Mosman Bay ferry wharf
{{Short description|Sydney Ferries wharf in Mosman}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Mosman Bay
| style = Ferries in NSW
| image = Ferry arriving at Mosman Bay wharf June 2015.jpg
| caption = Borrowdale arriving at Mosman Bay wharf in 2015, showing the 1960s piled structure (left) and the 2014 pontoon (right)
| address = Avenue Road, Mosman
| borough = New South Wales
| country = Australia
| coordinates = {{Coord|-33.838396|151.232867|format=dms}}
| owned = Transport for NSW
| operator = Transdev Sydney Ferries
| distance =
| platform = 1 wharf (1 berth)
| connections = {{TFNSW|B}} Mosman Bay Wharf, Avenue Rd
| accessible = Yes
| status = Unstaffed
| opened = Somewhere between 1859 and 1889[https://mosman.nsw.gov.au/mosman/history/a-brief-history-of-mosman A Brief History of Mosman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214053233/https://mosman.nsw.gov.au/mosman/history/a-brief-history-of-mosman |date=14 December 2019 }} Mosman Council
| rebuilt = 1900, 1960s, 2014
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{{Adjacent stations
|system1=Ferries in NSW
|line2=F6|left2=Old Cremorne
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}}
Mosman Bay ferry wharf is located on Mosman Bay on the northern side of Sydney Harbour serving the Lower North Shore
History
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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 improved frequency of ferries from Circular Quay. 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, Sydney Ferries Limited acquired a freehold over then wharf and completed a significant Edwardian-style expansion providing a new wharf, waiting rooms and shops.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14302741 |title=THE SYDNEY FERRIES, LTD. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=19,359 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 March 1900 |accessdate=29 December 2020 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14327636 |title=SYDNEY FERRIES, LIMITED. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=19,465 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 August 1900 |accessdate=29 December 2020 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
In 1961, the pontoon sank,[https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/697419 City of Sydney Archives] 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141112104142/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/sydney-north/mosman-bay/index.html Mosman Bay Wharf upgrade - completed] Roads & Maritime Services[https://web.archive.org/web/20141016001059/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/mosman-bay-wharf-reopens-customers-today-after-3-million-upgrade Mosman Bay wharf reopens to customers today after $3 million upgrade] Transport for NSW 8 October 2014
Services
{{Sydney Trains platform box
| p1linename = {{TFNSW lines|F6|size=1.5}}
| p1stop = {{Bulleted list|All stops to {{fw|Circular Quay}}|Limited stops to {{fw|Circular Quay}} excluding {{fw|Old Cremorne}}|Limited stops to {{fw|Circular Quay}} excluding {{fw|Old Cremorne}} and {{fw|South Mosman}}}}
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Transport links
Keolis Downer Northern Beaches operates one bus route to and from Mosman Bay wharf:
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Mosman Bay ferry wharf, Sydney}}
- [https://transportnsw.info/stop?q=10102020#/ Mosman Bay Wharf] Transport for NSW (Archived [https://web.archive.org/web/20190612015524/https://transportnsw.info/stop?q=10102020#/ 12 June 2019])
- [https://transportnsw.info/document/3769/mosman-bay-wharf-map.pdf Mosman Bay Local Area Map] Transport for NSW
{{Transport for New South Wales ferry wharves|Mosman Bay=y|state=collapsed}}