F
Tsawwassen – Swartz Bay
Reliability FPunctuality Dworsening
The worst major route: a 6.4% cancellation rate driven almost entirely by mechanical failures (535 sailings) on an aging fleet — and it leaves vehicles behind on more than half its sailings.
93.6%
sailings completed
reliability F · 6.4% cancelled (mechanical)
77.6%
on-time
punctuality D · within 10 min of schedule
F
overall grade (FY2025)
weakest link — worse of the two
Total cancellations: 590 in FY2025 vs 220 the year before — trend is worsening.
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Spirit of Vancouver Island generator failure
Vessel generator failure (Spirit of Vancouver Island)
Recent live delays captured
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