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[Retrovision]

I've never seen any note of this, so I thought I'd mention it.

I noticed that the Queen of Nanaimo is no longer set up for aft foot-passenger loading.

Here's a pic:

community.webshots.com/photo/548411366/2068116540087036356OmJQJQ

This is where the port-aft loading gates were; the other side is the same. The cameras, atleast when this photo was taken, remain.

[Ferryman]

That's pretty strange that they would do that. But then again, how many Minor routes have a foot passenger ramp? I think Tsawwassen, and Horseshoe Bay are the only places that provide a foot passenger ramp for a Minor Ferry. But single ended ferries dock bow to at those docks anyway. But otherwise, it's just tradition for a foot passenger to simply board via the car deck ramp on the minors.

[Dane]

So they can still use it at Tsa, right?

[Curtis]

Yeah the gate is still at the front

[Retrovision]

ferryman said:

I think Tsawwassen, and Horseshoe Bay are the only places that provide a foot passenger ramp for a Minor Ferry. But single ended ferries dock bow to at those docks anyway.

I was thinking that SB would have accomodation for aft-passenger-deck loading (other than at the high-volume berth 1) of V/B Class ships, but then remembered that there aren't any original overhead walkways left there:

community.webshots.com/photo/548383290/2160993370087036356JEaDEv

I wonder how they'll rebuild the walkway, considering that the upper lounge that this shot was taken from has the single pupose of serving that walkway.