Prior to the construction of various road projects connecting the outer western suburbs of Newcastle and crossing the Hunter River, including the Stockton Bridge, numerous ferry services, both privately run and publicly operated, shuttled across the Hunter River to link the locality of Stockton with the rest of Newcastle during the 19th and 20th centuries,[1] including a car ferry service from the former Market Street Wharf and Stockton.

[4] It was revived in February 1983 by the Government of New South Wales owned Newcastle Buses & Ferries.

No services operate during a period varying from 50 to 60 minutes at noon depending on the day of the week.

[11] The fleet comprises two 127 seat ferries built in 1986 at the Carrington Slipways, Tomago as single-deck versions of the First Fleet class built for the Urban Transit Authority for use on Sydney Harbour at the same time.

[12] Media related to Ferries in Newcastle, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons