Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry

The Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry is a passenger ferry which connects Haverstraw, New York with Ossining, New York over the Hudson River. The ferry operates during the rush hours, primarily transporting commuters from the west side of the river to the train station on the east side where they can transfer for Metro-North Railroad trains headed to Grand Central Terminal in New York City or Croton-Harmon and Poughkeepsie via its Hudson Line. The Ossining terminal is at a pier adjacent to the west side of the station, and the Haverstraw terminal is at a pier on the eastern end of Dr. Girling Drive.

The Weehawken, New Jersey-based NY Waterway ferry company has been operating the ferry under contract from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority along with the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry upstream since its incarnation on September 5th, 2000.Donohue, Pete; August 30th, 2000; [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2000/08/30/2000-08-30_rockland-ossining_ferry_plan.html ROCKLAND-OSSINING FERRY PLAN] , "Daily News"; retrieved August 20th, 2008.]

The fare is $3 per person ($2.75 for seniors), and the trip across the river takes approximately 15 minutes. The ferry operates at 10% of its full capacity on each trip with 470 passengers per day as of 2005. Ossining Public Transit; March 1st, 2007; [http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:mqiEysknfe4J:www.villageofossining.org/documents/planning/transit.pdf+haverstraw+ossining+ferry+2000&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us&client=firefox-a Ossining Public Transit planning] , Village of Ossining; retrieved August 20th, 2008]

The ferry currently uses a convert|79|ft|m|sing=on high speed catamaran capable of carrying up to 150 passengers named the "Admiral Richard E. Bennis" (which made its maiden voyage on October 29th, 2003) for the late Coast Guard captain who the directed waterborne evacuation of Manhattan after the September 11, 2001 attacks.Seafarers International Union; December, 2003; [http://www.seafarers.org/log/2003/122003/NYWaterway.xml NY Waterway Christens New Ferry] , Seafarers International Union; retrieved July 21st, 2008]

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External links

* [http://www.mta.info/mnr/html/raillink/ferry_service.htm#s Metro-North Railroad - Haverstraw-Ossining ferry]
* [http://www.nywaterway.com/Home/RidetheFerry/SchedulesRoutes/ViewSchedule/tabid/133/Default.aspx?ID=96 NY Waterway - Haverstraw-Ossining route]
* [http://mta.info/mnr/index.html Metro-North Railroad]
* [http://www.mta.info/ Metropolitan Transportation Authority]
* [http://www.nywaterway.com/ NY Waterway]
* [http://www.nywaterway.com/Home/RidetheFerry/Terminals/Terminal/tabid/131/Default.aspx?ID=5 NY Waterway - Haverstraw]
* [http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=36 Metro-North Railroad - Ossining]
* [http://www.nywaterway.com/Home/RidetheFerry/Terminals/Terminal/tabid/131/Default.aspx?ID=6 NY Waterway - Ossining]

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