
ROUTES
Operator: San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI)
STREETCAR ROUTES
| F |
Fisherman's Wharf - Market Street - Castro |
| J |
Downtown (Embarcadero) - Market Street - Noe Valley - Balboa Park |
| K |
Downtown (Embarcadero) - Market Street - West Portal - Ocean Ave. - Balboa Park |
| L |
Downtown (Embarcadero) - Market Street - San Francisco Zoo |
| M |
Downtown (Embarcadero) - Market Street - West Portal - San Francisco State University - Ocean View - Balboa Park |
| N |
Caltrain Station - Downtown (Embarcadero) - Market Street - Ocean Beach |
| (S) |
(Downtown (Embarcadero) - Market Street - Castro) |
CABLE CAR ROUTES
| C |
Financial District - Van Ness |
| PH |
Powell & Market - Hyde - Aquatic Park |
| PM |
Powell & Market - Mason - Fisherman's Wharf |
BART (SUBWAY) ROUTES
| RED |
Richmond – Berkeley - Oakland - Transbay Tube - Embarcadero - Market Street - Daly City/Colma |
| GREEN |
Fremont – Oakland Airport - Oakland - Transbay Tube - Embarcadero - Market Street - Daly City |
| ORANGE |
Richmond – Berkeley - Oakland - Oakland Airport - Fremont |
| YELLOW |
Pittsburg/Bay Point – Concord - Oakland - Transbay Tube - Embarcadero - Market Street - Daly City |
| BLUE |
Dublin/Pleasanton – Oakland Airport - Oakland - Transbay Tube - Embarcadero - Market Street - Daly City - San Franciso International Airport/Millbrae |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Streetcar lines: 42 km.
- Cable car lines: 8 km.
- BART (Subway) lines: 167 km.
HISTORY
- Streetcars: (horse-powered) 4 July 1860 - 1882; (electric) 1892 - today.
- Cable-cars: 1 Sept. 1873 - today.
- BART (Subway): 11 Sept. 1972 - today.
- Key System (Interurbans): 26 Oct. 1903 - 20 Apr. 1958.
GAUGE
- Streetcars: 1435 mm.
- Cable-cars: 1067 mm.
- BART (Subway): 1676 mm.
SOURCES
PRINT
- "Los Angeles and San Francisco", The Modern Tramway, Nov. 1949 (12:143), p.221-224.
- Currington, B. "San Francisco Municipal Railway modernisation (Part I)", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, Oct. 1984 (47:155), p.339-347.
- Rice, W. "San Francisco rail is moving forward", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 1998 (61:729), p.336-339.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
PHOTOGRAPHS
Streetcars and trolleybuses on Market Street (June 1974). |
Cable car and streetcar at Powell and Market (June 1974). |
Cable cars at the bottom of Powell Street (June 1974). |
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