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The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the public transit system for San Francisco, California. Several bus, trolleybus, streetcar/light rail, and cable car routes were historically served, but have been discontinued. It began service on December 28, 1912, with two streetcar routes on Geary Boulevard and continued to expand operations. In 1944, the city acquired the largest remaining private transit agency in San Francisco, the Market Street Railway, and began operating its former services. Many modern routes are amalgamated from earlier lines, while some corridors no longer see regular Muni service.

Defunct bus lines

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This is a listing of all the Local, Rapid, Express, and streetcar lines that once operated throughout San Francisco, but are now defunct.

Key
* Weekday peak hours only
^ Articulated bus (60 ft.)
♦ Community bus (30 ft.)
(TC) Trolleybus

Local lines

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Line Note Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Reason for discontinuing Areas served Year started Year discontinued
1 Westwood Park[1]
4 Sutter (TC)* Sutter Street & Sansome Street 6th Avenue & California Street Low ridership;[2] supplemented by 2 Clement re-routing. It was revived for a while when the 1 California moved to Sacramento St.; a truncated version to Presidio to be re-instated. The 2 Sutter trolleybus is its replacement. Richmond District, Laurel Heights, Western Addition, Japantown, Union Square, Financial District 1948 2009
5 McAllister (TC) Transbay Terminal La Playa and Balboa streets Renamed 5 Fulton.[3] Financial District, Tenderloin, Civic Center, Western Addition, Alamo Square, University of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Richmond, Ocean Beach 1906 1948
7 Haight (TC)* Mission Street & Main Street Haight Street & Stanyan Street Low ridership;[2] 71 Haight/Noriega was renumbered to 7 Haight/Noriega in 2015.[4] Haight-Ashbury, Haight-Fillmore, Market Street, Civic Center, Financial District 1948 2009
8 Market (TC) Ferry Building Collingwood & 19th Streets Replaced by F Market and subsequently by F Market & Wharves; 9X Bayshore Express was renumbered to 8X Bayshore Express.[5] The Embarcadero, Market Street, Financial District, Civic Center, The Castro 1945 1995
8 Seventeenth Avenue 17th & Judah 15th & Taraval [6]
9 Richland (TC) Ferry Building Richland & Andover Part combined with parts of 13 Ellsworth and 23 Crescent to form 67 Bernal Heights; rest replaced by 26 Valencia (portions replaced by 29 Sunset in 1982)[citation needed] South of Market, Mission District, Bernal Heights 1949 1983[7]
10 Monterey 10th Ave & California 3rd & Palou Replaced by 23-Monterey and 43-Masonic.[citation needed] Richmond, Golden Gate Park, Inner Sunset, Glen Park, Bernal Heights
11 Telegraph Hill Union & Montgomery Coit Tower 1939[6]
11 Hoffman Ferry Building 24th & Douglass via Forest Hill station Replaced by 13 Guerrero and 48 Quintara/24th Street South of Market, Mission District, Noe Valley, Diamond Heights, Forest Hill 1948 1983[7]
12 Mission/Ocean (TC) Ferry Building Ocean & Phelan Replaced by 49 Van Ness/Mission South of Market, Mission District, Bernal Heights, Excelsior, Balboa Park 1948 1983[7]
13 Ellsworth Crescent & Putnam Richland & Mission Combined with parts of 9 Richland and 23 Crescent to form 67 Bernal Heights. Bernal Heights 1970 1983[7]
13 Guerrero Ferry Building Clipper & Grandview Duplicated service on J Church and 48 Quintara. South of Market, Mission District, Noe Valley 1983[7] 1988
14 Roosevelt Renamed 43 Roosevelt 1949[8]
15 Third Street ^ Kearny & Bay Streets City College Replaced by T Third Street and 9X Bayshore Express (now 8 Bayshore);[9] and later 15 Bayview Hunters Point Express[10] Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Union Square, Mission Bay, Dogpatch, Islais Creek, Bayview/Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley 1941 2007
16 Kearny/Third Street Replaced by 15 Third Street (now T Third Street)[11] 1941 1946
16 Noriega 5th St & Market 48th Avenue and Ortega Portions merged with the 28 19th Avenue, 71 (now 7) Haight-Noriega. Downtown San Francisco, Hayes Valley, Western Addition, Richmond, Sunset
17 Parkmerced ♦ West Portal Station Arballo and Acevedo Renamed 57 Parkmerced.[12] Note that there was an earlier 57 Parkmerced that merged into the 17 Parkmerced, as shown on roll signs. West Portal, Stonestown Galleria, Parkmerced 2015
20 Ellis Split into 71 Haight-Noriega (now 7 Haight-Noriega) and 72 Haight-Sunset (now part of 29 Sunset) 1947 1951
20 Columbus (TC)

Midday hours only

Beale Street & Howard Street Van Ness Avenue & North Point Street Low ridership; replaced by 41 Union; there was an earlier 20 Columbus, shown on rollsigns.[2] Financial District, Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market 2007 2009
23 Crescent 24th & Mission Putnam & Crescent Combined with parts of 9 Richland and 13 Ellsworth to form 67 Bernal Heights Mission District, Bernal Heights 1940 1983[7]
25 Bryant Jackson & Fillmore Geneva & Santos Replaced by 9 San Bruno and rest merged with 27 Noe to form 27 Bryant.[7] Pacific Heights, Nob Hill, Tenderloin, Union Square, South of Market, Mission District, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Sunnydale 1948 1983
25 Stanyan Renamed 33 Stanyan (Now 33 Ashbury/18th Street). 1983
26 Valencia Mission Street & 5th Street Balboa Park Station, San Francisco State University Low ridership.[2] South of Market, Mission District, Glen Park, Balboa Park 1945 2009[13]
27 Noe[14]
29 Visitacion Mansell & Visitacion Gillette & Lathrop Replaced by 56 Rutland.[15] Visitacion Valley 1948 1980
32 Embarcadero Hyde & Jefferson Streets Ferry Building, Caltrain Depot Replaced by E Embarcadero (defunct from 1998 to 2015)[16] and subsequently by F Market & Wharves and N Judah. Fisherman's Wharf, Ferry Building, The Embarcadero 1927 2000
34 Woodside Myra & Dalewood Forest Hill Station Merged into 36 Teresita. Mount Davidson, Miraloma Park, Midtown Terrace, Forest Hill 1961[17]
34/36 Woodside/Teresita Combination of Lines 34 and 36; renamed 36 Teresita.
35 Howard Replaced by the R Howard trolleybus. 1941
36 Folsom Ferry Building Precita Park Low ridership. Bernal Heights, Mission District, SoMa, and Ferry Plaza. 1896 1945
36 Miraloma [17]
36/52 Special ♦ Forest Hill station Split into 36 Teresita and 52 Excelsior.[18] Glen Park, San Francisco, Sunnyside, San Francisco, California, Midtown Terrace, and Miraloma. 2021
40 Commuter
41 Union/Howard (TC) Lyon and Greenwich streets South Van Ness and Cesar Chavez Renamed 41 Union; it splits in two with the portion north of Howard remaining the 41 and the southern portion becoming the 12 Folsom/Pacific.[19] Cow Hollow, Russian Hill, Washington Square, Financial District, SoMa, Mission District. 1949 1970
42 Evans Merged into 19 Polk. 1945 1980
42 Downtown Loop Caltrain Depot Split into 47 Van Ness and 10 Townsend to improve service in South of Market.[20] Financial District, Caltrain Depot, South of Market, Nob Hill, Fisherman's Wharf, Levi Plaza 1980 2001
43 Roosevelt Partially replaced by 37 Corbett and rest extended and renamed 43 Masonic. Letterman Hospital, Kaiser Hospital, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, St. Joseph's Hospital 1949[8] 1980
44 Sansome 1945[8] 1954[21]
44 Diamond Heights Replaced by 52 Excelsior 1971 1980
45 Greenwich Replaced by 45 Union–Van Ness trolleybus 1950 1982
45 Union–Van Ness (TC) Replaced by 45 Union/Stockton 1982 1988
50 Crocker-Amazon Replaced by 43 Masonic[citation needed] 1926 1980
51 Silver Middle Point & Hare Bosworth & Diamond (Glen Park Station) (Weekdays) / Mission & Silver (Weekends and holidays) Replaced by 44 O'Shaughnessy Glen Park, Excelsior District, Portola, Silver Terrace, Bayview-Hunters Point 1927 1980
53 Southern Heights ♦ 16th Street & Mission Street
16th Street Mission Station; Weekdays
16th Street & Bryant Street
Weekends		 Connecticut Street & 18th Street Low ridership.[2] Mission District, Potrero Hill 1932 2009
54 Hunters Point by 1950
55 Sacramento Howard & Main Streets 6th Avenue & Clement Street Electrified and merged with 1 California.[5] Financial District, Chinatown, Nob Hill, Richmond, Laurel Heights 1942 1982
55 16th Street 3rd Street & Mission Bay Boulevard North Mission & 16th Street Route east of US 101 was replaced by 22 Fillmore in 2021; the remainder of the route merged with parts of 22's previous alignment to create 55 Dogpatch.[22] Potrero Hill, Mission District, Mission Bay 2015 2021
57 Fitzgerald by 1950
58 Leavenworth Operated during cable car reconstruction[23] 1982 1984[24]
69 Crissy Field Downtown to Crissy Field during fireworks events by 2000
70 Hunter's Point Third Hunter's Point [25] 1944 1948
70 Northridge by 1950
70 Lake Merced Great Highway & John Muir Daly City Station Replaced by 17 Parkmerced and 18 46th Avenue.
71 San Francisco Junior College Ridgewood & Monterey San Francisco Junior College [25] 1946
71 Haight-Noriega Transbay Terminal Ortega and 48th Ave. Renamed 7 Haight/Noriega.[12] South of Market, Financial District, Civic Center, Lower Haight, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Sunset 2015
72 Haight/Sunset Ferry Building (weekday peak) / 5th & Market (all other times) 19th & Winston (daytime) / Sunset & Lake Merced (mornings and evenings) Replaced by 29 Sunset. 1951 1983
72 Sunset Shown on rollsigns; eliminated as redundant with 29 Sunset. 1983
73 Lincoln Way 5th and Market Streets Sloat & Sunset Boulevards Split into 71 (now 7) Haight-Noriega and 72 Haight-Sunset. Financial District, Haight-Ashbury, Sunset District, Parkside 1991[26]
74 Veterans Hospital 42nd & Clement 43rd & Fulton [25] 1946
74 King Tut Shuttle De Young Museum Cabrillo & Great Highway [25] 1979
75 Parklands Shuttle Bay & Laguna 48th & Point Lobos Subsidized by the National Park Service, ran two months for weekends and holidays.[27] 1979
75 Legion of Honor [27] 1946 1954[21]
76 Fort Cronkhite [27]
76 Broadmoor San Jose Avenue & Flournoy Broadmoor Village Subsidy by developer discontinued.[citation needed] Daly City 1949[27] 1955[28]
76 Marin Headlands Caltrain Station Fort Cronkhite Renamed 76x Marin Headlands Express in 2012. SoMa, Financial District, Nob Hill, Presidio, Golden Gate Bridge, Marin Headlands, and Fort Cronkhite. 1976 2012
77 Alemany
77 Industrial Alemany & Sickles Industrial & Loomis 1950[27] 1954[27][21]
77 Brotherhood Way[27]
79 Fort Mason Hyde & North Point Fort Mason Ran two weeks in August.[27] 1980
79 Sunset Heights [27] 1950
80 Leavenworth Replaced by 25 Bryant.[27] 1951 1974
81 Bacon/Fitzgerald Fitzgerald & Keith Huron & Mission Replaced by 29 Sunset and 54 Felton 1939 1982
82 Chinatown Pacific & Kearny 4th & Folsom Merged with present-day 8, 30, and 45 lines 1980s
83 Pacific Pacific & Van Ness Avenues Battery Street & Pacific Avenue Merged into 12 Folsom-Pacific.[29] Chinatown, Nob Hill 1979[30] 2001
84 Shoppers' Shuttle [30] 1966
84 Marina Downtown to Marina during firework events by 2000
85 Shopper Shuttle
88 Hospital Shuttle Service absorbed by 10 Monterey[30] 1970 1978
89 Laguna Honda ♦ Forest Hill Station Laguna Honda Hospital Low ridership.[2] Laguna Honda Hospital, Forest Hill 2009
99 BART Shuttle
108 Treasure Island Transbay Terminal 13th and Gateview
Treasure Island		 Renamed 25 Treasure Island.[12] South of Market, Treasure Island 2015

Limited/Rapid lines

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Line Note Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Reason for discontinuing Areas served Year started Year discontinued
5L Fulton Limited (TC) Transbay Terminal Cabrillo and La Playa Renamed 5R Fulton Rapid.[12] Financial District, Tenderloin, Civic Center, Western Addition, Alamo Square, University of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Richmond, Ocean Beach 2015
7R Haight-Noriega Rapid * Ortega and 48th Ave Replaced by 7 Haight-Noriega local service on August 14, 2017.[31] South of Market, Embarcadero, Financial District, Union Square, Mid-Market, Tenderloin, Civic Center, Lower Haight, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Sunset 2015 2017
9L San Bruno Limited Main and Mission Bayshore and Arleta Renamed 9R San Bruno Rapid.[12] Financial District, Civic Center, South of Market, Mission District, Portola, Visitacion Valley 2015
14L Mission Limited ^ Mission and San Jose Renamed 14R Mission Rapid.[12] Financial District, South of Market, Mission District, Bernal Heights, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Daly City
15L Third Street Limited ^ Kearny & Bay Streets City College Replaced by T Third Street and 9X Bayshore Express (now 8 Bayshore)[9] Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Union Square, Mission Bay, Dogpatch, Islais Creek, Bayview/Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley 2007
28L 19th Avenue Limited California and 6th Ave Balboa Park BART Renamed 28R 19th Avenue Rapid.[12] Marina, Richmond, Golden Gate Park, Sunset, Stonestown Galleria, Daly City 2015
38L Geary Limited ^ Transbay Terminal Point Lobos and 48th Ave. Renamed 38R Geary Rapid.[12] Financial District, Union Square, Tenderloin, Japantown, Western Addition, Anza Vista, Laurel Heights, Richmond
66L Quintara Limited ♦ Ferry Building Vicente Street & 30th Avenue Replaced by 66 Quintara local service.[citation needed] Parkside, Sunset District, Cole Valley, Haight-Ashbury, Lower Haight, Hayes Valley, Mid-Market, Market Street, Ferry Building by 2000s
71L Haight-Noriega Limited Transbay Terminal Ortega and 48th Ave. Renamed 7R Haight-Noriega Rapid.[12] South of Market, Financial District, Civic Center, Lower Haight, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Sunset 1951 2015

Express lines

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Line Note Inbound terminus Outbound terminus Reason for discontinuing Neighborhoods served Year started Year discontinued
8X Bayshore Express ^ Kearny and North Point Phelan Loop Renamed 8 Bayshore.[12] Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon 2009 2015
9X Bayshore Express Renamed 8X Bayshore Express. 2009
9AX Bayshore 'A' Express Kearny and Pacific Geneva and Schwerin Renamed 8AX Bayshore 'A' Express. North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley
9BX Bayshore 'B' Express Kearny and North Point Phelan Loop Renamed 8BX Bayshore 'B' Express. Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon
15X Bayshore Express ^ Replaced by T Third Street. 2007
15AX Bayshore 'A' Express
15BX Bayshore 'B' Express
16X Noriega Express Market Street & 4th Street Ortega Street & 48th Avenue Renamed 7X Noriega Express.[12] A different 7X Noriega express went on a slightly different route, as shown on rollsigns. Tenderloin, Civic Center, Golden Gate Park, Sunset 2009 2015
16AX Noriega 'A' Express Combined with 16BX to become 16X. (now 7X) Sunset District, Golden Gate Park, Civic Center, Tenderloin 2009
16BX Noriega 'B' Express Noriega Street & Sunset Boulevard Combined with 16AX to become 16X. (now 7X)
17X Parkmerced Express John Muir Drive Daly City BART Merged into 88 BART Shuttle Lake Merced, Parkmerced
72X Sunset Express
74X CultureBus Howard & New Montgomery Golden Gate Park Low ridership.[32] SoMa, Golden Gate Park, Union Square 2008 2009
80X Gateway Express * 4th and King (Caltrain Depot) Sacramento and Battery Replaced by 82X Levi Plaza Express.[citation needed] Financial District, SoMa, South Beach, The East Cut 2013
82x Presidio & Wharves Express Anza and Lincoin 4th and King (Caltrain Depot) Renamed and truncated to create 82x Levi Plaza Express.[33] SoMa, Financial District, North Beach, Marina District, the Presidio. 2007
83X Mid-Market Express ♦* 9th Street and Market (Civic Center) Townsend and 5th Street [34] Mid-Market, SoMa, Showplace Square, Mission Bay 2012 2020
87X Civic Center Express

Candlestick Park lines

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Through the end of 2013, the four Candlestick Express lines connected Candlestick Park with other points throughout the city. These lines ran before and after San Francisco 49ers games, while the 86 and 87 Candlestick Shuttles also ran during the game.[35]

Line Termini[a] Neighborhoods served Links
75X Candlestick Express Balboa Park Station Candlestick Park Balboa Park Route map (PDF)
77X Candlestick Express California and Van Ness
Pre-game		 Candlestick Park South of Market, Civic Center, Pacific Heights, Fort Mason (post-game only)
77X Candlestick Express Van Ness and North Point
Post-game
78X Candlestick Express Funston and California Candlestick Park Richmond, Golden Gate Park, Sunset, Stonestown Galleria, Crocker-Amazon, Excelsior, Balboa Park
79X Candlestick Express Sutter and Sansome Candlestick Park Financial District, South of Market
86 Candlestick Shuttle Bacon and San Bruno Candlestick Park Portola
87 Candlestick Shuttle Gilman and Third Candlestick Park Bayview-Hunters Point

R Howard

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The R Howard was a trolleybus line created on September 7, 1941. It ran from Beale and Howard on Howard and South Van Ness Avenue to Army Street (now Cesar Chavez Street). It was combined with the E Union in July 1947, and was renumbered 41 in February 1949.[36]

Defunct streetcar routes

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Geary Routes
Legend
 Ferry Building
Market and Main
 E  Union
 Transbay Terminal
Market and 1st Street
Montgomery
Powell
 J   K   L   M   N 
 Union Square
 F  Stockton
 Geary and Jones
Geary and Van Ness
 D   H 
 Geary and Laguna
Geary and Steiner
Geary and Divisadero
Geary and Baker
Geary and Masonic
Geary and Cook
Geary and Stanyan
Geary and 2nd Avenue
 C  Geary-California
 Cornwall and 2nd Avenue
6th Avenue
10th Avenue
 A  Geary-10th
 10th and Balboa
10th and Fulton
Park Presidio Boulevard
19th Avenue
25th Avenue
Lincoln Park
Balboa and 33rd Avenue
37th Avenue
41st Avenue
Cabrillo and 45th Avenue
Playland
 B  Geary
 Z  Route letter

A Geary-10th Avenue

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The A Geary-10th Avenue was Muni's first streetcar line, running from Market Street and Kearny Street, and later from the Ferry Building, along Geary and 10th Avenue to Fulton Street.[37] The route was discontinued on December 5, 1932.[38][39] In 2009, part of the route was under study to be restored as bus rapid transit and possibly as a streetcar route.[40]

B Geary

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The B Geary (also known as the B Geary-Ocean) was a streetcar route that operated along Market Street and Geary Boulevard to the Playland amusement park along Ocean Beach. It originally ran as a shuttle between 10th Avenue and 33rd Avenue, and was later extended east along Geary and Market Street to the Ferry Building to the east, and along 33rd Avenue, Balboa, 45th Avenue and Cabrillo to Great Highway to the west.[41] The line was replaced with the 38 Geary bus route on December 29, 1956.[39][42]

There are plans to construct a light rail corridor on Geary Boulevard between Van Ness Avenue and 33rd Avenue. Funding has not been identified to build rail in this corridor, however it was identified as a Tier 1 Long Term Corridor Investment (the highest priority) in 2016.[43]

C Geary-California

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The C California (also known as the C Geary-California) was a streetcar route that ran from the Ferry Building along Market Street, Geary, 2nd Avenue, Cornwall, and California to 33rd Avenue.[41] The route was cut short in 1950 to California and 2nd Avenue with the opening of the 1 California bus line, and was removed along with the B Geary on December 29, 1956.[42] In 2009, part of the route was under study to be restored for Bus Rapid Transit.[39][40]

This route was created shortly after the Market Street Railway's franchise expired on California street. By 1950, the line was essentially a short-turn version of the B Geary streetcar route, which continued out to Ocean Beach.

D Geary-Van Ness

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The D Geary-Van Ness was a streetcar route created on August 15, 1914, that originally ran from the Ferry Building along Market Street, Geary, Van Ness, and Chestnut to Scott.[39] In 1918, the route was changed to operate on Union Street instead of Chestnut, and was extended along Steiner Street and Greenwich Street and into the Presidio later that year.[41]

The route was replaced with buses on March 18, 1950, and renamed the 45 Greenwich.[44] This was one of four routes planned as a result of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition. In 2009, parts of the Geary and Van Ness Corridors it once traveled were up for study for Bus Rapid Transit, and possibly, restoration of light rail transit in the area.[40][45]

E Union

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The E Union was a streetcar route that ran from the Ferry Building to the Presidio via The Embarcadero, Washington/Jackson, Columbus, Union, Larkin, Vallejo, Franklin, Union, Baker and Greenwich into the Presidio.[41] The route was replaced on July 20, 1947,[36] by an extension of the R-Howard trolleybus route, which in turn was renumbered 41-Union on February 1, 1949.[36] The 41-Union still runs today. It was reduced to rush-hour service on October 1, 1988. This was one of four routes planned as a result of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition.[37][46] Today, the E designation is used for the E Embarcadero historic streetcar route.

F Stockton

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The F Stockton was a streetcar route that ran from Market and Stockton to the Marina District via Stockton, Columbus, North Point, Van Ness, and Chestnut to Laguna. The Stockton Street Tunnel, opened in 1914, was built primarily for these streetcars.[47] In 1916, the line was extended from Chestnut and Laguna to Chestnut and Scott, and was extended in 1947 from Market and Stockton down 4th Street to the Southern Pacific terminal on Townsend.[48] The route was replaced on January 20, 1951,[39] with the 30 Stockton bus route, which still runs today, and is notable for being the slowest trolleybus route in the city of San Francisco because it travels through the densely populated neighborhood of Chinatown[citation needed]. This was one of four routes planned as a result of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition.[37][46] Since 1995, the F designation is used for the F Market & Wharves historic streetcar route.

The southernmost part of this route, from Market to Jackson, is once again served by light rail by the T Third Street after the Central Subway was opened. A further extension of the line may replace the rest of the present 30 Stockton bus line extending to the Presidio, depending on where the eventual exit from the subway tunnel is placed.

H Potrero

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The H Potrero streetcar line was created on August 15, 1914, to serve the Panama-Pacific International exposition.[37] It ran from Army Street (Now Cesar Chavez Street) and Potrero to a terminal inside Fort Mason, via Potrero, Division, 11th Street and Van Ness. In 1946 the line was extended along former Market Street Railway trackage on Bayshore and San Bruno to Arleta. The southern terminal was cut back to San Bruno and Wilde in 1947, and in 1948 the northern terminal was cut back to Van Ness and Bay. The route was replaced on March 19, 1950, with the 47 Potrero bus line.[41] The 47 line has since been changed and no longer runs on Potrero, and the only bus line that follows the old H line is the nighttime-only 90 Owl.

The Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit line began operation in 2022; it was constructed by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. A feasibility study was conducted in 2006, followed by a draft Environmental Impact Statement in 2011. A Locally Preferred Alternative was selected in early 2012. A Final EIS was expected in 2012, along with Caltrans approval. Construction began in 2016.[45] The SFCTA currently[when?] does not have plans to revive the H-Potrero streetcar line.

40 San Mateo

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Further information: San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway

The 40 San Mateo was a 19.98-mile (32.15 km)[49] interurban route that provided service along The Peninsula from 1903 to 1949. Previous service under the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway only reached as far as Baden in South San Francisco. After being bought and sold several times, the line came under the ownership of the United Railroads of San Francisco, under whom it was finally built out to San Mateo with service starting on December 31, 1902.[50] Starting at the corner of Steuart and Market in San Francisco, the tracks went southeast on Steuart and turned right on Harrison. Outbound cars used Harrison until 14th Street while inbound cars used Bryant between 8th and Essex. The line continued down 14th, turning south on Guerrero, west on 30th, south on Cerney, south on Diamond, and continuing on Monterey to San Jose avenue before entering San Mateo County.[51]

By 1906, the northern terminus was at Fifth and Market whereupon it ran down 5th to Mission Street continuing to San Jose Avenue (for some time also running on Onondaga and Ocean),[51][52] then on a largely private right-of-way to a terminal in San Mateo.[53] Service was discontinued as the trackage and rolling stock had fallen into disrepair by the mid-1940s. Short segments of the line had remained in use by the late 1970s, and some of the right of way on San Jose Avenue and 30th Street was rebuilt for modern Muni Metro Service as extensions of the M Ocean View and J Church lines in the 1980s and 1990s.[54]

Temporary routes

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The G Exposition, I Exposition, and J Exposition were temporary streetcar lines that were created in 1915 and 1916 to serve the Panama–Pacific International Exposition.[39] The G line was a combination of the E and F routes, running from Market and Stockton to the Presidio. The I line only ran for three days in February 1915, from 33rd Avenue and Geary via Geary, Van Ness, Chestnut, Scott, Greenwich and Steiner to Union. The J line, which is unrelated to the current J Church line, ran via Columbus from the Ferry Building to Fort Mason and later to Chestnut and Scott.[41]

The O Van Ness line operated briefly between June 1, 1932, and July 15, 1932, along part of the E Union from Van Ness and Union to the Ferry Building. During this time, the E line ran down Van Ness to Market instead of to the Ferry Building.[41]

The E Embarcadero line operated between Embarcadero station and 4th and King over the new Muni Metro Extension from January 1998 until August 1998, when it was merged into an extension of the N Judah line. The name was reused for an unrelated heritage streetcar line in 2015.

Defunct cable car routes

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Note: Before 1954, the California Street Line extended all the way from Market Street in the Financial District to California and Presidio Avenue on the western edge of the Western Addition.

Line Inbound Terminal Outbound Terminal Reason for discontinuing Areas served Year Started Year Discontinued
O'Farrell-Jones-Hyde Began at Market and O'Farrell, down O'Farrell to Jones (there was a cable car shuttle from Market and Jones to O'Farrell and Jones), down Jones to Pine, down Pine to Hyde, down Hyde to North Point (used California St. style double-ended cable cars). Section from Hyde and Beach Streets to Washington Street forms the northern part of the Powell-Hyde Line, while section from Washington to California Street is used as non-revenue track. Hyde and North Point 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. Tenderloin, Russian Hill, Fisherman's Wharf 1952 (taken over from California Street Cable Railroad) 1956
Powell-Washington-Jackson Began at Market and Powell, up Powell to Jackson, out Jackson to Steiner, back downtown from Steiner on Washington (used Powell Street style single-ended cable cars). 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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Perles & McKane 1982, p. 205
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cabanatuan, Michael (December 3, 2009). "S.F. Muni making big changes on weekend". The San Francisco Chronicle (SFGATE). Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Arvin, Chris. "Where the Streetcars Used to Go".
  4. ^ "71-Haight/Noriega Muni Line To Rebrand As Revived 7 Line". hoodline.com. March 25, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "History of Trolley Buses in San Francisco". San Francisco Municipal Railway. May 8, 2003. Archived from the original on July 14, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Perles & McKane 1982, p. 208
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Mitchell, Dave (August 17, 1983). "Muni to test-drive 16 routes — 3rd big change since 1979". San Francisco Examiner. p. 14. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  8. ^ a b c Perles & McKane 1982, p. 233
  9. ^ a b Rachel Gordon (April 9, 2007). "S.F.'s New T-Third Streetcar Line Hits A Few Bumps". The San Francisco Chronicle (SFGATE). Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  10. ^ Laubscher, Rick (January 14, 2021). "The 15-Third is back". Market Street Railway. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  11. ^ Laflin, Addison H. Jr. (June 1953). "A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANGES IN SAN FRANCISCO STREET ROUTES SINCE 1944". Timepoints (Special Reference Supplement No. 7). Vol. 6, no. 6 – via Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hyden, Rachel (April 3, 2015). "Muni Forward Brings You More Service, Muni Rapid, New Map" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  13. ^ Figueroa, Alissa (December 4, 2009). "Last Call for the 26-Valencia". Mission Local. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  14. ^ Perles & McKane 1982, p. 224
  15. ^ Perles & McKane 1982, p. 236
  16. ^ Epstein, Edward (January 9, 1998). "Muni's Embarcadero Streetcar Line Set to Make First Runs / First of improvements promised for this year". The San Francisco Chronicle (SFGATE). Retrieved November 28, 2021.
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  • Perles, Anthony; McKane, John (1982). Inside Muni: The Properties and Operations of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-49-1.
  • McGovern, Janet (2012). Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-7622-0.
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