Transdev Sydney Ferries, formerly Harbour City Ferries, is a subsidiary of

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, and is the operator of ferry services in the

Sydney Ferries Sydney Ferries is the public transport ferry network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales. Services operate on Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour and the connecting Parramatta River. The network is controlled by the New South Wales Government ...

network since July 2012. It currently operates the ferry network under a contract until June 2028. As part of the operation contract, Transdev Sydney Ferries leases both the Balmain Maintenance Facility and the fleet from the government agency

History

In 2011, the

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decided to contract out ferry services to the private sector. Harbour City Ferries was formed as a 50/50 joint venture between Transfield Services (later Broadspectrum) and Veolia Transdev (later

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). In May 2012, Harbour City Ferries was announced as the successful tenderer to operate the services on a seven-year contract starting 28 July 2012. In December 2016, Harbour City Ferries became fully owned by

after Transdev bought out Broadspectrum's 50% shareholding.TRANSDEV AUSTRALASIA ACQUIRES 100% OF HARBOUR CITY FERRIES
, Transdev Australasia, Published 8 December 2016, Retrieved 19 January 2018 , Harbour City Ferries employs more than 650 people and its fleet consisted of 32 vessels. The government acquired six more ferries in 2017 that were added to the Harbour City Ferries fleet. In July 2019, Harbour City Ferries commenced a new contract to operate the ferries until June 2028. To coincide with the contract, Harbour City Ferries was rebranded Transdev Sydney Ferries. Its website was updated prematurely in June 2019 to reflect the name change. Ten new River-class ferries were commissioned in 2021.Anger as Syd ferries to be built overseas
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'' 23 October 2019 3 Emerald Class Ferries entered service in 2021 however were briefly withdrawn in 2022 due to multiple steering failures. Three of seven new Parramatta River-class ferries have been introduced with the rest expected to enter service in 2024/2025.

Ferry classes

File:Freshwater In The Western Channel.jpg, Freshwater-class ferry since 1982 (Freshwater) File:First-Fleet class ferry MV Scarborough.jpg, First Fleet-class, since 1984 (Scarborough) File:Marlene Mathews.jpg, RiverCat class since 1992 (Marlene Mathews) File:Bungaree, Circular Quay, 2017 (01).jpg, Emerald-class ferry, since 2017.
(''Bungaree'') File:Ruth Park (ship).jpg, River-class, since 2021.
(''Ruth Park'') File:Parramatta-Class ferry MV Frances Bodkin at Circular Quay.jpg, Parramatta River-class, since 2024.
(''Frances Bodkin'')

Fleet

References

{{Transdev Ferry companies of New South Wales Ferry transport in Sydney Transdev Transport companies established in 2012 Australian companies established in 2012 Companies based in Sydney