Market Street Railway (Association)
The Market Street Railway is a non-profit association (type 501 (c) (3) ) in San Francisco with approximately 1200 members and owns a collection of historic trams . It equips the three remaining cable car lines (in Cape Gauge ) and the two regular standard-gauge tram lines F Market & Wharves and E Embarcadero of the San Francisco Municipal Railway ("Muni") with vehicles, including cars from Italy, Canada, Mexico and many Cities of the United States. The association also operates the San Francisco Railway Museum on Don Chee Way / Steuart Street, which exhibits exhibits from the San Francisco tram operation, and sells souvenirs and books about trams and trains in the Bay Area.
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The club was named after the Market Street Railway , which operated local traffic in San Francisco from 1860 until it was taken over by Muni in 1944.
Line network with historic vehicles
Vehicles that have been restored by the Market Street Railway are used (exclusively) on a total of five lines.
| line | Line designation | Routing | Gauge |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. | California cable car | California St & Drumm St – California St – California St & Van Ness Avenue | 1067 mm |
| E. | Embarcadero | Fisherman's Wharf (Jones St & Beach St) –Pier 39 – The Embarcadero – Ferry Terminal – The Embarcadero – Caltrain Station (King St & 4th St) | 1435 mm |
| F. | Market & Wharves | Fisherman's Wharf (Jones St & Beach St) –Pier 39 – The Embarcadero – Ferry Terminal – Don Chee Way – Steuart St – Market St – Noe St (→) –17th St (→) –Castro Station (Market St & Castro St) | 1435 mm |
| PH | Powell & Hyde Cable Car | Powell St & Market St – Powell St – Washington St (←) –Jackson St (→) –Hyde St – Hyde St & Beach St | 1067 mm |
| PM | Powell & Mason Cable Car | Powell St & Market St – Powell St – Washington St (←) –Jackson St (→) –Mason St – Columbus Avenue – Taylor St – Taylor St & Bay St | 1067 mm |
history
The association was founded in 1976 and restored old tram cars of various origins. After the opening of the Market Street Subway , through which the still existing tram lines of the city were routed from 1980 (the last in November 1982), the Muni replaced the above-ground route with the bus line 8. The tracks remained, however, and from 1983 the association set up annually runs a tram service in the summer season, where the historic fleet was used on Market Street. The Muni-Line F has been running with the association's vehicles since 1985.
The railway depot is at Balboa Park and has been reached through Church Street since 1991 - previously via the Ingleside route (line K). Line F outward and inward travel as a line trip to Balboa Park. The association's restoration workshop is located on Buchanan Street. The association buys the vehicles with donations. Volunteers restore them and the association donates the operational railways to the Muni, which they use on the lines mentioned. Volunteers from the association clean the vehicles at the Castro terminal of Line F during operation.
The E Embarcadero line was introduced on August 1, 2015 on existing tracks and connects Fisherman's Wharf with the Caltrain station on the Embarcadero harbor promenade. Initially, it only ran on weekends, and from April 23, 2016 also on weekdays.
Individual evidence
- ↑ SFMTA: "SFMTA Launches E Embarcadero Historic Streetcar Line" (English)
- ↑ SFMTA: "Better, More Frequent Service Coming April 23" (English)