SF Bay Ferry Revises Richmond Line Morning, Evening Schedule Effective March 9

SF Bay Ferry signaled a timetable shift for the Richmond line with an Instagram alert that reads, "HEADS UP! Effective March 9th, 2026, we'll be adjusting ferry schedules to better serve riders. This schedule change includes notable trip time", text in the post is truncated in the public excerpt. The agency’s web pages continue to carry downloadable PDF timetables labeled "Schedule effective November 3, 2025," creating two dated references for riders planning trips between Richmond Ferry Terminal and Downtown San Francisco.

The November 3, 2025 PDFs list weekday eastbound departures from Downtown S.F. at Gate E including 7:15 AM, 8:10 AM, 9:10 AM, 10:20 AM and 11:40 AM with arrivals at 7:50 AM, 8:45 AM, 9:45 AM, 10:55 AM and 12:15 PM. A separate Gate F eastbound table shows later departures at 9:35 AM, 11:45 AM and 1:05 PM, arriving 35 minutes later. Weekend eastbound and westbound tables in the same November 3, 2025 PDFs repeat the Gate E morning pattern and show westbound Richmond departures such as 8:55 AM arriving Downtown S.F. at 9:30 AM and a 9:30 PM departure arriving at 10:05 PM.

Operational details on the agency pages and third-party listings emphasize routine elements commuters rely on: "Daily service between Downtown San Francisco and Richmond" and "Transit time approx. 35 minutes." The timetable pages instruct riders to "Board this route at Gate E2 on weekdays and Gate F2 on weekends at the Downtown S.F. Terminal," and note that "On holidays this route may operate on an alternate schedule."

Aggregated transit listings provide context for frequency and operating windows. Moovit's Richmond-line summary lists regular weekday hours as 7:15 AM to 8:00 PM with headways ranging from 35 to 80 minutes, and weekend service hours from 9:35 AM to 8:50 PM with wider 85-142 minute gaps. The Moovit entry also directs riders to SF Bay Ferry service alerts and live arrival tools for real-time status updates.

Third-party Richmond-area guidance preserves an earlier change to the timetable: Way to Go CC posts a Rider Alert noting that "The weekday Richmond departure at 12:15 PM will be adjusted to leave 15 minutes earlier at noon, starting Tuesday, January 2, 2024." Way to Go CC also lists local access details, including AC Transit Line 74 and a terminal address at 1453 Harbour Way S, Richmond, CA 94804 and a contact phone number: (877) 643-3779.

At present the materials provided show the November 3, 2025 PDFs as the most complete published timetable and the SF Bay Ferry Instagram post as the only explicit public notice of a March 9, 2026 effective date; the Instagram excerpt does not include a full post-March-9 timetable. Riders who regularly use Gate E2 weekday or Gate F2 weekend sailings and commuters who connect via AC Transit Line 74 or Richmond BART should monitor SF Bay Ferry’s downloadable schedule PDFs and BayAlerts for the agency’s full March 9 timetable and any gate-assignment updates before the change takes effect.