This is a list of defunct San Francisco Municipal Railway bus, streetcar/light rail, and cable car routes.
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| Line | Inbound Terminal | Outbound Terminal | Reason for discontinuing | Areas served | Year Started | Year Discontinued |
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| 4 Sutter(TC) | Sutter Street & Sansome Street | 6th Avenue & California Street | Low ridership | Richmond District, Laurel Heights, Western Addition, Japantown, Financial District | 1948 | 2009 |
| 7 Haight(TC) | Mission Street & Main Street | Haight Street & Stanyan Street | Low ridership | Haight-Ashbury, Haight-Fillmore, Market Street, Civic Center, Financial District | 1948 | 2009 |
| 8 Market (TC) | Ferry Building | Collingwood & 19th Streets | Replaced by F Market & Wharves | The Embarcadero, Market Street, Financial District, Civic Center, The Castro[1] | 1945 | 1995 |
| 15 Third Street | Kearny & Bay Streets | City College | Replaced by T Third Street and 9X (now 8X) Bayshore Express[2] | Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Union Square, Mission Bay, Dogpatch, Islais Creek, Bayview/Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley[2] | 1941 | 2007 |
| 16 Noriega | 5th St & Market | 48th Avenue and Ortega | Portions merged with the 28 19th Avenue, 71 Haight-Noriega. | Downtown San Francisco, Hayes Valley, Western Addition, Richmond, Sunset | ||
| 16AX Noriega 'A' Express | Market Street & 4th Street | Ortega Street & 48th Avenue | Combined with 16BX to become 16X | Sunset District, Golden Gate Park, Civic Center, Tenderloin | 2009 | |
| 16BX Noriega 'B' Express | Market Street & 4th Street | Noriega Street & Sunset Boulevard | Combined with 16AX to become 16X | Sunset District, Golden Gate Park, Civic Center, Tenderloin | 2009 | |
| 17X Parkmerced Express | John Muir Drive | Daly City BART | Merged into 88 BART Shuttle | Lake Merced, Parkmerced | ||
| 20 Columbus (TC) | Beale Street & Howard Street | Van Ness Avenue & North Point Street | Low ridership | Financial District, Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market | 2007 | 2009 |
| 26 Valencia | Mission Street & 5th Street | Balboa Park Station, San Francisco State University | Low ridership | South of Market, Mission District, Glen Park, Balboa Park | 1945 | 2009 |
| 32 Embarcadero | Hyde & Jefferson Streets | Ferry Building, Caltrain Depot | Replaced by F Market & Wharves and N Judah | Fisherman's Wharf, Ferry Building, The Embarcadero | 1927 | 2000 |
| 34 Woodside | Myra & Dalewood | Forest Hill Station | Merged into 36 Teresita | Mount Davidson, Miraloma Park, Midtown Terrace, Forest Hill | 1961 | |
| 42 Downtown Loop | Caltrain Depot | Caltrain Depot | Split into 47 Van Ness and 10 Townsend | Financial District, Caltrain Depot, South of Market, Nob Hill, Fisherman's Wharf, Levi Plaza | 1980 | 2001 |
| 53 Southern Heights | 16th Street & Mission Street 16th Street Mission Station; Weekdays 16th Street & Bryant Street Weekends |
Connecticut Street & 18th Street | Low ridership | Mission District, Potrero Hill | 1932 | 2009 |
| 55 Sacramento (TC) | Howard & Main Streets | 6th Avenue & Clement Street | Merged with 1 California | Financial District, Chinatown, Nob Hill, Richmond, Laurel Heights[1] | 1942 | 1982 |
| 73 Lincoln Way | 5th and Market Streets | Sloat & Sunset Boulevards | Split into 29 Sunset and 71 Haight-Noriega | Financial District, Haight-Ashbury, Sunset District, Parkside | ||
| 74X CultureBus | Howard & New Montgomery | Golden Gate Park | Low ridership | SoMA, Golden Gate Park, Union Square [3] | 2008 | 2009 |
| 83 Pacific | Pacific & Van Ness Avenues | Battery Street & Pacific Avenue | Merged into 12 Folsom-Pacific | Chinatown, Nob Hill | 1979 | |
| 89 Laguna Honda | Forest Hill Station | Laguna Honda Hospital | Low ridership | Laguna Honda Hospital, Forest Hill | 2009 |
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The A Geary-10th Avenue was Muni's first streetcar line, running from Market Street and Kearny Street, and later from the Ferry Building, along Geary and 10th Avenue to Fulton Street.[4] The route was discontinued on December 5, 1932.[5] Part of the route is currently under study to be restored as bus rapid transit and possibly as a streetcar route.[6]
The B Geary (also known as the B Geary-Ocean) was a streetcar route that operated along Market Street and Geary Boulevard to the Playland amusement park along Ocean Beach. It originally ran as a shuttle between 10th Avenue and 33rd Avenue, and was later extended east along Geary and Market Street to the Ferry Building to the east, and along 33rd Avenue, Balboa, 45th Avenue and Cabrillo to Great Highway to the west.[7] The line was replaced with the 38 Geary bus route on December 29, 1956.[5][8]
Currently there are plans to construct a bus rapid transit corridor on Geary Boulevard between Van Ness Avenue and 33rd Avenue. Funding has not been identified to build rail in this corridor, however the BRT project includes the possibility of "light rail ready" construction that would enable a future conversion to rail if funding becomes available.
The C California (also known as the C Geary-California) was a streetcar route that ran from the Ferry Building along Market Street, Geary, 2nd Avenue, Cornwall, and California to 33rd Avenue.[7] The route was cut short in 1950 to California and 2nd Avenue with the opening of the 1 California bus line, and was removed along with the B Geary on December 29, 1956.[8] Part of the route is currently under study to be restored for Bus Rapid Transit.[5][6]
This route was created shortly after the Market Street Railway's franchise expired on California street. By 1950, the line was essentially a short-turn version of the B Geary streetcar route, which continued out to Ocean Beach.
The D Geary-Van Ness was a streetcar route created on August 15, 1914 that originally ran from the Ferry Building along Market Street, Geary, Van Ness, and Chestnut to Scott.[5] In 1918, the route was changed to operate on Union Street instead of Chestnut, and was extended along Steiner Street and Greenwich Street and into the Presidio later that year.[7]
The route was replaced with buses on March 18, 1950.[4] This is one of four routes planned as a result of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Today, parts of the Geary and Van Ness Corridors it once traveled is currently up for study for Bus Rapid Transit, and possibly, restoration of light rail transit in the area.[6][9]
The E Union was a streetcar route that ran from the Ferry Building to the Presidio via The Embarcadero, Washington/Jackson, Columbus, Union, Larkin, Vallejo, Franklin, Union, Baker and Greenwich into the Presidio.[7] The route was replaced on April 21, 1947[5] with the 41-Union bus route, which still runs today. This is one of four routes planned as a result of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.[4][10]
Ran between Embarcadero Station and Caltrain Depot along the Embarcadero before N Judah took over this service.
The F Stockton was a streetcar route that ran from Market and Stockton to the Marina District via Stockton, Columbus, North Point, Van Ness, and Chestnut to Laguna. In 1916, the line was extended from Chestnut and Laguna to Chestnut and Scott, and was extended in 1947 from Market and Stockton down 4th Street to the Southern Pacific terminal on Townsend.[7] The route was replaced on January 20, 1951,[5] with the 30-Stockton bus route, which still runs today, and is notable for being the slowest trolleybus route in the city of San Francisco because it travels through the densely populated neighborhood of Chinatown. This was one of four routes planned as a result of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.[4][10] Today, the F designation is used for the F Market & Wharves historic streetcar route.
The southernmost part of this route, from Market to Jackson, will again be served by light rail when the Central Subway is built. Presumably, after the completion of the Central Subway, the rest of the present 30 Stockton bus line can be eventually converted to surface light rail extending to the Presidio, depending on where the eventual exit from the subway tunnel is placed.
The H Potrero streetcar line was created on August 15, 1914, to serve the Panama-Pacific International exposition.[4] It ran from Army Street (Now Cesar Chavez Street) and Potrero to a terminal inside Fort Mason, via Potrero, Division, 11th Street and Van Ness. In 1946 the line was extended along former Market Street Railway trackage on Bayshore and San Bruno to Arleta. The southern terminal was cut back to San Bruno and Wilde in 1947, and in 1948 the northern terminal was cut back to Van Ness and Bay. The route was replaced on March 19, 1950, with the 47 Potrero bus line.[7] The 47 line has since been changed and no longer runs on Potrero, and the only bus line that follows the old H line is the nighttime-only 90 Owl.
A possible bus rapid transit project is currently in the works with the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. A feasibility study was conducted earlier in 2007, and may open as soon as 2011.[9] The SFCTA currently does not have plans to revive the H-Potrero streetcar line.
The G Exposition, I Exposition, and J Exposition were temporary streetcar lines that were created in 1915 and 1916 to serve the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.[5] The G line was a combination of the E and F routes, running from Market and Stockton to the Presidio. The I line only ran for three days in February 1915, from 33rd Avenue and Geary via Geary, Van Ness, Chestnut, Scott, Greenwich and Steiner to Union. The J line, which is unrelated to the current J Church line, ran via Columbus from the Ferry Building to Fort Mason and later to Chestnut and Scott.[7]
The O Van Ness line operated briefly between June 1, 1932 and July 15, 1932, along part of the E Union from Van Ness and Union to the Ferry Building. During this time, the E line ran down Van Ness to Market instead of to the Ferry Building.[7]
The E Embarcadero Muni Metro line ran along new track from Embarcadero Station, along The Embarcadero and King Street to the Caltrain terminal on 4th Street in 1998, and was later replaced by an extension of the N Judah line.
Note: Before 1956, the California Street Cable Car line extended all the way from California and Market to California and Presidio Ave. in the Richmond District.
| Line | Inbound Terminal | Outbound Terminal | Reason for discontinuing | Areas served | Year Started | Year Discontinued |
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| O'Farrell-Jones-Hyde | Began at Market and O'Farrell, down O'Farrell to Jones (there was a cable car shuttle from Market and Jones to O'Farrell and Jones), down Jones to Pine, down Pine to Hyde, down Hyde to North Point (used California St. style double-ended cable cars) | Hyde and North Point | 1956 decision to close down all cable lines except those originating on California St. and Powell St. and end all cable car lines at Van Ness Ave. | Tenderloin, Russian Hill, Fisherman's Wharf | 1952 (taken over from California Street Cable Railroad) | 1956 |
| Powell-Washington-Jackson | Began at Market and Powell, down Powell to Jackson, down Jackson to Steiner, back downtown from Steiner on Washington (used Powell St. style single-ended cable cars) | Jackson and Steiner | 1956 decision to close down all cable lines except those originating on California St. and Powell St. and end all cable car lines at Van Ness Ave. | Nob Hill, Pacific Heights | 1944 (taken over from Market Street Railway) | 1956 |
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