Anacortes/San Juans Route Sees 2,046,940 Passengers in 2018
— from Washington State Ferries —
Our annual ridership increased by more than 225,000 in 2018 to nearly 25 million. That’s up 10 percent from five years ago and the highest level since 2002! The biggest surge last year came on the Vashon/Southworth segment of the “Triangle Route,” where ridership was up 8.8 percent. Read more about our 2018 ridership numbers and see route-by-route data in our recent news release. Also, be sure to check out our updated fact sheet.
24.7 million people rode with us last year. That’s 34 times the population of the city of Seattle! Annual ridership is forecast to grow 30 percent to all-time highs by 2040.
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