Muni confirms it. Read their blog post. Read More...... The post Boat Tram starts summer service NOW appeared first on Market Street Railway ..read more

The "Hyde Ride"- which we've started describing as "the perfect cable car cocktail" - will feature the two most historic cable cars in coming days. On Friday, July 5, Sacramento-Clay Cable Car “Big 19” will do the honors. It's 8 feet longer than the single-end Powell cars that serve Hyde every day, and older than any of them as well. originally built to run on Market and Haight streets in 1883. Read More...... The post Take the “Hyde Ride” this gorgeous Friday-Saturday. appeared first on Market Street Railway ..read more

This summer, Market Street Railway is joining with SFMTA/Muni to provide extra vintage rail service in The City, five days a week. It’s part of a wide-ranging effort by City agencies, business groups, and nonprofits like ours to remind San Franciscans of unique aspects of The City and attract more visitors from both near and far. Read More...... The post Vintage rail summer starts now! appeared first on Market Street Railway ..read more

It's official. The popular Muni Heritage Weekend is ON for Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The traction (and bus) action will again center around our San Francisco Railway Museum, across from the Ferry Building on Steuart Street. Read More...... The post Muni Heritage Weekend Sept. 21-22 appeared first on Market Street Railway ..read more

As part of the increasingly ironically-named Better Market Street project, F-line streetcars are being replaced by buses along the entire route, from Castro to Fisherman's Wharf, through April 6. The reason given by the project team: "PG&E will be relocating a utility vault on Market Street just east of the 6th Street intersection to support future phases of Better Market Street." Read More...... The post Buses on F-line thru April 6 appeared first on Market Street Railway ..read more

San Francisco has awarded just about its highest civic honor to a beloved honorary son, the late Tony Bennett. As morning fog chilled the air on Valentine's Day, Mayor London Breed was joined high on a hill - Nob Hill - by Bennett's wife Susan Benedetto, SFMTA/Muni leaders and workers, VIPs, and friends of the cable cars - to dedicate California Street Cable Car 53 to the singer who drew untold millions of visitors to the City and its cable cars with his rendition of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". Read More...... The post Tony Bennett’s ‘Halfway to the Stars’ Cable Car! appeared first on ..read more

Here's a great chance to see memorable historic photos of San Francisco transit. And, if you come on January 27, bask in the perfection of a fully restored vintage Muni bus and hear from photography and history experts.   Read More...... The post Don’t miss Muni’s great photo show appeared first on Market Street Railway ..read more

As planned, the special six-month 150th anniversary fare on the California Street cable car line has expired, and the fare has gone back to $8 one-way, the same as the Powell Street cable cars. Read More...... The post California Street cable car line reverts to $8 fare appeared first on Market Street Railway ..read more

We at Market Street Railway have been proud to join SFMTA/Muni in leading the year-long civic celebration of the cable cars' 150th anniversary. Read More...... The post “Ring out” 150 Years of Cable Cars with special rides this weekend appeared first on Market Street Railway ..read more

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