Washington State Ferries

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ferry system public transportation agency

Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Black Ball Line (Puget Sound)	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ferry system ⓘ public transportation agency ⓘ
abbreviation	WSF ⓘ
accepts	ORCA card ⓘ surface form: ORCA card (regional transit smart card)
annualRidership	tens of millions of passengers ⓘ
annualVehicleTraffic	millions of vehicles ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fareSystem	ticketed service ⓘ
fleetSize	over 20 vessels ⓘ
foundedBy	Washington ⓘ surface form: State of Washington
hasVesselType	Evergreen State-class ferry (retired) ⓘ Issaquah-class ferry ⓘ Jumbo Mark II-class ferry ⓘ Jumbo-class ferry ⓘ Olympic-class ferry ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, Washington
inception	1951 ⓘ
isLargestFerrySystemIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageOfOfficialCommunication	English ⓘ
modeOfTransport	water transport ⓘ
notableVessel	MV Chimacum ⓘ MV Elwha (retired) ⓘ MV Hyak (retired) ⓘ MV Issaquah ⓘ MV Kaleetan ⓘ MV Puyallup ⓘ MV Samish ⓘ MV Spokane ⓘ MV Samish ⓘ surface form: MV Suquamish MV Tacoma ⓘ MV Tokitae ⓘ MV Walla Walla ⓘ MV Wenatchee ⓘ
numberOfRoutes	over 10 routes ⓘ
operatesIn	Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State
operator	Washington State Department of Transportation ⓘ
ownedBy	Washington ⓘ surface form: State of Washington
ownedInfrastructure	docks ⓘ ferry terminals ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ
parentOrganization	Washington State Department of Transportation ⓘ
predecessor	Washington State Ferries self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Ball Line (Puget Sound) Puget Sound Navigation Company ⓘ
regulates	onboard safety procedures ⓘ
route	San Juan Islands ⓘ surface form: Anacortes–San Juan Islands Anacortes–Sidney, British Columbia (seasonal, suspended at times) ⓘ Edmonds–Kingston ⓘ Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth ⓘ Mukilteo–Clinton ⓘ Point Defiance–Tahlequah ⓘ Port Townsend, Washington ⓘ surface form: Port Townsend–Coupeville Bainbridge Island ⓘ surface form: Seattle–Bainbridge Island Bremerton ⓘ surface form: Seattle–Bremerton Seattle–Vashon (passenger-only, historical/periodic) ⓘ
serviceArea	Admiralty Inlet ⓘ Hood Canal ⓘ Puget Sound ⓘ Salish Sea ⓘ San Juan Islands ⓘ Juan de Fuca Strait ⓘ surface form: Strait of Juan de Fuca Whidbey Island ⓘ surface form: Whidbey Island region
serviceType	passenger ferry ⓘ vehicle ferry ⓘ
subjectTo	U.S. Coast Guard regulations ⓘ Washington State transportation law ⓘ
website	https://wsdot.wa.gov/travel/washington-state-ferries ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bainbridge Island → connectedBy → Washington State Ferries ⓘ

Elliott Bay → hasFerryOperator → Washington State Ferries ⓘ

Puget Sound region → hasFerrySystem → Washington State Ferries ⓘ

Bremerton → hasTransport → Washington State Ferries ⓘ

Puget Sound region → hasTransportationAgency → Washington State Ferries ⓘ

ORCA card → operatedBy → Washington State Ferries ⓘ

Washington State Department of Transportation → oversees → Washington State Ferries ⓘ

Washington State Ferries → predecessor → Washington State Ferries self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Ball Line (Puget Sound)

Vashon Island → servedBy → Washington State Ferries ⓘ

downtown Seattle → transportHubFor → Washington State Ferries ⓘ

subject surface form: Downtown Seattle