PODCAST: Ocracoke Express offers great alternative to reach popular Outer Banks destination June 24, 2021 Sam Walker Passengers observe from the upper deck as the Ocracoke Express arrives at the Silver Lake docks in 2019. [NCDOT photo] The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry is up and running for a third summer. Jed Dixon, N.C. Ferry Division deputy director, is our guest on the OBX Today Podcast to talk more about this great alternative for traveling to-and-from Ocracoke village. Related stories: Reservations now available for Ocracoke Express passenger ferry The best day and time for a trip to Ocracoke? Now there’s a heat map to tell you Ocracoke Express transports over 7,100 passengers in July and August 2020 Subscribe to our Daily Email Newsletter! Get the top stories from the Outer Banks in your inbox each morning. Subscribe Loading... Thank you! You have successfully joined our subscriber list.