''AcuaExpreso'' () is a

ferry A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus ...

service between Cataño and

San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to: * San Juan, Puerto Rico * San Juan, Argentina * San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines San Juan may also refer to: Places Arge ...

Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...

that consists of two routes: * Cataño ⇆

Old San Juan Old San Juan () is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle" of the San Juan Islet, islet of San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Old San Juan, Ballajá, Catedral, Old San Juan, ...

on the

Cataño Ferry The Cataño Ferry () is a single-route ferry service between Cataño and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The ferry is an icon in Puerto Rican culture. History The Cataño Ferry started operating in 1853, when the Cataño Steam Company used a small ...

docking at the AcuaExpreso Cataño Terminal in Cataño on the route's southwestern point and at the AcuaExpreso San Juan Terminal in Pier 2 of the

San Juan Port The Port of San Juan () is the largest seaport facility in Puerto Rico, located in and around San Juan Bay in San Juan, the capital municipality of the archipelago and island. The Port of San Juan consists of multiple public and private pass ...

on the route's northeastern point, and *

⇆

Hato Rey Hato Rey ( Spanish for ''king’s cattle farm''), often considered the central business district of Puerto Rico, is a highly urbanized financial, commercial, and residential district in San Juan, the capital municipality of the archipelago and ...

docking at AcuaExpreso San Juan Terminal in Pier 2 of the San Juan Port on the route's northwestern point and at the AcuaExpreso Hato Rey Terminal in

on the route's southeastern point nearby the

Coliseum of Puerto Rico The Colosseum ( ; , ultimately from Ancient Greek word "kolossos" meaning a large statue or giant) is an Ellipse, elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphi ...

with connection to the

Tren Urbano The ''Tren Urbano'' (English language, English: Urban Train) is a List of automated urban metro subway systems, automated rapid transit system serving the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metropolitan area, main metropolitan area of Puerto Rico ...

metro system through

Hato Rey station Hato Rey station is a rapid transit station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, located in Hato Rey Norte and Milla de Oro financial district. The station was designed by Segundo Cardona FAIA of SCF Architects. It opened on December 17, 2004. The statio ...

. The ferries cross the

San Juan Bay San Juan Bay () is a Bay#Types, semi-enclosed bay, estuary, and harbor connected to the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the northeastern coastal plain of Puerto Rico. Surrounded by the capital Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality o ...

with its services running from mornings to evenings seven days a week as the weather and maritime conditions permit. Although the service is heavily used by

tourists Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

, its primary purpose is to serve as a

transportation hub A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between transport modes. Public transport hubs include railway stations, rapid transit stations, bus stops, tram stops, airports, and ferry slips. ...

for those who live nearby Cataño but work in San Juan.

References

{{Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works Ferries of Puerto Rico