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Beach and Mason station is about 0.2 miles (0.32 km) from the terminus of the Powell–Mason cable car. The stop is also served by the route 47 bus, plus the L Owl bus route, which provides service along the F Market & Wharves and L Taraval lines during the late night hours when trains do not operate. [3]
[4]: 127 The three cable car lines are largely known by name (Powell-Mason, Powell-Hyde, and California), though they are abbreviated to PM, PH, and C on maps, and have internal numbers 59–61 for operational purposes. [5]
After leaving Cincinnati, the train crosses into Kentucky, where it follows the Ohio River on the southern border of Ohio to Ashland, Kentucky. The Kentucky and West Virginia stations of Maysville , South Shore–South Portsmouth , Ashland , and Huntington are on Ohio's state border; the South Portsmouth–South Shore station primarily serves ...
The Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde cable car lines turn around at Powell and Market adjacent to the station and Hallidie Plaza. BART service at the station began on November 5, 1973, followed by Muni Metro service on February 18, 1980. [2] [3]
Both the single-ended cars on the Powell–Hyde and Powell–Mason lines, and the double-ended cars on the California Street line, are of this type. The single-ended cars have a single open section at the front of the car, with a closed compartment at the rear, whilst the double-ended cars have a central closed compartment flanked by open areas ...
Cable service ended 1941, route integrated into 24 Mission and Richmond. Sacramento Clay Cable: Cable service ended 1942, converted to 55 Sacramento bus. [32] 59 Powell Mason Cable Cable car Integrated into the San Francisco cable car system: 60 Washington Jackson Cable Cable car Fillmore Counterbalance: Part of 22 Fillmore route, closed 1941
Cable April 10, 1878: July 31, 1951: Purchased by the city of San Francisco in 1952, with one line of the system reopened, and still in service. Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railway: Cable February 16, 1880: May 6, 1912 San Francisco cable car system [32] San Francisco: Cable 1878 Muni Metro: Electric Light rail (after 1980s upgrades) c. July ...
A plan was put in place that would have replaced the city's cable cars with a new "super bus" system, [14] but a public vote saved the cable cars. [13] Today San Francisco's cable cars are vital to the city's tourism industry, [14] carry 7.5 million passengers a year, and generate more than $20 million in fare revenue. [15]