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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.
Muni cable car lines; Route Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Ridership [3] California (C) California and Market: California and Van Ness: 4,000 Powell-Hyde (PH) Powell and Market: Hyde and Beach: 7,800 Powell-Mason (PM) Taylor and Bay: 5,100
Forms the Powell and Washington/Jackson one way segments of the Powell-Hyde Line. Jackson and Steiner: 1956 decision to close down all cable lines except those originating on California St. and Powell St. and end all cable car lines at Van Ness Ave. Nob Hill, Pacific Heights: 1944 (taken over from Market Street Railway) 1956
The steepest grade climbed by Muni vehicle is 23.1% by a diesel-electric hybrid bus on the 67 line, 22.8% by a trolleybus on the 24 line and 21% by a cable car on the Powell-Hyde line. [ 75 ] The busiest Muni bus corridor is the Geary corridor .
The Powell and Market turntable of the San Francisco cable car system, terminus of the Powell/Hyde and Powell/Mason lines, is located adjacent to the station next to Haladie Plaza. The station is also served by a number of Muni bus and trolleybus routes: [ 31 ]
The Friedel Klussmann Memorial Turnaround is the cable car terminus on Hyde Street near Fisherman's Wharf Friedel Klussmann (1896–1986) was a prominent member of San Francisco society. She is credited with leading the campaign that saved the San Francisco cable car system in the 1940s and 1950s, and the foundation of the San Francisco ...
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The L Taraval is a light rail line of the Muni Metro system in San Francisco, California, mainly serving the Parkside District.While many streetcar lines were converted to bus lines after World War II, the L Taraval remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Twin Peaks Tunnel.