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Gulf Harbour Ferry service update and request for feedback
Dec. 11 / 2015
Dear Gulf Harbour ferry users,
This is just a quick update on the Gulf Harbour service. Firstly and most significantly, next year all the ferry contracts across Auckland are going out for tender. This is a process that will likely take much of 2016 but as far as the Gulf Harbour service goes, the goal, as it stands, is to secure a service commensurate with the Pine Harbour service in terms of the number of sailings (currently 15 return trips). This intention is included in the Regional Public Transport Plan (RPTP), which is the document Auckland Transport is working to.
Regarding the current service provision, we have been told that: AT continues to be in discussion with Fullers around options in the short term. Over recent weeks, Fullers have been successful in responding to AT’s requests for increasing capacity on the route:
Discovery 3 has been increased to 105 seats and Takahe has been increased to 193 providing an additional 63 seats in each morning and afternoon peak.
AT continues to discuss options around providing an additional sailing in the morning peak being generated in the short term, but this is unlikely to provide an immediate solution.
AT also continues to be in discussions with Fullers around improving reliability on the route, and they have indicated that they are considering engineering solutions to the current allocated fleet.
AT are also in discussion with Fullers around what can be done from a capacity perspective for the busier months of March and May of next year.
As always, we’re keen to hear from you, the actual travellers, as to how you’re finding the service. Please reply to this email with any comments you have about the:
Vessels,
Reliability,
Cost,
Timetable,
Terminal facilities
any other suggestions
Other than that, thank you all very much for continuing to support the Gulf harbour ferry service.
Merry Christmas and all the very best for the New Year,
John Watson (Albany ward councillor)
and
Wayne Walker (Albany ward councillor)
