The Golden Gate Ferry Terminal , which is located on a wharf built in the late 1960s as part of the Transbay Tube , opened with the introduction of Golden Gate Ferry in 1976 . Vallejo service was added in September 1986 . When emergency ferry service was added after the 1989 earthquake , Alameda service docked between Pier 7 and Pier 9 , Berkeley service docked at Pier 1 , and all other service used the existing Ferry Building piers . Berkeley and Richmond service ended in March 1990 , but Oakland/Alameda service continued , with Harbor Bay service added in March 1992 . These services used a new pier constructed north of the Ferry Building at Pier ( adjacent to Pier 1 ) . The modern Gate B and Gate E opened in October 2001 as part of the larger renovation of the Ferry Building
1989 earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
San Francisco Ferry Building