Royal Naval Dockyard Getting there & around

Getting there & around

The ferry between Hamilton and the Royal Naval Dockyard makes an interesting alternative to the bus, offering different views along the way; you might want to take the boat one way and the bus the other.

Bus & tram

Bus

Bus No 7, which travels via the south shore, leaves the Royal Naval Dockyard for the City of Hamilton ($4.50, 1 hour) at 20 and 50 minutes past the hour, and bus No 8, which travels to Hamilton via Middle Rd, leaves the Dockyard at five and 35 minutes past the hour. On weekdays, buses operate on this schedule from 6:35am to 6:35pm, after which there are a few staggered night buses, the last leaving the Dockyard at 11:50pm. On Sunday the schedule is slightly lighter and there's no bus service from the Dockyard after 6:35pm.

From the City of Hamilton the Dockyard- bound buses begin at 6:45am on weekdays and 9:30am Sundays, with the last bus leaving at 10:45pm daily. If you pick up a No 7 or 8 bus in Hamilton, make sure that it reads 'Dockyard, ' as not all buses continue that far.

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Boat

The Dockyard is served by three lines of the public ferry. Speediest is the Orange Route, which stops at the Dockyard in each direction on its run between the City of Hamilton ($4) and the Town of St George ($4). The thrice-daily service operates in summer only, leaving Hamilton at 9:30am, noon and 2pm, arriving at the Dockyard in 20 minutes and departing 10 minutes later for the one-hour trip to St George. The boat then leaves St George at 11:15am, 1:30pm and 3:45pm, makes the one-hour trip to the Dockyard, and departs from the Dockyard at 12:30pm, 2:30pm and 4:55pm for the 20-minute trip back to Hamilton.

The Blue Route runs between Hamilton and the Dockyard at least 16 times a day on weekdays and a dozen times on weekends, with services more frequent in the summer. The first boat from Hamilton leaves at 6:25am on weekdays, 9am on weekends. The last boat leaves the Dockyard at 6:35pm on weekdays and Saturdays (10:50pm in summer) and at 5:30pm on Sundays. It costs $4 and takes between 30 and 75 minutes, depending on whether you catch a nonstop Hamilton-Dockyard boat or one that stops elsewhere in Sandys Parish en route.

In addition, the Green Route between Hamilton and Southampton, the Rockaway Express, goes on to the Dockyard ($4) from Southampton at 4:30pm every day except Sunday.

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