Friday, March 1, 2013 - 17:55

The ferry schedule is still the talk of the town, and hard to memorize, so here it is again:

Hatteras  Departure Times                                Ocracoke Departure Times

               5 a.m.                                                                  4:30 a.m.

               6 a.m.                                                                  6:30 a.m.

               7 a.m.                                                                  7:30 a.m.

               8 a.m.                                                                  8:30 a.m.

               9 a.m.                                                                  9:30 a.m.

             10 a.m.                                                                10:30 a.m.

             11 a.m.                                                                11:30 a.m.  

             12 p.m.                                                                12:30 p.m.

               1 p.m.                                                                  1:30 p.m.

               2 p.m.                                                                  2:30 p.m.

               3 p.m.                                                                  3:30 p.m.

               4 p.m.                                                                  4:30 p.m.

               5 p.m.                                                                  5:30 p.m.

               6 p.m.                                                                  6:30 p.m.

               8 p.m.                                                                  7:30 p.m.

               9 p.m.                                                                  9:30 p.m.

             11 p.m                                                                 11:30 p.m.

             12 a.m.                                                                12:30 a.m.

The opening of the alternate Hatteras-Ocracoke route means the extra departures added to the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke route to accommodate vendors and residents have stopped. That ferry route has returned to its regular schedule. The tolling of that route, which had been suspended when the added routes began, resumes Friday, Feb. 22..

The schedule through May 20 will be:

The schedule for the Cedar Island-Ocracoke route through March 25 will be:

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