Ferry network in South East Queensland

This is a list of the suburban ferry wharves operating along the Brisbane River, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, whose services are operated by the Brisbane City Council and its contractor TransdevTSL Brisbane Ferries under the TransLink integrated public transport system.

The wharves are given in geographical order, heading upstream.

Existing wharves

• Apollo Road
• Bretts Wharf
• Bulimba
• Teneriffe
• Hawthorne
• New Farm Park
• Norman Park
• Mowbray Park
• Sydney Street
• Dockside
• Holman Street
• Riverside
• Eagle Street Pier
• Thornton Street
• River Plaza
• South Bank 3
• QUT Gardens Point
• South Bank 1 & 2
• North Quay 1 & 2
• Regatta
• Guyatt Park
• West End
• University of Queensland

Wharves damage

In January 2011 all of the ferry wharves were damaged or destroyed during the devastating floods and the services were suspended indefinitely. Ten wharves had minor damage (Bretts Wharf, Apollo Rd, Teneriffe, Bulimba, Hawthorne, New Farm Park, Mowbray Park, Dockside, Riverside, Guyatt Park), six had moderate damage (Norman Park, Eagle St Pier, Thornton St, River Plaza, South Bank 3, South Bank 1 & 2) and seven are to be rebuild (Sydney St, Holman St, QUT, North Quay, Regatta, West End, UQ).^[1] No boats in the fleet of ferries was lost.^[2]

It was expected that the infrastructure repairs will take months to replace.^[3] Temporary facilities were operating at most terminals by mid-April 2011.^[4]

Planned new wharves

• Northshore Hamilton - a new ferry wharf to be constructed at Northshore Riverside Park, Hamilton by 2012
• Teneriffe - a new improved ferry wharf to be constructed adjacent to the existing Teneriffe ferry wharf at Commercial Road, Teneriffe by 2012^[5]

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