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FERRY
SERVICES
Introduction
Penang Port provides ferry services from 5.30 am to 1.00 am linking Georgetown on the island to Butterworth on the mainland. It operates a fleet of eight ferries.
The ferries which carry passengers / vehicles on the upper deck and vehicles on the lower deck depart the terminals at eight minute intervals during peak periods with a reduced frequency after midnight.
The ferry journeys across the 3.2 kilometre long channel takes between 15-20 minutes.
The overall ferry traffic in 2006 which included pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles, cars and lorries increased 1.1% from 5.859 unit to 5.922 unit.
Penang
Port Ferry Tariff (in Ringgit Malaysia)
Price
structure for the latest tariff of ferry services are as
follows :-
I.
PASSANGER
a. Children age 5 to 12 years
old
b. Adult
Monthly ticket (not valid for bicycle)
a. Student (21 years below)
b. Adult
II. BICYCLE
III. MOTORCYCLE
IV. TRISHAW / ANY THREE VEHICLE TRANSPORT
V. CAR ( INCLUSIVE STATION WAGON, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE),
THREE VEHICLE TRANSPORT COMMERCIAL
AND THREE WHEEL MOTORCYCLE)
Vl. LORRY / VAN / BUS
a. VEHICLES DOUBLE 2 AND 4
WHEEL
b. VEHICLES DOUBLE 2 AND 6
WHEEL |
RM
0.60
1.20
6.00
30.00
1.40
2.00
3.30
7.70
13.20
27.50
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