![The Jamestown Ferry boat Pocahontas makes an evening run across the James River at Surry. 17 Oct 01. (John H. Sheally II / The Virginian-Pilot) [ Jamestown-Scotland ferry ]](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TVG-L-SURRYFERRY.jpg?w=534 "The Jamestown Ferry boat Pocahontas makes an evening run across the James River at Surry. 17 Oct 01. (John H. Sheally II / The Virginian-Pilot) [ Jamestown-Scotland ferry ]")
The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry will remain under its summer schedule.
The Virginia Department of Transportation announced a reduced service earlier this week because of staffing shortages. On Friday, VDOT said the ferry will remain under the schedule that went into effect May 27 to accommodate the increase in ferry passengers during the summer travel season.
VDOT said the schedule would remain “as staffing and vessel resources allow.”
The free Jamestown-Scotland Ferry runs seven days a week, 365 days a year, across the James River between Jamestown and Surry. The trip takes about 20 minutes. For more information, including the schedule, visit JSFerry.org.
VDOT is still trying fill vacancies for the ferry, including the chief engineer position. For more information on available positions and to apply, visit VDOT’s careers page online at shorturl.at/xlSun.
![If it were not for the efforts of a William & Mary president in the 1960s there would not have been a marine science program to benefit from the school’s recent largest financial gift. Davis Y. Paschall, president 1960-1971, was instrumental in the development of the substantial academic programs of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) at nearby Gloucester Point on the York River, The Virginia Fisheries Laboratory was established in 1940 as the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory as a joint effort between W&M and the Virginia Commission on Fisheries (now the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. It was initially organized […]](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/6SCYSOUXX5GSHC7UWSYZ2RSEAU.jpg?w=408 "If it were not for the efforts of a William & Mary president in the 1960s there would not have been a marine science program to benefit from the school’s recent largest financial gift. Davis Y. Paschall, president 1960-1971, was instrumental in the development of the substantial academic programs of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) at nearby Gloucester Point on the York River, The Virginia Fisheries Laboratory was established in 1940 as the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory as a joint effort between W&M and the Virginia Commission on Fisheries (now the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. It was initially organized […]")
