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View the Spring 2020 Sailing Schedule Improvements progress report.
Spring 2020 Triangle Route Report (pdf 1.62 mb)
In Spring 2019, after an extensive two-year public process, Washington State Ferries (WSF) implemented a new sailing schedule for the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth (Triangle) route to accommodate a third 124-car Issaquah Class vessel.
While developing the schedule, WSF heard from riders, key user groups, terminal staff, vessel crew, the Triangle Improvement Task Force, and local Ferry Advisory Committees (FACs). The weekday schedule revision focused around improving afternoon peak commutes westbound from Fauntleroy and adjusting sailing times eastbound in the morning from Southworth to better serve commuters.
The revised weekend schedule includes a few minor adjustments to sailing times in order to align with crew relief schedules and provide weekday/weekend and evening/late night consistency for our customers.
Throughout the two-year public process, WSF reviewed many comments and put together a frequently asked questions (pdf 110 kb) document answering questions that we hear most often.
In addition to the FAQ, a number of other useful documents can be found here including:
Fall 2018 Triangle Schedule Revision Public Comment Summary (pdf 1.50 mb)
Final Revised Triangle Schedule (pdf 282 kb)
In Fall 2016, WSF launched a public process to gather community input on how to improve the "Triangle" route. As part of this process, WSF convened a citizen advisory group called the Triangle Improvement Task Force (pdf 171 kb), an advisory group comprised of volunteers from each community served by the route. In its first year, the Triangle Improvement Task Force focused on short-term operational changes to the Fauntleroy terminal.
In 2018, the task force focused on providing feedback on three of WSF's long-term projects: