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The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco.The system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which also includes the separate E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves heritage streetcar lines, and the Muni Metro modern light rail system.
The F Market & Wharves line is one of several light rail lines in San Francisco, California.Unlike most other lines in the system, the F line runs as a heritage streetcar service, almost exclusively using historic equipment from San Francisco's retired fleet and from cities around the world (although buses are added during peak commute hours).
1950 Muni trolley coach 776 serving the 8 Market line on Market Street at 10th during the 1987 San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival. 74X Culture Bus in special livery , October 2008. The 53 Southern Heights was served by short 30-foot (9.1 m) buses, seen here in January 2008.
San Francisco (Market Street Railway zip stripe) Operational This car was purchased in 1948 and ran in San Francisco until retirement in 1982. [79] This car was stored in Pier 72 where it was damaged by arsonists. 1011 was the last of the four double-enders restored at Brookville in 2010/11. [80]
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.
Through a subsidiary, the South San Francisco Railroad and Power Company, United Railways also owned and operated streetcar service in South San Francisco. [24] The line ran from a connection with the San Mateo interurban at Leipsic Junction, south of the cemeteries, down Grand Avenue to Fuller Paints. [25] Service ended on December 31, 1938. [26]
Police escorting a "scab-driven streetcar during the San Francisco Streetcar Strike of 1907. A number of streetcar strikes broke out in the United States during the early 20th century. Between 1895 and 1929, almost every major city in the United States suffered at least one streetcar strike.
Muni #1051 crossing Second Street in October 2017. San Francisco; started 1995; number in service: 27 [74]. The F Market Line (historic streetcar service) in San Francisco, opened in 1995, runs along Market Street from The Castro to the Ferry Building, then along the Embarcadero north and west to Fisherman's Wharf. This line is run by a mixture ...