Learn about our fleet, which includes 21 ferries across Puget Sound and the greater Salish Sea. We operate the largest ferry system in the United States. From Tacoma, Washington, to Sidney, British Columbia, our routes act as a marine highway for businesses, tourists and daily commuters.
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Washington State Ferries operates the largest ferry system in the United States, with 21 ferries that travel across Puget Sound and the greater Salish Sea.
SINCE ITS CREATION ON JUNE 1, 1951, Washington State Ferries has become the largest ferry system in the United States and the third largest in the world.
The biggest ferry on the Channel, the Spirit of Britain is 700 feet long, almost 100 feet wide, and can carry more than 1,000 cars as well as 2,000 passengers.
The state's busiest route goes to the heart of Bainbridge Island. Browse the selection at Eagle Harbor Book Co., admire works from local artists in the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art or sample the ice cream at Mora.
The Jumbo Mark II vessels are the largest in WSF's fleet and produce 26% of WSF's total annual greenhouse gas emissions. They also serve the most densely populated urban areas in Central Sound.
Due to Washington's geography which features large, deep bodies of water with many peninsulas and islands, ferries are a convenient means of connecting communities in the region.
The Rocky Hill–Glastonbury Ferry is a seasonal ferry crossing the Connecticut River between the towns of Glastonbury and Rocky Hill, Connecticut and is part of Route 160. It is believed to be the oldest continuously operated ferry service in the United States.