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The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the primary public transit system for San Francisco, California. Muni is part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which is also responsible for the streets, parking, traffic signals, and other transportation in the city. In 2019, Muni had the eighth-highest ridership among systems ...
The Pacific and Atlantic Railroad Company (P&A) was founded on September 6, 1851, with the goal of building a railroad between San Francisco and San Jose. [2] The route was surveyed and published by the end of 1851, but the P&A was unable to raise funds locally; when the P&A turned to banking houses in New York and England, they were told that no funds could be disbursed without first ...
The San Francisco Municipal Railway (/ ˈ m juː n i / MEW-nee; SF Muni or Muni), is the primary public transit system within San Francisco, California.It operates a system of bus routes (including trolleybuses), the Muni Metro light rail system, three historic cable car lines, and two historic streetcar lines.
California Trolley and Railroad Corporation – San Jose [12] Napa Valley Wine Train – between Napa and St. Helena [13] Niles Canyon Railway – between Fremont and Sunol [14] Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad; Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
Business magnate Francis Marion Smith then created the Key System in 1903 to connect San Francisco with the East Bay. The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened to rail traffic in 1939 only to have the last trains run in 1958 after fewer than twenty years of service – the tracks were torn up and replaced with additional lanes for ...
The San Francisco and San Jose Railroad built the first segment of the line from San Francisco to San Jose between 1860 and 1864. The founders of the SF&SJ incorporated as the Southern Pacific Railroad, which was authorized by Congress in 1866 to connect the line from San Jose south to Needles, where it would meet the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad.
The original railroad between San Francisco and San Jose (known as the Peninsula Commute) was built by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad in 1863. [3] [4] In 1870 the railroad was acquired by Southern Pacific. [3] Southern Pacific double tracked the line in 1904. In 1958 the railroad had record ridership, 7.5 million passengers. [5]
San Joaquin: 128,786 BNSF: Amtrak Thruway: 18 One of the few remaining San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway depots in existence. Hayward: Hayward: HAY Capitol Corridor: 27,477 City of Hayward Irvine† Irvine: IRV Pacific Surfliner: 353,971 City of Irvine Metrolink: Inland Empire–Orange County Orange County: Lodi^ Lodi: LOD San ...