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It's easy to find and board a cable car. Choose from three cable car lines - two start at Powell and Market and continue to the Fisherman's Wharf area; one starts at California and Market and continues to Van Ness Avenue. Board at the cable car turntables (the beginning or end of each route) or look for the brown-and-white cable car sign post.
Ride — 150 Years of Cable Cars. San Francisco is the only place in the world you can ride cable cars like this. They take you to great places with spectacular views along the way. Here’s our guide to historic sites along the cable car routes.
San Francisco Cable Cars – The Guide. Cable cars are a historic symbol recognized around the globe and offer real working transportation up the steep hills of San Francisco. Cable Car Hours: 7:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. every day of the week (7 days a week) – Updated August 2022. You can download our printable cable car map, with all of the ...
The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco. The system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway , which also includes the separate E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves heritage streetcar lines, and ...
Here is everything you need to know to have a memorable ride on one of the three cable car lines serving San Francisco, the California Line. San Francisco’s iconic cable cars are recognized the world over for the clanging of their bells, panoramic views, and thrilling descents down steep hills.
Hallidie then designed a cable railway system, and at 5:00 a.m. on August 2, 1873, Hallidie guided the first cable car down Clay Street. Today, San Francisco has 38 cable cars in its fleet. Cable Car Fares. Adult and youth, ages 5 to 17: $8 each ride, a single ride on a single cable car vehicle.
The nonprofit Market Street Railway, organizer of 150 Years of Cable Cars, offers a comprehensive field guide to San Francisco’s cable cars and historic streetcars. This pocket-sized guide includes several detailed neighborhood tours that you can combine with rides on Muni’s historic rail vehicles.
