Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railway

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Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railway
Locale	San Francisco, California
Transit type	cable cars
Began operation	1880
Ended operation	1912
Track gauge	5 ft (1,524 mm), converted to 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) in 1892
Operator(s)	Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railway (1880-1887), Market Street Railway (1887-1912), San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (1912-present)

The Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railway was one of the first cable car operators in San Francisco. Operation commenced in 1880, and the route soon proved quite popular.^[1] The line was purchased by the Market Street Railway in 1887.^[2] In 1912, the city declined to renew the franchise and instead took over operation of the Geary Street railway.^[3] The line was converted into an electric streetcar line, forming the first element of the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) that was to come to be synonymous with transit in that city. Muni replaced the street cars with motor coaches in 1956. Today, the bus routes that run down the Geary corridor are the most heavily used in San Francisco.^{[citation needed]}