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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.
Pages in category "Defunct California railroads" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 209 total. ... San Francisco Belt Railroad; San ...
It became Market Street Railway 0130 in 1921 and San Francisco Municipal Railway 0130 in 1944. In 1973 it was acquired by Western Railway Museum. [21] Car 0304 was built by Hammond as a double-truck California car for passenger service on the San Francisco & San Mateo Electric Railway in 1900. It became United Railroads of San Francisco 673 in ...
The Northern California railroad barons also effectively slowed San Diego's development in the early 20th century. San Diego had a natural harbor and many thought that it would become a major port on the west coast. However, San Francisco was strongly opposed to this as San Diego's development would hurt their trade.
Portion of route along Tomales Bay Schedule and rates for March 1887 (note the spelling for Sausalito) Mileposts conform to Southern Pacific Railroad convention of distance from San Francisco: [1] San Francisco – Sausalito via Ferry; Sausalito (milepost 6.5) San Rafael; Junction (later known as San Anselmo) (milepost 16.5) Fairfax (milepost 18.3)
The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the primary public transit system for San Francisco, California. Muni is part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which is also responsible for the streets, parking, traffic signals, and other transportation in the city. In 2019, Muni had the eighth-highest ridership among systems ...
The Third and Townsend Depot was the main train station in the city of San Francisco for much of the first three quarters of the 20th century. The station at Third Street and Townsend Street served as the northern terminus for Southern Pacific's Peninsula Commute line between San Francisco and San Jose (forerunner of Caltrain) and long-distance trains between San Francisco and Los Angeles via ...
CAHSR route as of Feb. 2021. Click to enlarge. The California High-Speed Rail system will be built in two major phases. Phase I, about 520 miles (840 km) long using high-speed rail through the Central Valley, will connect San Francisco to Los Angeles.