TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO


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San Francisco

Steam Dummy
1860-1902 - several companies
1863 - horse cars introduced
1873 - cable cars introduced
1891-1907 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1860-1909 - operated steam dummy

1902-1921 - United Railroads of San Francisco
1921-1944 - Market Street Railway Co.
1912-present - San Francisco Municipal Railway
1917 - buses introduced
1935 - trolleybuses introduced
STILL OPERATES CABLE CARS
STILL OPERATES STREETCARS
STILL OPERATES TROLLEYBUSES

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1912/CONSOLIDATED 1944)
San Francisco Municipal Railway

Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)


COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
CalTrain


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