SAN FRANCISCO

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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

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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.

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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

• BayArea Rapid Transit (BART) [En]
• Key System [En]
• Market Street Railway Company [En]
• Market Street Subway [En]
• Muni Metro [En]
• San Francisco cable car system [En]
• San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) [En]
• East Bay Electric Lines [En]
• Third Street Light Rail Project [En]

WEB SITES

• BART (San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit [En]
• A brief history of Market Street Railway [En]
• Discover the T-Third [En]
• San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) [En]
• Transit - 511: SF Bay area [En/Es]

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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).