Tiburon Ferry Terminal

Tiburon Ferry Terminal
MV Angel Island at Tiburon in 2024
General information
Location	Paradise Drive at Main Street Tiburon, California
Coordinates	37.872817°N 122.455437°W / 37.872817; -122.455437
Operated by	Golden Gate Ferry
Connections	Golden Gate Transit: 8 Marin Transit: 119, 219
Location

The Tiburon Ferry Terminal is a ferry landing for Golden Gate Ferry and Angel Island–Tiburon Ferry Company passenger ferries in Tiburon, California in the San Francisco Bay Area's North Bay. It connects commuters from Marin County with job centers in San Francisco across the San Francisco Bay to the Ferry Building. The terminal also provides tourist and recreational passenger service to the Ayala Cove Ferry Terminal on Angel Island State Park.

This terminal originally served as the North Pacific Coast Railroad's connection point for ferries to San Francisco.^[1] The railroad was bought by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad which shifted all passenger rail and San Francisco ferry service to Sausalito in 1909, leaving Tiburon freight-only; shuttle passenger ferries from Tiburon to Sausalito continued until 1933.^[2] Freight rail service ended September 25, 1967.^[3] 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.^[4][5] This service was taken over by Blue & Gold Fleet in 1997 and by Golden Gate Ferry on March 6, 2017.^[6]

References

1. Wood, Jim (November 18, 2016). "Remnants of the Rail Era". Marin Magazine. 2016-11-18. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
2. "The Tiburon Issue". Bay Crossings. May 1, 2001. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
3. "Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum". Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society. June 12, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
4. Harrison, Robert (August 27, 2020). "The Great Marin Race for a "Good Road to the Ferry"". Sausalito Historical Society. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
5. Percy, Michael (November 30, 1965). "Tiburon Ferry Still Runs In Red". San Rafael Daily Independent Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
6. "'Spiffy': Tiburon ferry riders welcome new service". Marin Independent Journal. March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.