“Special Guest Streetcar” service has been operating on Fridays and Saturdays this summer. As it wraps up for the season, the very popular 91-year old Blackpool “Boat Tram” is most frequently operated, and is scheduled to be out on the Friday and Saturday of Fleet Week (October 10-11) Its first trip leaves Castro and Market around 12:30 p.m. and operates through about 6:30. You can see exactly where it is on our live streetcar map.
Muni Heritage Weekend, jointly sponsored by us and Muni’s parent, SFMTA, is ON again this year.
Celebrate San Francisco’s transit history with our Lucky 130 pin, inspired by the iconic 1914 streetcar. A perfect keepsake for vintage lovers and locals alike—pair it with our Lucky 130 book to learn the full story. Measures 1.5 in x 0.8 in. Read More……
Our “Improving San Francisco” Pin is a modern version of our namesake’s slogan when the Market Street Railway Company worked on their track in San Francisco. . Read More……
Experience San Francisco’s magic with the Celestial Nights design from the Historic Travel Series. Showcasing a cable car gliding past Chinatown under the city lights, this tribute to a beloved landmark is available on posters, prints, mugs, tote bags, and more. Read More……
Streetcars and cable cars have stirred the imaginations of countless young San Franciscans for 150 years. Here, lightly edited, are childhood memories of three of our members. Market Street Railway continues to work to interest today’s young San Franciscans in the importance of clean, safe, efficient public transit.
May 15, 1932 was perhaps the peak of San Francisco’s streetcar era. True, a few unimportant lines had been abandoned in the previous few years, but on this day, San Francisco celebrated a brand-new streetcar line: Market Street Railway’s 31-Balboa. It would be the last new line with substantial new trackage until the F-line opened along the Embarcadero to Fisherman’s Wharf 68 years later.
…that the F-Market streetcar line became the F-Market & Wharves streetcar line, with the opening of the extension from First and Market Streets to Jones and Beach, connecting Downtown to the Ferry Building, The Embarcadero, and Fisherman’s Wharf. On March 4, 2000, the extension created what we call the “Steel Triangle” of rail: the two Powell cable lines and the F-line.
By Rick Laubscher, Market Street Railway President
