page_title: Richmond Ferry Terminal
section_title: San Francisco Bay Ferry service
hierarchical_section_title: Richmond Ferry Terminal / History / San Francisco Bay Ferry service
caption_attribution_description: English: Richmond Ferry Terminal from the east looking west with the gangway in the foreground and the parking lot in the background at the foot of Harbour Way South in Richmond, California, USA
context_page_description: Richmond Ferry Terminal is a ferry terminal located in the Marina Bay neighborhood of Richmond, California. It provides daily commuter service to San Francisco.
context_section_description: On January 10th 2019, after delays, the San Francisco Bay Ferry launched its service from this terminal. The journey to the San Francisco Ferry Building takes approximately 35 minutes. The  regular fare is $US 6.75 with free parking compared with BART trains from the nearby El Cerrito Plaza station for $7.50 plus an additional $4 for parking to downtown San Francisco. Passengers stated to the media that they felt "safer" using the ferry compared to BART. While mayor Tom Butt stated that he felt the new ferry system was positive with regards to development in the city.
  The service provides an alternative to what is dubbed as one of the "worst" commutes in the region (Interstate 80). The ferry service was initially project to carry an estimated 400 passengers daily increasing to a peak of up to 1,800 when fully developed. Weekend service is planned to support visitors to the adjacent Craneway Pavilion and the nearby Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park. 35 million dollars in Regional Measure 3 funds are earmarked for the expanded service however court challenges to the $3 dollar Bay Area bridge toll increase have tied up the funds. Although mayor Butt believed the terminal would help development city councilmember Eduardo Martinez quipped that there should be affordable housing included in one of the Bay Area's last "bastions of affordability". Currently four ferries depart each weekday morning starting at 6:10 am and continuing until 8:40 am. Return trips from San Francisco run from 4:30 pm to 6:50 pm. There are also two reverse commute trips going both ways. Fares are $9 dollars one-way however if paying with a contactless Clipper card the charge is $6.75 moreover youth, seniors, and disabled passengers paid $4.50 with children 5 and under riding free as of January 4th, 2019. Passengers riding to the terminal on AC Transit's route 74, a 10-minute ride from the downtown Richmond station, receive a $2.25 discount on their fare. Bike lockers and bike racks have been installed at the terminal as well. New condos where built near the ferry and the developer cited the proximity to it for their development. Melvin Willis one of Richmond's rotating vice mayors stated there should be "vigilance" regarding the project in not pricing people out nor raising rents and causing gentrification. Betty Reid Soskin a park ranger at the national monument however stated she hoped it would be a boost for business in the area and lead to the terminal becoming the East Bay's gateway to Alcatraz.
  By June 2019, six months into the service it met its ridership goals six years early with 740 boardings a day with projected ridership of 480 that early on.
  Weekend service will begin in August 2019 according to mayor Butt. The service will be on a three-month trial basis with regular fares and departure times as early as 9:30 am from Richmond and returning service as late as 8:20 pm from San Francisco with 5 trips each way spread out more or less evenly throughout the day. The trial will begin August 3rd and last through the first week of November.
caption: Richmond Ferry Terminal gangway and entrance, May 2019
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