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Board · Route 30 · Major · Vancouver Island
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Tsawwassen – Duke Point (Nanaimo)

Reliability BPunctuality Fimproving

Rarely cancelled, but the worst on-time of any major route (67%). And in April 2026 a post-refit control-system failure cancelled sailings for days. See incidents.

99.3%
sailings completed
reliability B · 0.7% cancelled (weather)
67%
on-time
punctuality F · within 10 min of schedule
F
overall grade (FY2025)
weakest link — worse of the two

Total cancellations: 40 in FY2025 vs 88 the year before — trend is improving.

How this route compares

On-time67%
system average 84%
Cancelled0.7%
system average 1.4% · scale 0–8%
Left vehicles behind35.7%
system average 15.5% · scale 0–60%
What the cancellations were0% mechanical
mechanical (maintenance) · weather / crew / other

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Documented incidents on this route

Early April 2026
Duke Point vessel shelved after refit
Post-refit steering / propulsion control failure

Recent live delays captured

2:00 pm sailing~14 min late11 hr ago
3:15 pm sailing~30 min late11 hr ago
3:15 pm sailing~16 min late34 hr ago
2:00 pm sailing~15 min late35 hr ago
3:15 pm sailing~16 min late35 hr ago
2:00 pm sailing~15 min late36 hr ago
8:15 pm sailing~12 min late55 hr ago
3:15 pm sailing~14 min late82 hr ago
5:45 pm sailing~16 min late104 hr ago
5:45 pm sailing~16 min late105 hr ago
2:00 pm sailing~12 min late107 hr ago
2:00 pm sailing~12 min late108 hr ago
10:15 am sailing~12 min late112 hr ago
10:45 pm sailing~12 min late124 hr ago
2:00 pm sailing~11 min late131 hr ago

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