Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 14:11 Press Release

The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will offer extra departures from each side on its Swan Quarter-Ocracoke route beginning Wednesday, Nov. 21 through Sunday, Nov. 25, to accommodate holiday traffic demand.

The additional departures include:

Departing Swan Quarter at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m.; and
Departing Ocracoke at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

As a reminder, the regular fall schedule on the Pamlico Sound is:

Departing Cedar Island and Ocracoke at 7:30 a.m., 10, 1 p.m. and 4;
Departing Swan Quarter at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.; and
Departing Ocracoke to Swan Quarter at 7 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Ferry reservations can be made online at www.ncferry.org or by calling 800-293-3779 (BY-FERRY) and pressing 2. Ferry information is available via Twitter at www.twitter.com/ncdot_ferry.