Alameda → San Francisco
Alameda to San Francisco by ferry
A direct ferry runs from Alameda to San Francisco, scheduled from 20 min, with 198 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one sailing, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 20 min (typically 26 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 198
- Operator
- San Francisco Bay Ferry
- Stations
- Alameda Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal → San Francisco Ferry Building
- Straight-line distance
- 14 km
- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 1 Nov 2026. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Alameda to San Francisco; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Author. How Head Your Way works.
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