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You can download our printable cable car map, with all of the stops and top areas or a full San Francisco map. The (very popular) cable cars generally run about every 10 minutes. From Union Square to the crest of Nob Hill, cable cars offer a thrilling way to move with the City.
- The Powell-Hyde & Powell-Mason Lines
- Powell-Mason Line
- The Powell-Hyde Line
- California Street Line
Two of San Francisco’s three cable car lines connect the Union Square area downtown with Fisherman’s Wharf. The Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde lines share the most-photographed cable car turntable, where Powell meets Market Street. Both Powell Street lines (Powell-Mason cars carry yellow route signs on the roof and destination signs on the ends, Powe...
Powell-Mason cars continue one block up Jackson, then lurch right onto Mason Street (the Cable Car Museum is a block to your left, at Mason & Washington), which they follow along the eastern shoulder of Russian Hill into North Beach (get off at Union Street to enter the heart of North Beach at Washington Square). After a short jaunt down Columbus A...
From where the two Powell Street lines split between Washington and Jackson, Powell-Hyde cars parallel the Powell-Mason cars for one block on Jackson Street, on an unusual ‘gauntlet’ track (two slots and two outer rails, with a single shared center rail.) This ingenious solution provides separate cables for the cars of each line uphill on that narr...
The California Street cable car line provides a genteel counterpoint to the bustling Powell Street lines. On any given trip, you’ll find far more San Franciscans on board than you see on Powell cars—often a majority of riders are locals, commuting to and from work. That’s because Cal Cable comes nowhere near the tourist magnet of Fisherman’s Wharf....
Steeped in exhilarating history... The San Francisco Cable Car is still a "San Francisco Treat" to ride and an excellent way to experience the City of San Francisco. At the intersection of Powell and Market Streets in Union Square you will find the a booth for ticket sales for the Cable Car as well as some other types of products such as ...
Riding Cable Cars. 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.
Here is everything you need to know to have a memorable ride on one of the three lines serving San Francisco, the Powell-Hyde Line. Follow along from the Market Street cable car turnaround to the Hyde and Beach stop at Ghirardelli Square.
- Carol High
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Ride the cable cars. The downtown terminals of all three lines are right next to stations for BART and Muni Metro, the modern underground rail services that cover the City and Bay Area. Details on what you’ll see on each route below.
