SAN DIEGO

CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

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1930

The San Diego streetcar system at its greatest extent.


San Diego streetcar

San Diego tram map

INSET: CENTRAL SAN DIEGO

San Diego downtown tram map –  1930


STREETCAR ROUTES

Operator: San Diego Electric Railway (SDERy)

  1 5th & Market - 5th Av. - University Av. - Park Bd. (El Cajon Av.)
  2 Union Depot - Broadway - 30th St. - 30th & University
  3 5th & Market - 5th Av. - Washington St. - Mission Hills
  4 5th & B Av. - 5th Av. - K Street - Imperial Av. - 34th & Imperial
  5 Union Depot - State St. - Market St. - 25th St. - Ocean View Bd. - 39th & Ocean View
  7 Union Depot - Broadway - 12th Av. - Balboa Park - Park Bd. - University Av. - Euclid Av. & University
  9 Coronado Ferry - Market St. - Kettner Bd. - Broadway - 5th Av. - F Street - Kettner Bd. - Market St. - Coronado Ferry [Loop route, clockwise]
11 Union Depot - Broadway - 12th Av. - Balboa Park - Park Bd. - Adams Av. - Talmadge Park
12 Union Depot - Kettner Bd. - F Street - 16th St. - Logan Av. - National Av. - 32nd St. & National
13 Union Depot - Kettner Bd. - Rosecrans St. - La Playa
14 Union Depot - Kettner Bd. - Ocean Beach
15 Union Depot - Kettner Bd. - Mission Beach - Pacific Beach
16 Union Depot - Kettner Bd. - Mission Beach - Pacific Beach - La Jolla
20 Coronado Island line (Ferry - Orange Av. - Tent City)

Some of the downtown routing above is based on educated guesswork, as the sources I have at my disposal do not allow for an exact description of the routes in the area.



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

  • ? km.

I am particularly thankful to the staff of the Document Archives at the San Diego History Center in beautiful Balboa Park, without whose helpful assistance in locating relevant maps and street guides I would not have been able to prepare this page.