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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 ...
The Pacific and Atlantic Railroad Company (P&A) was founded on September 6, 1851, with the goal of building a railroad between San Francisco and San Jose. [2] The route was surveyed and published by the end of 1851, but the P&A was unable to raise funds locally; when the P&A turned to banking houses in New York and England, they were told that no funds could be disbursed without first ...
San Francisco Electric Railways: Potrero and Bay View Railroad: 1866 [2] 1893 [3] Market Street Railway: Presidio and Ferries Railroad: 1882 [3] 1914 [1] San Francisco Municipal Railway: San Francisco Electric Railways: 1909 [1] Gough Street Railroad [4] San Francisco Municipal Railway: San Francisco and San Mateo Railway: 1896 [3] San ...
The locomotive and cars waited overnight at the Pacific Grove terminal to return as train number 77 leaving Monterey at 7:30 AM and reaching San Francisco at 10:30. [ 3 ] In 1948, the Del Monte Express fatally struck Ed Ricketts , a friend of John Steinbeck , while he was driving across the railroad tracks at Drake Avenue in Monterey.
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 Peninsular Railroad was incorporated on December 21, 1905 as a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific in response to calls for an interurban line from San Francisco to San Jose. [2] In addition to the line to Los Gatos, branches were also planned to extend to Alviso , Oakland and Lick Observatory .
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)