Event Summary As part of ongoing maintenance of the cable cars and their infrastructure, from Tuesday, February 18, and running until Friday, May 16, 2025, cable car maintenance will refurbish and...
Bus shuttles will substitute the California Cable Car for the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, August 24-25, 2019. Important Information Bus shuttles will stop at the regular cable car stops on...
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees all transportation in the city, including the Municipal Railway (Muni), will host the 50th Muni Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest...
The California Cable Car Line will see the first of four eight-day cable car service shutdowns for maintenance. For eight days starting on Friday, Sept. 22, the California Cable Car Line will be...
In support of the Cable Car Gearbox Rehabilitation Project, the Powell/Mason Cable Car will be temporarily substituted by a shuttle bus and the Powell/Hyde Cable Car will switchback--changing...
Street Closures & Muni Reroutes Starting Friday at 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., street closures on Powell Street between California and Jackson streets and Sacramento Street between Mason and Powell streets...
On the southeast corner of Geneva and San Jose avenues, an intersection of broad streets crisscrossed by a web of light rail tracks, sits a once-grand Victorian building marked by a distinctive round...
This year we're commemorating the 55th anniversary of the designation of the cable car system as a National Landmark with the 55th Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest! Come on out to Union Square tomorrow...
Powell Street Cable Car 503 at Market and Powell Street Turntable | August 13, 1945 They’ve been sung about by Judy Garland and saved by Dianne Feinstein, and now you can experience San Francisco’s...
Digging into our latest historic photo scanning work, we found a roll of 35mm film taken on this day, July 26, in 1974 along the California Street Cable Car Line. Take a trip back in time from Van...
There is nothing more San Francisco than jumping on a cable car and stepping back in time. With 130 years of service, upgrades and maintenance are inevitable. This week we will begin upgrading the...
Here’s a look back to April 29,1909 with two photos showing an important change to McAllister Street in the Western Addition. McAllister has been served by a transit line since at least the 1880s...
The stretch of Powell Street from Union Square to Market Street is one of San Francisco’s most iconic streets. Hosting the historic Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason cable car lines, this street is a...
While buses and light rail vehicles provide the lion share of Muni service in the city, it’s the oldest mode of transit that engenders the most enthusiasm and passion from locals and visitors alike...
At high noon today in Union Square, Muni cable car grips and conductors will have a showdown at the 52nd Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest, duking it out to see who will be the next world champ. A...
The SFMTA Chinese New Year Parade contingent stepped off Saturday evening with firecrackers, pounding drums and the ring of a cable car bell. Aboard an authentic cable car, operated on a bus chassis...
Take a ride back in time and explore transit history at Muni Heritage Weekend this Saturday and Sunday, September 23-24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This years’ festivities combine free rides on heritage...