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The system uses Monocable Detachable Gondola technology which consists of cable cars connected to a fixed cable through means of a detachable grip. The haulage cable is pulled by large wheels allowing the cabins to move at an average speed of 10 miles per hour (16 km/h). The system was built by the French company Poma.
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
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
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 ...
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.
On 7 August 2004, [4] the city inaugurated a new line known as "Metro Cable" (Line K). The line starts in the Acevedo Station and goes to the up hill district of Santo Domingo Savio. [ 6 ] This important addition integrated new additions to the city that since the 1960s that previously were not considered part of the "real city".