The Raja Tun Uda Ferry Terminal is a

ferry slip A ferry slip is a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat or train ferry. A similar structure called a barge slip receives a barge or car float that is used to carry wheeled vehicles across a body of water. Often a ferry intend ...

within the city of George Town in

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. Situated at Weld Quay in the city centre, this docking facility is used for

Rapid Ferry The Penang Ferry Service is the oldest ferry service within the State of Penang, Malaysia, connecting the city of George Town on Penang Island and Butterworth on the mainland. This cross-strait transit has been operational since 1894, making ...

services between George Town and

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on the Malay Peninsula. The ferry terminal was completed in the 1960s. In addition to ferry services, the ferry terminal is located adjacent to the Weld Quay Bus Terminal, thus allowing ferry commuters to take

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public buses to various destinations within the city.

History

In 1901, the FMSR (

Federated Malay States Railways The Federated Malay States Railways (FMSR) was a consolidated railway operator in British Malaya (present day Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore) during the first half of the 20th century. Named after the then recently formed Federated Malay ...

) Jetty was completed at the site where the Raja Tun Uda Ferry Terminal now stands. Measuring , it was the longest jetty along Weld Quay at the time. Ferry steamers that carried train passengers from

into George Town (and vice versa) would dock at the jetty. The FMSR Jetty was eventually replaced by the present-day Raja Tun Uda Ferry Terminal in the 1960s. The Raja Tun Uda Ferry Terminal was named after Raja Uda bin Raja Muhammad, who became the first

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(

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: ''

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'') of

after the independence of Malaya in 1957. The ferry terminal is now run by

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, the corporate entity that manages both

and

, following the body's acquisition of Penang's ferry services in 2017.

References

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History

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