Mosman Bay ferry wharf is located on Mosman Bay on the northern side of Sydney Harbour serving the Sydney suburb of

Mosman Mosman is a suburb on the Lower North Shore region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mosman is located 8 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local governm ...

. It is served by Sydney Ferries Mosman services operated by First Fleet class ferries.

History

The first regular ferry service was arranged by property developer Richard Harnett in the early 1870s. A tram service to the wharf commenced in March 1897. At the same and in anticipation of increased demand from a developing and increasingly prosperous Mosman area,

Sydney Ferries Limited Sydney Ferries Limited operated ferry services on Sydney Harbour from 1900 until June 1951. The company grew out of the North Shore Steam Ferry Company and took over smaller ferry operators to become the largest ferry operator in Sydney's his ...

improved frequency of ferries from

Circular Quay Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping port, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the northern edge of the Syd ...

. In addition to Mosman Wharf, ferries on that route serviced Musgrave Street Wharf (now South Mosman) and Cremorne Wharf (renamed '' Old Cremorne'') with the opening of the Cremorne Point wharf and its tram connection in 1911. In 1900,

acquired a freehold over then wharf and completed a significant Edwardian-style expansion providing a new wharf, waiting rooms and shops. In 1961, the pontoon sank, and the in 1960s, the Edwardian wharf was replaced with a modern style structure. On 26 March 2014, the wharf was closed for to replace the pontoon and gangway whilst the existing waterside structure was refurbished.

Services

Interchanges

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches Keolis Downer Northern Beaches is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A subsidiary of Keolis Downer, it operates services in Sydney Bus Region 8 on the Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches under contract to Transport for NSW. Its headquar ...

operates one route to and from Mosman Bay wharf: *230: to

Milsons Point Milsons Point is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of North Sydney Council. Mil ...

File:Sydney Ferry MILLIE in Mosman Bay circa 1885 - 1895.jpg, Paddle steamer ''Millie'' at the wharf, 1885-1895 File:Mosmans Bay John Mather 1889.png, John Mather's painting "Mosman's Bay", 1889 File:Sydney_Ferry_KURRABA_in_Mosman_Bay_1899-1934.jpg, '' Kurraba'' arrives at the Edwardian era wharf, early twentieth century File:Mosman Bay Wharf sunken pontoon.jpg, Sunken pontoon April 1961

References

External links

Mosman Bay Wharf
Transport for NSW (Archive
12 June 2019

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