Summer vintage streetcar service UPDATES

UPDATE: “Special Guest Streetcar” service will operate Friday-Saturday service on July 18-19, with its first trip leaving Castro and Market around 12:30 p.m. Milan Tram 1815, in all its 97-year old Italian glory, is scheduled to operate both days, but last-minute circumstances could change this. You can see exactly where the special guest car of the day is on the line on our exclusive live streetcar map.

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Come take a cruise (or say G’Day)

The Blackpool Boat Tram and the Melbourne tram both cruised The Embarcadero to the delight of riders and onlookers on their initial day of Fleet Week service, Thursday, October 8. They’ll be out every day through Monday, October 11, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. between our San Francisco Railway Museum (across from the Ferry Building) and Pier 39.

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Happy Centennial of a Big Global Streetcar Event

Today is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB), whose history is wonderfully summarized in the quoted sections below, which were originally posted on Facebook by the group Australian Rail Maps, which also provided the historic photo from 1991 above.

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