Ferry network reopens in full

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk announced on Monday 18th April 2011 that Brisbane’s ferry services were back to normal, with commuters now able to catch a CityCat from the six terminals that were wiped out by January’s devastating floods.

Cr Quirk said temporary pontoons had been set up at the University of Queensland St Lucia, Regatta, North Quay, Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point, Holman Street and Sydney Street stops to allow services to recommence while the terminals were rebuilt over the next two years.

Cr Quirk said the reopening of the six new terminals would also see the start of a new timetable, including two new express morning services delivered, which will run from the Riverside and South Bank stops to UQ.

“We promised to get all ferry services back up and running just three months after the network was wiped out by the worst flood in the city’s history and we’ve delivered,” Cr Quirk said.

“These temporary pontoons mean we can get commuters back on ferries while we get on with rebuilding the terminals that were completely wiped out by the flood.”

“This is another important sign that Brisbane is back in business.”

The new CityCat timetable features services every 6 to 7 minutes in peak times from downstream terminals to Riverside.

Users will also benefit in the off-peak, with services departing every 12 to 13 minutes from Apollo Road between 9.30am and 4.30pm and from UQ between 11.00am and 6.20pm.

Early morning and evening services will now depart every 25 minutes.

Cr Quirk said the West End ferry terminal was the only CityCat terminal not back in service today, as Council was fast-tracking a major upgrade of the terminal that would allow two CityCats to dock at once.

Cr Quirk said getting the network back up and running would also ensure commuters got the best value out of Council’s plan to take the CityCat ferry fleet to a record 19 vessels by 2012.

For CityCat ferry time table please click here.