Oakland Ferry Terminal
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The Oakland Ferry Terminal (also known as Clay Street Ferry Terminal and Jack London Square Ferry Terminal) is a ferry terminal on the San Francisco Bay, located in Jack London Square in Oakland, California.
History
Origins
The terminal opened in the twentieth century to provide a commute option for passengers headed to
Rebirth
The service was created by pressure from the community to have a ferry service similar to that offered from Marin County to San Francisco's north. Their ferry service declined after the opening of bridges and although routes and terminals were closed, streamlined, or eliminated - the service was never abandoned. This was much to the benefit of the waterfront communities of that region.
Oakland also presented the unique challenge of an adjacent island, the city of
Ferry
For these reasons a service was established between a new
References
- ^ "Bus connections at Jack London Square" (PDF). AC Transit. March 26, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ New East Bay-South S.F. ferry service starts, Michale Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 04-06-2012, access date 04-06-2012
External links
Media related to Oakland Ferry Terminal at Wikimedia Commons