Abbotsford ferry wharf is located on the southern side of the

Parramatta River The Parramatta River is an intermediate tide-dominated, drowned valley estuary located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With an average depth of , the Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson. Seco ...

serving the

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

suburb of Abbotsford. It served by

Sydney Ferries Sydney Ferries is the public transport ferry network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales. Services operate on Sydney Harbour and the connecting Parramatta River. The network is controlled by the New South Wales Government's transport a ...

Parramatta River services operating between

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and

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. The single wharf is served by RiverCat class ferries.

History

A wharf at the present site was the southern end of Bedlam's Ferry, which existed from at least 1834. It was part of the historic route of the

Great North Road (New South Wales) The Great North Road is a historic road that was built to link early Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, now Australia, with the fertile Hunter Valley to the north. Built by convicts between 1825 and 1836, it traverses over of the rugge ...

, which continued on the north bank from Bedlam Point Wharf. An upgrade of the ferry wharf was completed in 2018.

Wharves & services

Interchanges

Transit Systems Transit Systems Group is an Australian-based public transport company, which also operates overseas through its subsidiary Tower Transit Group. Transit Systems Group is a subsidiary of the Kelsian Group, formerly SeaLink Travel Group. History ...

operates one bus route to and from Abbotsford wharf: *438X/438N: to

Martin Place Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. Martin Place has been described as the "civic heart" of Sydney.

References

External links

Abbotsford Wharf
at Transport for New South Wales (Archive
11 June 2019

Abbotsford Local Area Map
Transport for NSW {{Transport for New South Wales ferry wharves, Parramatta River=y, state=collapsed Ferry wharves in Sydney