photo(s) (AUS) Sydney's transport.

[Pakenhamtrain]

G'day all. Last week I spent a week in Sydney and took a few(600 odd photos) while up there.

 

Sydney boasts the largest public transport network in the country. With a large number of Bus routes operated by government and private operators, 7 suburban train lines(well 10 on the old map) and 5 "intercity" train lines and a ferry network with 7 routes.

The public transport network is governed by Transport for NSW.

 

I'll begin with Sydney Ferries:
Ferries on Sydney harbor can be traced back to the first fleet's arrival with the first services starting in 1789.

Being a government controlled operation it was franchised out to Harbour City Ferries last year.
 

There are 7 Ferry routes all operating out of Circular Quay.
F1: Manly

F2: Taronga Zoo.

F3: Parramatta River

F4: Darling Harbor

F5: Neutral Bay

F6: Mosman Bay

F7: Eastern Suburbs.

With 6 different classes of Ferry, The Freshwater, First Fleet, Lady Class, Rivercat, Harbor Cat and Supercat.

http://www.131500.com.au/maps/upload/docs/Sydney%20Ferries%20Map.pdf
 

The Freshwater class:
The Freshwater class is a 4 vessel stong class made up of the Freshwater, Collaroy, Narrabreen and Queenscliff built in 1982, 1988, 1984 and 1983.

The origin of the names come from Sydney's northern beaches. They are the largest vessels in the ferry fleet with each ferry capable of carrying 1100 people. Thier large capacity sees them used on the popular F1 Manly Ferry service.

The MV Narrabreen. Birthed at Circular Quay.

The MV Collaroy arrives at Wharf 3.

The MV Freshwater arrives at Wharf 3.

 

The Lady Class:
The lady class are a two strong class made up of the Lady Herron and the Lady Northcott. Thier namesakes are former wifes of NSW governers Sir Leslie Herron and Sir John Northcott. They are the oldest of the fleet having been built in 1979 and 1974. These vessels see usage on the F2 Taronga Zoo ferry service.

The Lady Northcott.

 

The Rivercat, Harbor Cat and Supercat.Classes.

The River, Harbour and Super Cat classes are all catamaran vessels and are the youngest members of the fleet. The Rivercats see usage on the F3 Parramatta river ferry service. The HarbourCats see usage on the Inner Harbour(F2, F4, F5 and F6 routes) and Parramatta routes. Supercats see usage on the F7 Eastern Suburbs route.

The Susie O'Neil. A Supercat vessel her namesake is a famous Olympic swimmer.

The Pam Burridge. A Harbourcat. Her namesake is a surfer.

The Louise Sauvage. A supercat vessel. Her namesake is a paralympian.

The Marjorie Jackson. A rivercat. Her namsake is an Australian World Champion athlete

Supercat 4. A supercat. Unlike other vessels she doesn't have a name.

The Marlene Mathews. A rivercdat. Her namesake is an Australian World Champion athlete.

 

The First Fleet class:

These 9 vessels as the name suggests are named after the first fleet which arrived in the area now occupied by Circular quay in 1788. These vessels mainly see usage on Inner harbour routes.

 

The Supply. Named after the HMS supply.

The Alexander. Named after the Convict Ship Alexander.

The Scarborough. Named after the convict ship Scarborough

The Charlotte. Named after convict ship Charlotte

The Fishburn. Named after a storeship used during the first fleet.

 

[Minato ku]

Great.

I was pretty unaware of a ferry network even if this is pretty obvious given the geographic situation of Sydney.