Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ferries in Wellington form a part of the Wellington public transport system, carrying commuters and tourists on Wellington Harbour. They operate between central Wellington and Days Bay (near Eastbourne), Petone, Seatoun, and Matiu/Somes Island. Historically they also served Lowry Bay and particularly Rona Bay – the ferries belonged to the Eastbourne Borough Council from 1913 to 1950 – and briefly until 1913 Miramar, Karaka Bay. The development of road connections around the harbour's edge, particularly their paving during the 1920s, reduced the importance of ferries to the city's transport network, but regular services still run.The vessels most fondly remembered are the s s Cobar and s s Duchess. Cobar was the longest serving, 42 years from 1906 to 1948 when all services ended because Cobar was badly damaged by fire. Duchess was specially built for Port Nicholson in 1897 but licensed to carry 1,029 against Cobar's 745 passengers she had to be first to go when commuters switched to the buses in the 1920s. She was laid up by the council in 1929 and sold in 1930."@en }
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- Ferries_in_Wellington abstract "Ferries in Wellington form a part of the Wellington public transport system, carrying commuters and tourists on Wellington Harbour. They operate between central Wellington and Days Bay (near Eastbourne), Petone, Seatoun, and Matiu/Somes Island. Historically they also served Lowry Bay and particularly Rona Bay – the ferries belonged to the Eastbourne Borough Council from 1913 to 1950 – and briefly until 1913 Miramar, Karaka Bay. The development of road connections around the harbour's edge, particularly their paving during the 1920s, reduced the importance of ferries to the city's transport network, but regular services still run.The vessels most fondly remembered are the s s Cobar and s s Duchess. Cobar was the longest serving, 42 years from 1906 to 1948 when all services ended because Cobar was badly damaged by fire. Duchess was specially built for Port Nicholson in 1897 but licensed to carry 1,029 against Cobar's 745 passengers she had to be first to go when commuters switched to the buses in the 1920s. She was laid up by the council in 1929 and sold in 1930.".
- Q5445353 abstract "Ferries in Wellington form a part of the Wellington public transport system, carrying commuters and tourists on Wellington Harbour. They operate between central Wellington and Days Bay (near Eastbourne), Petone, Seatoun, and Matiu/Somes Island. Historically they also served Lowry Bay and particularly Rona Bay – the ferries belonged to the Eastbourne Borough Council from 1913 to 1950 – and briefly until 1913 Miramar, Karaka Bay. The development of road connections around the harbour's edge, particularly their paving during the 1920s, reduced the importance of ferries to the city's transport network, but regular services still run.The vessels most fondly remembered are the s s Cobar and s s Duchess. Cobar was the longest serving, 42 years from 1906 to 1948 when all services ended because Cobar was badly damaged by fire. Duchess was specially built for Port Nicholson in 1897 but licensed to carry 1,029 against Cobar's 745 passengers she had to be first to go when commuters switched to the buses in the 1920s. She was laid up by the council in 1929 and sold in 1930.".