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In 1900, Chicago already had the second largest cable car network in the United States and would eventually surpass New York City to have the largest streetcar network in the world in a few decades. In 1900, there were three private companies operating 41 miles (66.0 km) of double track routes radiating out from Chicago's downtown area .
[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]
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]
By 2006, it added new intermediate stops to that same route, ... Club Car Chicago and North Western: 1955 2 St. Louis 8700–8748 8750–8763 Coach/Cab
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 ]
A San Francisco cable car on the Powell & Hyde line. A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required.
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
The 2600-series cars were officially assigned to the line until early January 2013 when they were transferred to the Red and Blue Lines. Beginning in October 2013, the CTA started to reassign the 2600-series cars back to the line as they get displaced by the new Bombardier-built 5000-series cars on the Red Line. Beginning in April 2014, CTA ...