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Commuters

Reduced timetable Monday 10 - Thursday 13 Feb 2025

City Cat is coming out of the water for its scheduled 5 yearly survey / inspection.
We will be operating to a restricted timetable from Monday 10 Feb 2025 – Thursday 13 Feb 2025, see below or click here for a PDF copy.
 
Trips to Mātiu/Somes Island are not affected. 
 
Timetable Mon 10th Feb - Thursday 13th Feb 2025:
Departs Queens Wharf: 6:15am, 7:15am, 8:15am, 10am, 12pm, 2:10pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm, 6:30pm*.
Departs Days Bay Wharf: 6:45am, 7:45am, 8:45am, 11:10am, 1:10pm, 3:20pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm*.
*We have an additional 6:30pm departure from Queens Wharf that is not on our usual timetable.
 
Full timetable resumes Friday 14th Feb 2025.

Avoid the traffic and use East by West Ferry to transport you to and from work or school.

Tickets

  • 10-trips are available for regular ferry users.
  • These do not have an expiry date and can be used for up to two people at a time. 
  • All tickets can be purchased on board the ferry with Cash, EFTPOS or Credit Card.  
  • Check out our Fares and FAQ page for full fare information.

Cancellations

Due to weather or other unexpected issues, we do cancel one or both ferries from time to time. 

On occasion we need to go to a restricted timetable, if the conditions are too rough for our smaller vessel.

Notifications:

Metlink offer a free notification service for commuters through Metlink. This service sends out alerts if there are any cancellations to our services. If you travel to or from Days Bay you can sign up to this through Metlink. If you have a child at Wellesley College, you can email info@eastbywest.co.nz to subscribe to a dedicated database.

Newsletter:

If you would like to receive emails from time to time with news about the ferries and anything else we think you may like to know, you can email info@eastbywest.co.nz and just let us know you would like to be added to our newsletter list. You can also subscribing directly by using the subscribe form on this page.