Climb ‘halfway to the stars’ and back in 25 minutes. Clamber up and down the steepest cable car hill in the world. Pass Crooked Lombard twice, swing through Chinatown, and roll smoothly through Russian Hill. Start and finish outside the Buena Vista Cafe, a block from Ghirardelli Square and interesting shops and restaurants in Fisherman’s Wharf on Jefferson Street. Meet people from all around the world while you’re doing it.
Thanks to Muni, with support from our nonprofit, the very popular Hyde Ride returns for summer 2026.
We at Market Street Railway are delighted to partner again with SFMTA/Muni to give transit lovers the chance to ride vintage streetcars, cable cars, and buses, while learning how public transit spurred the growth of San Francisco from a village to the world-class City we enjoy today.
There is nothing like San Francisco’s famed F-line heritage streetcar service, beloved by residents and a facet of Muni’s operations in which the transit agency rightfully takes great pride. But how did it come to be decades ago, and how is it sustained today?
Thanks to Market Street Railway Board member and transit activist Kat Siegal, with help from Chris Arvin, you can now see where every cable car is on the street — in REAL TIME!
Muni Heritage Weekend, jointly sponsored by us and Muni’s parent, SFMTA, is ON again this year.
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you haven’t. A couple of months ago, we got a call asking whether we recognized the location of a film. We did — Pacific Avenue. We had never seen motion pictures of that line, which closed in 1929. Now, the video has been posted on YouTube, with additional information on the provenance of the film.
Stories, videos, photos, maps on San Francisco’s transit history
