When CityCat ferry services will return to Brisbane
Partial CityCat and ferry services will soon return to Brisbane after the March flood event wreaked havoc on the ferry terminal network, causing millions in damage.
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Partial CityCat and ferry services will finally return to Brisbane from Monday while workers continue to repair $20 million worth of flood damage to the terminal network.
Council confirmed services would return in three stages, starting with a Bulimba to Teneriffe cross river ferry service on Monday, April 4, and a temporary West End to Guyatt Park cross river service commencing on April 11.
Ferry services would then expand to New Farm and Bulimba peninsulas during stage two of the plan and stage three will involve connecting services to the city at Riverside or Howard Smith Wharves, Southbank and Mowbray Park, and the eastern suburbs.
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Civic Cabinet Chair for Transport Councillor Ryan Murphy said the first two services had been prioritised based on demand and accessibility.
“Cross river services like these usually use small monohull or KittyCat ferries but for the time being a larger CityCat will ferry more passengers back and forth,” Cr Murphy said.
“As the clean-up continues and surveying work is undertaken to search for hidden debris and obstacles, we are prioritising the repair jobs for our ferry terminal network based on those which were least affected by the floods and are safe to work on.”
Cr Murphy said further repair work would be underway over the next few weeks at four of the river’s post-2011 Flood Recovery terminals, but he admitted it would be “some time” until full services resumed.
“While this work and the repairs at other terminals will take some time, we are in a far better position than we were following the 2011 floods in which seven terminals were completely destroyed and took years to replace,” he said.
In the meantime, travellers can use a temporary ferry replacement bus service currently operating on weekdays between Apollo Rd and Brisbane City during peak hours.
“We will also supplement lost services by introducing temporary personalised public transport (PPT) services from Hamilton to Fortitude Valley,” Cr Murphy said.
“This PPT service will be free and is a hail and ride service operated by maxi taxis, which will pick up and drop residents on a loop from Northshore Hamilton to Teneriffe via Brett’s Wharf.”
Available replacement transport schedules
Maxi-taxi services operating in a loop from Northshore Hamilton to Teneriffe via Bretts Wharf:
- Monday to Thursday hourly from 5-10pm
- Friday every 20 minutes from 5-11pm
- Saturday hourly from 6am-2pm
- Saturday evening every 20 minutes from 3-11pm
- Sunday hourly from 6am-2pm
- Sunday evening every 20 minutes from 3-10pm
Bus services operating weekdays during peak hours between Apollo Rd and Brisbane City, stopping at ferry terminals along the way:
- Monday to Friday inbound services from Apollo Road from 6.30-8am
- Monday to Friday outbound services from Brisbane City from 4-5.30pm.
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