built in 1935). [38] [39] PSH 21 was replaced by SR 3 in the 1964 state highway renumbering, while the Bremerton branch became SR 304. [40]
Kitsap Transit reported over 12,8000 riders on the Kingston-Seattle route in July and nearly 54,000 riders on the Bremerton-Seattle route the same month. The routes saw 97% and 93% sailing ...