Market Street Railway (San Francisco)
The Market Street Railway Company (MSR) was a privately owned local transport company in San Francisco , which from 1860 initially operated steam trams and horse-drawn trams , and later cable cars , trams , trolleybuses and omnibuses in the city. It went on in 1944 in the municipal transport company, the still existing San Francisco Municipal Railway ("Muni"). Many of the company's tram lines are still operated today as trolley or omnibus lines, some with the same line number and name.
history
On July 4, 1860, what was then known as the San Francisco Market Street Railroad opened a standard-gauge steam tram along Market Street , the city's main thoroughfare after which the company was named. The route ran from the corner of Third Street through Market Street and Valencia Street to 16th Street. After a short time the steam operation was stopped and the wagons were pulled by horses. In the late 1860s, the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad acquired the train and renamed the company the Market Street Railway for the first time . The Southern Pacific Railroad later bought the railway together with the San Francisco & San Jose. In 1882 the company was renamed Market Street Cable Railway , as numerous cable car routes were planned and were built in the following years. The existing horse-drawn trams were also partially converted into cable cars, including the original route of the railway company through Market and Valencia Street. In 1887, the railway company took over the Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railway , which operated cable cars along Geary Street with a gauge of five feet (1,524 mm). The line was converted to standard gauge in 1892.
On October 13, 1893, the company merged with a number of other small tram companies to form the new Market Street Railway . At this point the Central Railroad, the City Railroad, the Ferries and Cliffhouse Railway, the Market Street and Fairmount Railway, the North Beach and Mission Railroad, the Omnibus Cable Company, the Park and Ocean Railroad, the Potrero and Bay View Railroad were taken over , the Ocean Beach Railway, and the Southern Heights and Visitacion Railway. All of these companies owned streetcars in and around San Francisco, which were now a common network. The routes had different gauges, including those with a five-foot gauge, but also routes in three feet (914 mm) and Cape gauge (1067 mm).
Another merger gave the railway company a new name. On March 4, 1902, the MSR merged with the Sutter Street Railway, the Sutro Railroad and the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway to form the United Railroads of San Francisco . Legally, the Market Street Railway Company continued to exist as a subsidiary of United Railroads. The earthquake in San Francisco on April 18, 1906 and the resulting major fires destroyed numerous lines, depot facilities and vehicles. Only the steepest cable car routes were then rebuilt, the others were converted into electric trams. The electric tram on Market Street went into operation on May 3, 1906. The cable car routes retained their gauge, they still run on Cape Gauge tracks today, the other routes have been rebuilt with standard gauge. Some routes disappeared without replacement, such as the tram through Dupont Street (now Grant Avenue).
In 1918 the United Railroads went bankrupt and in 1921 they were sold to their own subsidiary. Since then, the company has operated again as Market Street Railway Company . From the 1920s, the route network was thinned out, some routes were omitted without replacement, others were converted into trolleybus routes from 1935. The first route of the trolleybus San Francisco was from October 6, 1935 the line 33, Stanyan Street – Twin Peaks – 18th Street – Harrison Street, which still operates on a large part of this route today. On September 29, 1944, the San Francisco Municipal Railway took over the Market Street Railway and converted all tram lines to trolleybus or omnibus operation by 1949. The route in Market Street was preserved because the Muni rebuilt the four-track system around its own two (outer) tracks to two tracks and thereby used the MSR tracks. The line from Ocean Avenue / Brighton Avenue through Ocean Avenue and Onondaga Avenue to Mission Street (Line K) was also continued to be used, but the tracks were removed from Onondaga Avenue in the 1950s. The Powell & Mason cable car route also continued to operate and is still in service today. Today's Powell & Hyde cable car line runs between Powell Street and Hyde Street / Jackson Street also on former MSR tracks.
Some former MSR lines were rebuilt from the 1980s, namely the line in San Jose Avenue from Balboa Park to Broad Street (1980, line M), the line from Church Street to Balboa Park (1991, line J) , and the route through Third Street (2007, line T). The non-profit organization Market Street Railway was named after the railway company in 1976 and restores old tram vehicles that are used on the Muni's cable car lines and tram line F.
Line network
In 1921, when the Market Street Railway had taken over operations from United Railroads, the following line network existed (at that time only electric trams and cable cars). Some lines did not have a number, this applies to all cable car lines, but also to electrical lines. All lines also had an official line name that was used in timetables, and most of them had a line color, which was used to label the destination signs on the right front fender.
| line | Line designation | Line color | Routing | Development from 1921 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable car lines | ||||
| Castro Street Cable | - | Castro St / 18th St - Castro St / 26th St | Decommissioned April 5, 1941 | |
| Pacific Avenue Cable | - | Pacific Av / Polk St - Pacific Av / Divisadero St | Decommissioned November 17, 1929 | |
| Powell & Bay Cable | - | Powell St / Market St - Powell St - Jackson St (→) / Washington St (←) - Mason St - Columbus Av - Taylor St - Taylor St / Bay St | still operated today (since 1957 as "Powell & Mason Cable") | |
| Powell & Jackson Cable | - | Powell St / Market St - Powell St - Jackson St (→) / Washington St (←) - Steiner St (←) - Jackson St / Steiner St | September 1, 1956 provisionally discontinued, April 7, 1957 as "Powell & Hyde Cable" from Jackson or Washington Street via Hyde Street to Hyde St / Beach St, still operated today | |
| Sacramento Cable | - | Ferry Terminal - Clay St (←) - Larkin St (←) - Sacramento St - Sacramento St / Fillmore St | Decommissioned February 14, 1942 | |
| Electric tram lines | ||||
| 1st & 5th (shuttle) | Red White | Battery St / California St - Battery St - 1st St - Folsom St - 2nd St - Brannan St - 3rd St (←) - Townsend St (←) - 4th St (←) - Brannan St - 5th St - 5th St / Market St | Discontinued at the end of the 1920s, operated again in 1937 as line 42 ("1st & SP Depot") in rush hour traffic to the Southern Pacific station (3rd St / Townsend St), in 1938 from Sansome St / Chestnut St via Sansome St, Bush St, Kearny St and 3rd St to the train station ("Sansome & SP Depot"), closed September 12, 1941 | |
| Bosworth Street (shuttle) | - | Bosworth St / Mission St - Glen Park (Bosworth St / Elk St) | Decommissioned November 14, 1928 | |
| Divisadero Extension (Shuttle) | - | Divisadero St / Sacramento St - Divisadero St / Jackson St | Shut down in 1932 | |
| Fillmore Hill (shuttle) | blue yellow | Fillmore St / Broadway St - Fillmore St / Bay St | Electric Tram and Cable Car: The trams counterbalanced regular trams on Line 22 without a powered cable, 29 August 1925 to Fillmore St / Marina Blvd, 6 April 1941 replaced by buses | |
| Montgomery and Tenth (shuttle) | brown / white | Washington St / Kearny St - Washington St - Montgomery St - Post St - Leavenworth St - McAllister St - Larkin St - Hayes St - Polk St - 10th St - 10th St / Bryant St | Closed October 6, 1927 from Post St / Market St, 1932 | |
| Parkside (shuttle) | - | 20th St / Taraval St - Taraval St - 33rd Av - Vicente St - 35th Av - 35th Av / Sloat Blvd | Shut down at the end of 1927 | |
| South San Francisco (Shuttle) | - | Leipsic Junction (Grand Av / Mission St) - Grand Av - SP - South San Francisco Station - East Grand Av - WP Fuller Paint Company factory | Replaced by bus on January 1, 1939 | |
| Visitacion Valley (Shuttle) | - | Geneva Av / Mission St - Geneva Av - Walbridge Av (now Geneva Av) - Schwerin St - MacDonald Av - own track (now Bayshore Blvd) - Six Mile House (now Bayshore Blvd / Sunnyvale Av) | in-house line 50 replaced by bus on August 1, 1937 | |
| 1 | Sutter & California | Orange red | (Sutro Baths Depot (Sunday afternoon only) - own track, today Land's End Trail -) Point Lobos - own track at Land's End - east edge of Lincoln Park (33rd Av) - Clement St - 6th Av - California St - Presidio Av - Sutter St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | February 7, 1925 after the Land's-End route was destroyed by a storm, only from 33rd Av / Clement St, 1925 line color blue, November 5, 1945 early from Geary St / 45th Av, November 5, 1945 (evening) from Sutro Depot Via Geary St, February 24, 1947 Geary St / 45th Av – Sutter St / Sansome St (only on weekdays in daytime traffic), October 8, 1947 again to Ferry Plaza, July 3, 1949 replaced by bus, January 21, 1951 by O- Bus replaced |
| 2 | Sutter & Clement | red | Sutro Baths Depot - own track, now Land's End Trail - Point Lobos - 48th St - Geary St (now Geary Blvd) - 33rd Av - Clement St - Arguello Blvd - Euclid Av - Parker Av - California St - Presidio Av - Sutter St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | January 15, 1939 to East Bay Terminal (today Transbay Terminal), February 24, 1947 Sutro Baths – Sutter St / Sansome St (only on weekdays during daytime traffic), October 8, 1947 back to Ferry Plaza, March 14, 1948 again daily and all day , February 12, 1949 from 45th Av / Geary St (fire of the Sutro Baths Depot), July 3, 1949 replaced by bus, replaced January 21, 1951 by trolleybus |
| 3 | Sutter & Jackson | green | Presidio Av / California St - Presidio Av - Jackson St - Fillmore St - Sutter St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | October 7, 1946 only on weekdays in daytime traffic, February 24, 1947 to Sutter St / Sansome St, October 8, 1947 back to Ferry Plaza, August 1, 1948 Sutter St / Fillmore St – Transbay Terminal, July 3, 1949 replaced by bus , January 21, 1951 replaced by trolleybus |
| 4th | Turk & Eddy | blue | Golden Gate Park (6 Av / Fulton St) - Fulton St (←) - 8th Av (←) - Clement St (←) - 6th Av - Lake St - Sacramento St - Divisadero St - Turk St (→) / Eddy St ( ←) - Mason St (←) - Turk St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | May 15, 1932 only in night traffic (otherwise replacement by line 31), June 16, 1935 as the new line "Sutter & Sacramento" (line color blue / yellow) from 6 Av / Fulton St as before via Sacramento, Fillmore, Sutter, Market Street to Ferry Plaza, January 15, 1939 to East Bay Terminal, April 14, 1940 only on weekdays in daytime traffic, September 29, 1944 to Transbay Terminal, February 24, 1947 to Sutter St / Sansome St, October 8, 1947 back to Transbay Terminal replaced by bus on August 1, 1948, which was discontinued in 1949 |
| 5 | McAllister | yellow | La Playa St / Balboa St (Playland) - La Playa St - Fulton St - Depot area (between Central Av and Masonic Av, now Petrini Plaza) - McAllister St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | January 15, 1939 to East Bay Terminal, November 18, 1946 only on weekdays in daytime traffic, March 10, 1947 to McAllister St / Jones St, October 2, 1947 to Transbay Terminal again, March 15, 1948 to Jones St / Market St, Replaced by bus on June 6, 1948, replaced by trolleybus on July 3, 1949 |
| 6th | Haight & Masonic | blue | 9th Av / Pacheco St - 9th Av - Parnassus Av - Stanyan St - Carl St - Clayton St - Frederick St - Masonic Av - Haight St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | July 12, 1943 working evenings and Sundays to Haight St / Fillmore St only, October 19, 1945 working days only in daytime traffic, March 15, 1948 via Gough, Guerrero, 16th, Mission, 4th Street, April 26, 1948 to Gough St / Market St, June 7th, 1948 again directly via Market Street to Ferry Plaza, replaced by bus on July 4th, 1948, replaced by trolleybus on July 3rd, 1949 |
| 7th | Haight & Ocean | red | La Playa St / Balboa St (Playland) - La Playa St - Golden Gate Park - Lincoln Way - Frederick St - Stanyan St - Haight St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | January 15, 1939 to East Bay Terminal, December 23, 1945 every second car from 20th Av / Lincoln Way (cycle condensed from there), February 23, 1947 from Lincoln Way / 47th St, February 8, 1948 on weekdays evenings and on Sundays from Waller St / Stanyan St, March 14, 1948, only on weekdays in daytime traffic, March 15, 1948 via Gough, Guerrero, 16th, Mission, 4th Street to Ferry Plaza, April 26, 1948 to Gough St / Market St, June 7, 1948 direct by Market Street to Ferry Plaza, replaced by bus on July 4, 1948, replaced by trolleybus on July 3, 1949 |
| 8th | Market & Castro | White | Castro St / 18th St - Castro St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | At the end of the 1920s in rush hour traffic and in night traffic extended from 18th St / Danvers St, decommissioned December 17, 1944, operated again in rush hour traffic on November 5, 1945, June 27, 1949 from West Portal Av / Ulloa Av through the Twin Peaks Tunnel (due to Construction work on Castro Street), closed July 1, 1949 |
| 9 | Valencia Street | blue | 29th St / Noe St - 29th St - Mission St - Valencia St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | from June 15, 1935 partly from Cortland St / Banks St (line color for these courses: white), in rush hour traffic partly from Geneva Av / Mission St (line color for these courses: orange), April 16, 1938 partly from Richland Av / Andover St (Line color for these courses: blue) and from Daly City (Mission St / San Jose Av) via San Jose Av, Diamond St, Chenery St, 30th St, San Jose Av, 29th St to Ferry Plaza (line color for these courses: red / green), January 14, 1939 Courses discontinued from Daly City, January 15, 1939 Courses from 29th St / Noe St and Cortland St / Banks St to East Bay Terminal, those from Richland Av continue to run to Ferry Plaza, June 13, 1939 partly again from Daly City, November 5, 1939 courses discontinued from Daly City, 1942 courses discontinued from 29th St / Noe St and Geneva Av, February 4, 1945 all courses via 14th St, Mission St, Embarcadero to Ferry Plaza, December 16 1946 Courses discontinued from Cortland Av, Richland courses discontinued from Richland Av / Leese St, May 21, 1947 from Murray St / Richland Av, Jan 16, 1 949 replaced by bus, replaced by trolleybus on March 18, 1950 |
| 10 | Sunnyside | white / green | Sunnyside Av / Gennessee St - Sunnyside Av (now Monterey Blvd) - Diamond St - Chenery St - 30th St - Guerrero St - 14th St - Mission St - Embarcadero - Ferry Plaza (evenings and Sundays through 8th St / Market St) | January 28, 1940 only rush hour traffic, replaced by bus on April 1, 1942 |
| 11 | Mission & 24th | blue | 24th St / Hoffman Av - 24th St - Dolores St (→) / Chattanooga St (←) - 22nd St - Mission St - Embarcadero - Ferry Plaza | September 29, 1944 at night and on Sundays only until 22nd St / Mission St, August 18, 1946 only on weekdays in daytime traffic, January 16, 1949 replaced by bus |
| 12 | Mission & Ingleside | White yellow | Zoo (Sloat Blvd / Great Highway) - Sloat Blvd - Junipero Serra Blvd - Ocean Av - Onondaga Av - Mission St - Embarcadero - Ferry Plaza (single trips via Valencia St to St. Luke's Hospital) | June 23, 1940 only in daytime traffic, April 8, 1945 from Geneva Av / Mission St, approx. 1946 only to 5th St / Market St, January 18, 1948 trips to St. Luke's Hospital only to 26th St / Mission St, Replaced by bus on November 1, 1948, replaced by trolleybus on May 18, 1952 |
| 14th | Mission Street | red | Daly City (Mission St / San Jose Av) - Mission St - Embarcadero - Ferry Plaza ( Memorial Day and Christmas from Holy Cross / Cemeteries in Daly City) | April 4, 1948 on Sundays in daytime traffic from Holy Cross / Cemeteries, January 16, 1949 replaced by bus, replaced by O-bus on January 6, 1952 (express buses as diesel buses) |
| 15th | Kearny & North Beach | red | Southern Pacific Railway Station (3rd St / Townsend St) - 3rd St - Kearny St - Broadway St - Powell St - Powell St / Jefferson St (North Beach) | June 23, 1940 only on weekdays, closed September 12, 1941, operated again on May 15, 1945 during rush hour, from Illinois St / 19th St via Illinois St, Mariposa St, 3rd St and as before to North Beach, October 7, 1946 shut down |
| 16 | 3rd & Kearny | Red White | Six Mile House (County Rd / Sunnyvale Av) - County Rd (now Bayshore Blvd) - San Bruno Av - Railroad Av (now 3rd St) - 3rd St - Kearny St - Broadway St - Embarcadero - Ferry Plaza | Replaced by bus on September 12, 1941, reopened May 15, 1945 during rush hour traffic between 3rd St / Mariposa St and Ferry Plaza, shut down on October 7, 1946 |
| 17th | Haight & Ingleside | red | (Zoo (Sloat Blvd / Great Highway) (Sundays only) - Sloat Blvd -) 19th Av / Sloat Blvd - 19th Av - Wawona St - 20th Av - Lincoln Way - Frederick St - Stanyan St - Haight St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | December 27, 1936 from Wawona St / 19th Av, February 4, 1945 via 12th St, Mission St, Embarcadero to Ferry Plaza, December 23, 1945 Replaced by bus and reinforcement for Line 7 |
| 18th | Daly City | - | Daly City, Holy Cross / Cemeteries - Mission St - Embarcadero - Ferry Plaza | from the mid-1920s only in rush hour traffic, closed on May 31, 1935, but operated again on Memorial Day 1936 and 1937 |
| 19th | 9th & Polk | yellow | Polk St / North Point St - Polk St - Post St - Larkin St - 9th St - 9th St / Brannan St | Replaced by bus on June 25, 1939, partially used as a tram again on July 15, 1940, November 29, 1944 to Hayes St / Larkin St, September 29, 1945 shut down |
| 20th | Ellis & O'Farrell | green | Golden Gate Park (Stanyan St / Haight St) - Page St (→) / Oak St (←) - Divisadero St - Ellis St (→) / O'Farrell St (←) - Hyde St (←) - Ellis St - 4th St - Townsend St - 3rd St - Southern Pacific Railway Station (3rd St / Townsend St) | September 12, 1941 in rush hour traffic via 3rd St - Kearny St - Kearny St / Broadway St, May 15, 1945 all cars end at the station, January 27, 1946 only on weekdays, January 28, 1946 from Divisadero St / Ellis St, 9 December 1946 only in daytime traffic, April 26, 1947 on Saturdays only mornings and noon, July 7, 1947 to Ellis St / Market St and shuttle from 4th St / Market St to the station, September 8, 1947 shuttle to the station discontinued (replacement replaced by “Muni” line F) on September 28, 1947 by bus |
| 21st | Hayes Street | green | 8th Av / Clement St - Clement St - 8th Av (→) / 6th Av (←) - Fulton St - Stanyan St - Hayes St - Market St - Ferry Plaza | from the early 1920s (after 1921) on Sundays from La Playa St / Balboa St via Fulton St, early 1930s also on Sundays from 8th Av / Clement St, August 18, 1946 only on weekdays in daytime traffic, March 10, 1947 to Hayes St / Larkin St, October 2, 1947 again every day all day and to Ferry Plaza, March 15, 1948 to Hayes St / Larkin St, June 6, 1948 replaced by bus, replaced by trolleybus on July 3, 1949 |
| 22nd | Fillmore Street | green | Fillmore St / Bay St - Fillmore St - Duboce Av - Church St - 16th St - 16th St / Bryant St (- Kansas St - 17th St - Connecticut St - 18th St - 3rd St - Depot near 3rd St / 23rd St (only approx every fourth car, line color for these cars white / green) - at night further to San Bruno Av / Wilde Av) | August 29, 1925 from Fillmore St / Marina Blvd, April 5, 1941 all journeys to 18th St / 3rd St, September 29, 1944 every second car ends on 16th St / Bryant St, May 11, 1947 no more night traffic, August 1, 1948 replaced by bus, replaced by trolleybus on January 16, 1949 |
| 23 | Fillmore & Valencia | blue | Sacramento St / Divisadero St - Sacramento St - Fillmore St - McAllister St - Gough St - Valencia St - Mission St - Leese St (→) - Richland Av - Richland Av / Andover St | from June 16, 1935 "Richland Shuttle": Mission St - Richland Av / Andover St (weekdays only), closed around the end of 1935 (replaced by line 27), October 28, 1937 from 5th St / Market St via 5th St, Mission St, Richland Av, discontinued April 16, 1938 (replaced by line 9) |
| 24 | Mission & Richmond | White | Golden Gate Park (8 Av / Fulton St) - 8th Av (→) / Fulton St (←) - Clement St (→) - 6th Av - Lake St - Sacramento St - Divisadero St - Page St (→) / Oak St ( ←) - Fillmore St - Duboce Av - Church St - 16th St - Mission St - Cortland Av - Cortland Av / Banks St | from June 16, 1935 Divisadero St / Sacramento St to 16th St / Bryant St ("16th & Divisadero"), 1936 "Divisadero Street": Divisadero St / Sacramento St - Page St (→) / Oak St (←) - Fillmore St - Fillmore St / Oak St, discontinued April 6, 1941 |
| 25th | San Bruno Avenue | red | Five Mile House (San Bruno Av / Wilde Av) - San Bruno Av - own railroad (now Bayshore Blvd) - Army St (now Cesar Chavez St) - Bryant St - 5th St - 5th St / Market St | 1935 via 6th St to 6th St / Market St, April 5, 1936 via 6th St, Mission St, 5th St to 5th St / Market St, replaced by bus on February 16, 1937, September 8, 1942 on weekdays again as a tram in daytime traffic, September 29, 1944 from San Bruno Av / Arleta Av, April 9, 1945 via Mission St to Ferry Plaza, from December 5, 1946 from Army St / Potrero Av (replacement by "Muni" line H), August 1, 1948 through Bus replaced |
| 26th | Guerrero Street | brown / white | Daly City (Mission St / San Jose Av) - Mission St - San Jose Av - Diamond St - Chenery St - 30th St - San Jose Av - Guerrero St - 14th St - Mission St - Embarcadero - Ferry Plaza (nights and Sundays until 8th St / Market St via Mission St, 8th St) | Closed April 16, 1938 (replaced by line 9), September 23, 1944 "San Jose Avenue": Daly City - San Jose Av - Onondaga Av / Mission St, closed February 4, 1945 |
| 27 | Bryant Street | green yellow | 26th St / Mission St - 26th St - Bryant St - 8th St (→) - Brannan St (→) - 2nd St - 2nd St / Market St (only 26th St / Mission St to 26th St / Bryant St at night and on Sundays) | Around the mid-1920s in rush hour traffic from Cortland Av / Banks St via Cortland Av, Mission St, in the early 1930s all journeys from 26th St / Mission St, around the end of 1935 from Richland Av / Andover St via Richland Av, Leese St (←), Mission St, June 1937 in both directions via Bryant St and 2nd St, April 16, 1938 all journeys from 26th St / Mission St, January 28, 1940 only rush hour traffic and from Depot San Jose Av / Geneva Av via Onondaga Av, Mission St, Closed July 11, 1948 on 26th St, Folsom St, Precita St, Bryant St, August 13, 1948 |
| 28 | Ferries & SP Depot | blue | Southern Pacific Railway Station (3rd St / Townsend St) - 3rd St - Brannan St - 2nd St - Bryant St - Sterling St - Harrison St - Steuart St - Howard St - Embarcadero - Ferry Plaza | Replaced by bus in 1935 via 2nd St, Folsom St, Steuart St, April 1, 1940 |
| 29 | Kearny & Broadway | Red White | Five Mile House (San Bruno Av / Wilde Av) - San Bruno Av - Railroad Av (now 3rd St) - 3rd St - Kearny St - Broadway St - Broadway St / Davis St | 1930 only on weekdays in daytime traffic, 1935 from Six Mile House (County Rd / Sunnyvale Av) via County Rd (today Bayshore Blvd), San Bruno Av, from September 15, 1936 via Bush St, Sansome St to Sansome St / Chestnut St, Closed again in 1938 to Broadway St / Davis St, September 12, 1941 |
| 30th | Army Street | White | 22nd St / Mission St - 22nd St - South Van Ness Av - 26th St - Bryant St (→) / Folsom St (←) - Army St (now Cesar Chavez St) - 3rd St - 18th St - Connecticut St - 17th St - Kansas St - 16th St - Bryant St - 8th St - 8th St / Market St | approx. 1931 divided into line 30 "Army Shuttle" (22nd St / Mission St - Army St / 3rd St) and (without line number) "8th Street Shuttle" (Bryant St / 16th St - 8th St / Market St), 1935 8th Street Shuttle shut down, February 25, 1939 Line 30 shut down, briefly returned to service during World War II |
| 32 | Hayes & Oak | green | (9th Av / Judah St - Judah St - Parnassus St - Stanyan St - Carl St - Clayton St - Frederick St - Masonic Av -) Golden Gate Park (Stanyan St / Haight St) - Stanyan St - Page St (→) / Oak St (←) - Fillmore St - Hayes St - Market St - Ferry Plaza (to Judah St only during rush hour) | Discontinued May 14, 1932 (replaced by lines 20, 21) |
| 33 | 18th & Park | red | Golden Gate Park (Waller St / Stanyan St) - Waller St - Clayton St - Frederick St - Ashbury St - Clayton St - Hairpin on Market St - Market St - 18th St - Guerrero St - 14th St - Harrison St - Harrison St / 8th St (- Harrison St / 3rd St (not all trips, line color for these courses is white)) | Replaced October 6, 1935 by trolleybus |
| 34 | 6th & Sansome | blue red | Sansome St / Chestnut St - Sansome St - Bush St - Kearny St - Post St - Taylor St - 6th St - 6th St / Brannan St | Closed September 15, 1936 (partially replaced by line 29) |
| 35 | Howard Street | white / red / green | 24th St / Rhode Island Av - 24th St - South Van Ness Av - Howard St - Embarcadero - Ferry Plaza | Replaced by bus on November 6, 1939, replaced by "Muni" O-bus route R (Army St – Howard St / Beale St) on September 7, 1941 |
| 36 | Folsom Street | green yellow | Precita Av / York St - Precita Av - Army St (now Cesar Chavez St) (←) - Folsom St - Steuart St - Howard St - Embarcadero - Ferry Plaza | Replaced by bus on January 28, 1940, replaced as tram again on October 26, 1942, replaced by bus on January 28, 1945 |
| 40 | San Mateo Interurban | yellow | San Mateo (Southern Pacific Railway Station) - Railroad Av - 2nd St (→) / 3rd St (←) - B St - Ellsworth St (→) / Baldwin Av (←) - Griffith Av - San Mateo Dr - Hillsborough - Burlingame - Broadway - Lomita Park - Millbrae - San Bruno - Leipsic Junction ( South San Francisco ) - Holy Cross - Colma - Daly City - Mission St - 5th St - 5th St / Market St | March 4, 1945 via Mission St, Valencia St, 14th St, Mission St, August 17, 1947 on Sundays only to Daly City, August 18, 1947 outside of rush hour traffic only to Daly City, January 16, 1949 replaced by bus |
There was no line 13 on the Market Street Railway network. After 1921 a few new lines were opened. Line 31 ("Balboa", line color white), which opened on May 15, 1932, was the only one with a new line. The line started at 30th Av / Balboa St and went via Balboa St - Turk St - Mason St (→) / Divisadero St (←) - Eddy St - Market St to Ferry Plaza. From January 15, 1939, she ran to East Bay Terminal. From February 12 to October 2, 1947, on weekdays, the trains already ended at Eddy St / Powell St, after which all cars drove to Ferry Plaza. From October 6, 1947, trams only ran on line 31 on weekdays. They ended at Eddy St / Market St. from March 21, 1949. On July 3, 1949, the line was replaced by buses, later by O- Buses.
From February 16, 1927, line 41 ("2nd & Market", line color white) ran in rush hour traffic from 2nd St / Market St via 2nd St, Brannan St, 3rd St to the Southern Pacific station. It was replaced by the "Muni" line F on January 15, 1949. Line 43 ("Broadway & SP Depot") was introduced on September 15, 1936 and ran from Broadway St / Davis St via Broadway St, Kearny St and 3rd St to the station. It was shut down on September 12, 1941.
literature
- Charles Smallwood: The White Front Cars of San Francisco. Glendale CA: Interurban, 1971. ISBN 0-916374-32-7 .
- Walt Vielbaum, Philipp Hoffman, Grant Ute, Robert Townley: San Francisco's Market Street Railway. Charleston SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004. ISBN 978-0-7385-2967-7 .