Sausalito Ferry Terminal

Sausalito Ferry Terminal
Golden Gate Ferry docked at Sausalito, 2006
General information
Location	Humboldt Avenue at Anchor Street Sausalito, California
Coordinates	37°51′22″N 122°28′44″W / 37.856°N 122.479°W / 37.856; -122.479
Owned by	City of Sausalito
Operated by	Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (as Golden Gate Ferry)
Connections	Golden Gate Transit: 130 Marin Transit: 17, 61
Construction
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	1868 (1868) August 15, 1970 (1970-08-15) (Golden Gate Ferry)
Closed	February 28, 1941 (1941-02-28) (NWP)
Rebuilt	1996
Former railway services Preceding station Northwestern Pacific Railroad Following station Green Brae toward Eureka Main Line Terminus Corte Madera toward Cazadero North Shore Railroad Pine toward Mill Valley Sausalito–Mill Valley Almonte toward Manor Sausalito–Manor Pine toward San Rafael Sausalito–San Rafael via San Anselmo Almonte toward San Rafael Sausalito–San Rafael via Green Brae Terminus Connection to San Francisco via Ferry San Francisco Ferry Building Terminus
Location

Sausalito Ferry Terminal is a ferry terminal in Sausalito, California, connecting Marin County and San Francisco. The station is served by Golden Gate Ferry and Blue & Gold Fleet ferries as well as Golden Gate Transit and Marin Transit bus routes.

History

Steam trains at Sausalito Terminal, photo dated May 1891

The Eureka, then the largest double-ended ferryboat in the world, carried passenger and automobile traffic on the Sausalito–San Francisco run from 1922 to 1941. (Pictured in San Francisco in 2008)

The Sausalito Land and Ferry Company began running ferries between here and San Francisco around 1868.^[1] The terminal served as the southern terminus and ferry connection to San Francisco for the North Pacific Coast Railroad,^[2] which purchased the service in 1875.^[1] Pedestrian ferries were discontinued on February 28, 1941,^[1][3] with car ferry service ended by March, a few years after opening of the Golden Gate Bridge.^[4]

On August 15, 1970, Golden Gate Ferries began service to San Francisco along with the inauguration of bus services to the ferry terminal that day.^[1] A new dock was built in 1996.^[5]

References

1. "History of Golden Gate Ferry Service". Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
2. Stindt, Fred. Kelseyville and Modesto (1982) [1964]. The Northwestern Pacific Railroad: Redwood Empire Route. Dunscomb Press. pp. 88–89. Library of Congress Catalog No.64-24033.
3. "1,700 Passengers in Last Excursion on Gate Ferry". Press Democrat. March 2, 1941. p. 1. Retrieved September 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "History of Sausalito". Sausalito.com. Sausalito.com & California Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
5. Prado, Mark (May 30, 2017). "Sausalito ferry landing revisions approved as city balks". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved June 1, 2017.

External links

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