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[Canceled] Powell Plaza Cable Car Photo Opportunity
Hop onboard a 150-year-old cable car at Powell Plaza Tuesdays and Saturdays, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., weather permitting. Visitors can take photos, explore the vehicles up close, learn some history about the...
[CANCELED] Powell Plaza Cable Car Photo Opportunity
Hop onboard a 150-year-old cable car at Powell Plaza Tuesdays and Saturdays, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., weather permitting. Visitors can take photos, explore the vehicles up close, learn some history about the...
[CANCELED] Powell Plaza Cable Car Photo Opportunity
Hop onboard a 150-year-old cable car at Powell Plaza Tuesdays and Saturdays, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., weather permitting. Visitors can take photos, explore the vehicles up close, learn some history about the...
[Canceled] Powell Plaza Cable Car Photo Opportunity
Hop onboard a 150-year-old cable car at Powell Plaza Tuesdays and Saturdays, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., weather permitting. Visitors can take photos, explore the vehicles up close, learn some history about the...
[Canceled] Powell Plaza Cable Car Photo Opportunity
Hop onboard a 150-year-old cable car at Powell Plaza Tuesdays and Saturdays, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., weather permitting. Visitors can take photos, explore the vehicles up close, learn some history about the...
All Muni Routes, Cable Cars to Operate on Thursday
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which manages transportation in the city, including the Municipal Railway (Muni), informs customers that all service, including cable cars...
Muni Welcomes Two New Women Cable Car Grips
Annie Washington and Chanelle Smith are two of Muni’s newest cable car grips. The Muni family is proud to introduce two of its newest cable car grips: Chanelle Smith and Annie Washington. Earning the...
Taken with Transportation Podcast: Celebrating Culture and Community on a Cable Car
SFMTA staffers celebrate the launch ride of the 2023 Filipino American History Cable Car. Specially decorated cable cars climb the hills of San Francisco throughout the year in honor of different...
Cable Car 19 to Make Historic Debut for Muni Heritage
This year's Muni Heritage Weekend is slated to be perhaps the most historic year ever. As a special treat, Muni's largest and oldest cable car, former Sacramento-Clay Line Car 19, will hit the street...
Pre-Pay, Get Cable Car Tickets the Easy Way!
No experience is more San Francisco than riding a cable car, its a trip through history and the most exciting way to climb our steep hills. Something you might not know about the city’s cable cars is...
Innovation to Icon: 150 Years of Cable Cars Exhibit Opens
We are happy to announce the opening of a special history exhibit at the San Francisco Public Library, as part of the ongoing celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the cable cars. The “Innovation...
Bus Shuttles Substitute Powell and Mason Cable Cars in May
Bus shuttles substitute Powell and Mason Cable Cars In support of the Cable Car Gearbox Rehabilitation Project, Muni will run bus shuttles for the Powell and Mason cable car lines between the...
Countdown to Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest Oct. 10
A uniquely San Francisco tradition is happening Thursday, Oct. 10 at Union Square and you’re invited! It’s our 55th Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest. Come see the best of Muni’s professional bell...
California Cable Car Bus Substitution: February 5, 2019
The California Cable Car line will be substituted with a bus starting at 9 p.m. while crews work to replace the cable. Service will return to normal the next day. Bus Substitution Information Bus...
Countdown to the 54th Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest
Join us for the annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest, a long-standing tradition at Muni, this Thursday, July 13 at noon in Union Square. At this popular and lively competition, the best of the SFMTA...
130 years and Counting on the Powell/Mason Cable Car Line
March 2018 marked the 130th year of operation for the Powell-Mason Cable Car Line, the city's only (and oldest) transit line to operate virtually unchanged since opening day. For 13 decades, cable...
From Market Street to Fisherman’s Wharf, Cable Cars Return
Starting today, August 2nd, San Francisco’s historic cable car service is returning after a 16-month shut-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because this unique transportation system requires a high...
Mason Cable Car Bus Substitution: February 19, 2019
Due to a scheduled replacement of the Mason Street cable, which powers the Mason Cable Car line, the Powell/Mason Cable Car will be temporarily replaced by a free shuttle bus starting at 9 p.m. The...
Mason Cable Car Bus Substitution: December 3, 2019
Due to a scheduled replacement of the Mason Street cable, which powers the Mason Cable Car line, the Powell/Mason Cable Car will be temporarily replaced by a free shuttle bus starting at 9 p.m. The...
When Women Weren’t Allowed to Stand on the Outside of Cable Cars
It might be hard to believe that until 1965, women were deprived of the joy of standing on the running boards on either side of San Francisco’s cable cars. Just three years prior to the time of the...
Muni Heritage Cable Car Carpentry Shop Tour
Only in San Francisco can you see beautifully restored historic vehicles operating in everyday service alongside a modern fleet. But the SFMTA and Market Street Railway take the historic experience...
The New Cable Car Bell Ringing World Champion Is. . .
The word has gone out that Leonard Oats has once again claimed the title of World Champion of the Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest. The hotly contested demonstration of skill and rhythm also included...
52nd Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest Winners
What a great afternoon at Union Square! The Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest, ably captained by comedienne Debi Durst, was full of captivating performances from both our community and our professional...