Fauntleroy ferry gets increased weekend service this summer

The state ferries division will launch its summer 2009 ferry schedule on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21, with additional vessels, sailings and service hours on the more popular tourism routes, according to a release from the state.

The summer schedule runs through Sept. 26.

The new 2009 summer schedules are available at all ferry terminals and on the vessels. Summer service changes for the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth include extra weekend service on both Saturday and Sunday.

See the Fauntleroy to Vashon schedule here.

View the Fauntleroy to Southworth schedule here.

Other summer ferry schedule changes include:

Anacortes/San Juan Islands: an additional vessel and increased hours of service

Anacortes/Sidney, B.C.: two daily trips instead of one

Port Townsend/Keystone: additional weekend trips

Mukilteo/Clinton: extra service on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

The ferries division warns that travelers should allow extra time for long waits at all terminals during the holiday weekend of July 4.

The following routes will be on a holiday schedule on Friday, July 3:

Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth
Point Defiance/Tahlequah
Seattle/Bainbridge Island
Edmonds/Kingston
Mukilteo/Clinton

For more summer schedule details and other ferry system information, please visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries. To sign up for free e-mail alerts about service disruptions and other route information, click on the link in the far left column of the Web site.