First weeks of new sailings, King County Water Taxi sees jump in ridership

The “fast ferry” takes 278 passengers on each sailing from Seattle to Vashon Island, and Seattle to West Seattle.

SEATTLE — Seattle’s Pier 50 starts bustling just before 5:30 a.m. ahead of the first sailing on the King County Water Taxi.

The “fast ferry” takes 278 passengers on each sailing from Seattle to Vashon Island, and Seattle to West Seattle.

The Seattle-Vashon route runs 22 minutes one way and Seattle-West Seattle clocks in at 15 minutes one way.

King County added new mid-day sailings at the beginning of July after many months of research into what customers were looking for.

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