— from Washington State Ferries —

Washington State Ferries is extending the winter sailing schedule through June 20 because of a continued decline in ridership due to COVID-19. It was previously scheduled to end on April 25. Therefore, customers should continue following the winter schedule through at least June 20. Routes that are on a modified/reduced service schedule will remain on those schedules until further notice.

Reservation routes

All vehicle reservations for the Port Townsend/Coupeville and Anacortes/San Juan Islands/Sidney, B.C. routes that were booked on dates between April 26 and June 20 will automatically be cancelled. Customers still looking to travel during those dates will need to rebook new reservations based on the extended winter sailing schedule. Because WSF will need to reprogram its reservations system, it will take a few days for those extended winter season reservations to be available. WSF will notify all customers as soon as they are able to rebook their travel.

International service to and from Sidney, B.C. is cancelled until at least June 21, and customers will not be able to rebook those trips.

Even without reservations, all passengers seeking to travel should be able to do so due to declines in ridership, which increases the amount of available standby space.You can view all travel alerts at the WSF Travel Bulletins page. 

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