The Tiburon Ferry Terminal is a ferry landing for

Golden Gate Ferry Golden Gate Ferry is a commuter ferry service operated by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District in San Francisco Bay, part of the Bay Area of Northern California, United States. Regular service is run to the Ferry Building ...

and Angel Island–Tiburon Ferry Company passenger ferries in

Tiburon, California Tiburon (; es, Tiburón, ) is an incorporated town in Marin County, California. It is located on the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. It shares a ZIP code with the smaller incorporated city of Belvedere (for ...

in the

San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Gov ...

's North Bay. It connects commuters from

Marin County Marin County is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is a ...

with job centers in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

across the

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to the Ferry Building. The terminal also provides tourist and recreational passenger service to the

Ayala Cove Ferry Terminal Ayala Cove is a ferry terminal on Angel Island in Marin County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. There is regularly scheduled passenger ferry service to Tiburon as well as San Francisco. Service is provided by the Angel Island - Tiburon ...

on Angel Island State Park. This terminal originally served as the North Pacific Coast Railroad's connection point for ferries to

. The railroad was bought by the

Northwestern Pacific Railroad The Northwestern Pacific Railroad is a regional shortline railroad utilizing a stretch of the 271 mile mainline between Schellville and Windsor with freight and Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) commuter trains. Formerly, it was a r ...

which shifted all passenger rail and San Francisco ferry service to

Sausalito Sausalito (Spanish language, Spanish for "small willow grove") is a city in Marin County, California, Marin County, California, United States, located southeast of Marin City, California, Marin City, south-southeast of San Rafael, California ...

in 1909, leaving Tiburon freight-only; shuttle passenger ferries from Tiburon to Sausalito continued until 1933. Freight rail service ended September 25, 1967. In 1959 the Angel Island–Tiburon Ferry began service. Commuter service to San Francisco was resumed by Red & White Fleet (then known as Harbor Carriers) in 1962. This service was taken over by Blue & Gold Fleet in 1997 and by

on March 6, 2017.

References

Tiburon, California Ferry terminals in the San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco Bay Trail Transportation buildings and structures in Marin County, California Railway stations closed in 1941 Railway stations closed in 1967 2017 establishments in California Former Northwestern Pacific Railroad stations {{SonomaCountyCA-railstation-stub