Date:  Monday, August 31, 2009

Contact: Susan Harris-Huether, Customer Information Manager, 206-515-3460

SEPTEMBER  4 UPDATE: The Wenatchee returned to service on the Seattle/Bainbridge Island route. Other vessels returned to their previous route assignments: the Puyallup to Edmonds/Kingston and the Hyak to Seattle/Bremerton, restoring normal route capacities and service.

SEPTEMBER 1 UPDATE: The 7:15 p.m. sailing from Bremerton has been removed from the passenger-only schedule due to low ridership demand. All other sailings previously announced will continue as scheduled. 

AUGUST 31 NEWS RELEASE
SEATTLE – WSDOT Ferries Division (WSF) is adding two 149-passenger foot ferries to the one auto ferry service between Seattle and Bremerton for the Monday afternoon commute and until further notice. WSF is contracting with private operator Victoria Express to provide this service.

Pending fog delays, passenger-only service will begin Monday, Aug. 31, with one 149-passenger ferry leaving Bremerton at 3 p.m. and leaving Seattle at 4 p.m. A second 149-passenger-only ferry is expected to begin service leaving Seattle at 4:20 p.m. From that point, passenger-only service is scheduled as follows:

• 5:00 p.m. Bremerton
• 5:40 p.m. Bremerton
• 6:20 p.m. Seattle
• 6:45 p.m. Seattle
• 7:55 p.m. Bremerton
• 9:05 p.m. Seattle

The full service day Bremerton passenger-only schedule will be posted this afternoon at www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries. The one auto ferry schedule is currently available online.

Auto ferry service was reduced on the Bremerton route because the Wenatchee has been removed from service following a hard landing Sunday morning, Aug. 30. The Wenatchee is currently at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle for repairs. WSF is working hard to get the Wenatchee repaired and operating before Labor Day. For updates, please visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries.

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