List of defunct San Francisco Municipal Railway lines
The San Francisco Municipal Railway is the public transit system for San Francisco, California. It began service on December 28, 1912, and a number of bus, streetcar/light rail, and cable car routes it once operated are now discontinued.
Defunct bus routes
| Line | Inbound Terminal | Outbound Terminal | Reason for discontinuing | Areas served | Year Started | Year Discontinued |
| 4 Sutter * | Sutter Street & Sansome Street | 6th Avenue & California Street | Low ridership; supplemented by 2 Clement re-routing. It was revived for a while when the 1 California moved to Sacramento St.; a truncated version to Presidio to be re-instated. The 2 Sutter trolleybus is its replacement. | Richmond District, Laurel Heights, Western Addition, Japantown, Union Square, Financial District | 1948 | 2009 |
| 5L Fulton Limited | Transbay Terminal | Cabrillo and La Playa | Renamed to 5R Fulton Rapid on April 25, 2015. | Financial District, Tenderloin, Civic Center, Western Addition, Alamo Square, University of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Richmond, Ocean Beach | 2015 | |
| 7 Haight * | Mission Street & Main Street | Haight Street & Stanyan Street | Low ridership; 71 Haight-Noriega was renamed to 7 Haight-Noriega on April 25, 2015. | Haight-Ashbury, Haight-Fillmore, Market Street, Civic Center, Financial District | 1948 | 2009 |
| 7L Haight-Noriega Limited | Merged into 71L Noriega limited | |||||
| 7R Haight-Noriega Rapid* | Transbay Terminal | Ortega and 48th Ave. | Replaced by 7 Haight-Noriega local service on August 14, 2017. | South of Market, Embarcadero, Financial District, Union Square, Mid-Market, Tenderloin, Civic Center, Lower Haight, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Sunset | 2015 | 2017 |
| 8 Market | Ferry Building | Collingwood & 19th Streets | Replaced by F Market and subsequently by F Market & Wharves; 9X Bayshore Express was renamed to 8X Bayshore Express in 2009. | The Embarcadero, Market Street, Financial District, Civic Center, The Castro | 1945 | 1995 |
| 8X Bayshore Express^ | Kearny and North Point | Phelan Loop | Renamed to 8 Bayshore on April 25, 2015. | Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon | ||
| 9X Bayshore Express^ | Kearny and North Point | Phelan Loop | Renamed to 8X Bayshore Express in 2009. | Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon | ||
| 9AX Bayshore 'A' Express^ | Kearny and Pacific | Geneva and Schwerin | Renamed to 8AX Bayshore 'A' Express in 2009. | North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley | ||
| 9BX Bayshore 'B' Express^ | Kearny and North Point | Phelan Loop | Renamed to 8BX Bayshore 'B' Express in 2009. | Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon | ||
| 9 Richland | Ferry Building | Richland & Andover | Part combined with parts of 13 Ellsworth and 23 Crescent to form 67 Bernal Heights; rest replaced by 26 Valencia | South of Market, Mission District, Bernal Heights | 1949 | 1983 |
| 9L San Bruno Limited | Main and Mission | Bayshore and Arleta | Renamed to 9R San Bruno Rapid on April 25, 2015 | Financial District, Civic Center, South of Market, Mission District, Portola, Visitacion Valley | ||
| 10 Balboa | ||||||
| 10 Monterey | 10th Ave & California | 3rd & Palou | Replaced by 23-Monterey and 43-Masonic | Richmond, Golden Gate Park, Inner Sunset, Glen Park, Bernal Heights | ||
| 10X Balboa Express | ||||||
| 10AX Balboa 'A' Express | ||||||
| 10BX Balboa 'B' Express | ||||||
| 11 Hoffman | Ferry Building | 24th & Douglass via Forest Hill Station | Replaced by 13 Guerrero and 48 Quintara/24th Street | South of Market, Mission District, Noe Valley, Diamond Heights, Forest Hill | 1948 | 1983 |
| 11 Hayes | 1983 | |||||
| 12 Mission/Ocean | Ferry Building | Ocean & Phelan | Replaced by 49 Van Ness/Mission | South of Market, Mission District, Bernal Heights, Excelsior, Balboa Park | 1948 | 1983 |
| 13 Ellsworth | Crescent & Putnam | Richland & Mission | Combined with parts of 9 Richland and 23 Crescent to form 67 Bernal Heights | Bernal Heights | 1970 | 1983 |
| 13 Guerrero | Ferry Building | Clipper & Grandview | Duplicated service on J Church and 48 Quintara | South of Market, Mission District, Noe Valley | 1983 | 1988 |
| 14L Mission Limited^ | Mission and Main | Mission and San Jose | Renamed to 14R Mission Rapid on April 25, 2015 | Financial District, South of Market, Mission District, Bernal Heights, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Daly City | 2015 | |
| 15 Third Street^ | Kearny & Bay Streets | City College | Replaced by T Third Street and 9X Bayshore Express | Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Union Square, Mission Bay, Dogpatch, Islais Creek, Bayview/Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley | 1941 | 2007 |
| 15L Third Street Limited^ | ||||||
| 15X Bayshore Express^ | ||||||
| 15AX Bayshore 'A' Express^ | ||||||
| 15BX Bayshore 'B' Express^ | ||||||
| 16 Kearny/Third Street | Replaced by 15 Third Street | 1941 | 1948 | |||
| 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 | |
| 16X Noriega Express | Market and 4th St. | Ortega and 48th Ave. | Renamed to 7X Noriega Express on April 25, 2015. A different 7X Noriega express went on a slightly different route, as shown on rollsigns. | Tenderloin, Civic Center, Golden Gate Park, Sunset | 2015 | |
| 17 Parkmerced♦ | West Portal Station | Arballo and Acevedo | Renamed to 57 Parkmerced♦ on April 25, 2015. Note that there was an earlier 57 Parkmerced♦ that merged into the 17 Parkmerced♦, as shown on rollsigns. | West Portal, Stonestown Galleria, Parkmerced | 2015 | |
| 17X Parkmerced Express | John Muir Drive | Daly City BART | Merged into 88 BART Shuttle | Lake Merced, Parkmerced | ||
| 18 Geary | ||||||
| 18L Geary Limited | ||||||
| 18AX Geary 'A' Express | ||||||
| 18BX Geary 'B' Express | ||||||
| 20 Ellis | split into 71 Haight-Noriega and 72 Haight-Sunset | 1947 | 1951 | |||
| 20 Columbus Midday hours only | Beale Street & Howard Street | Van Ness Avenue & North Point Street | Low ridership; replaced by 41 Union; there was an earlier 20 Columbus, shown on rollsigns. | Financial District, Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market | 2007 | 2009 |
| 23 Crescent | 24th & Mission | Putnam & Crescent | Combined with parts of 9 Richland and 13 Ellsworth to form 67 Bernal Heights | Mission District, Bernal Heights | 1940 | 1983 |
| 25 Bryant | Jackson & Fillmore | Geneva & Santos | Replaced by 9 San Bruno and rest merged with 27 Noe to form 27 Bryant. | Pacific Heights, Nob Hill, Tenderloin, Union Square, South of Market, Mission District, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Sunnydale | 1948 | 1983 |
| 25 Stanyan | 108 Treasure Island was renamed to 25 Treasure Island in 2015. | 1983 | ||||
| 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 |
| 28L 19th Avenue Limited | Fort Mason | Daly City BART | Renamed 28R 19th Avenue Rapid in 2015. | Marina, Richmond, Golden Gate Park, Sunset, Stonestown Galleria, Daly City | 2015 | |
| 29 Visitacion | Mansell & Visitacion | Gillette & Lathrop | Replaced by 56 Rutland | Visitacion Valley | 1948 | 1980 |
| 32 Embarcadero | Hyde & Jefferson Streets | Ferry Building, Caltrain Depot | Replaced by E Embarcadero and subsequently 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 | |
| 34/36 Woodside/Teresita | Combination of Lines 34 and 36; renamed 36 Teresita | |||||
| 35 Howard | Replaced by the R Howard streetcar | 1941 | ||||
| 36 Folsom | Low ridership | 1948 | ||||
| 38L Geary Limited^ | Transbay Terminal | Point Lobos and 48th Ave. | Renamed to 38R Geary Rapid on April 25, 2015. | Financial District, Union Square, Tenderloin, Japantown, Western Addition, Anza Vista, Laurel Heights, Richmond | 2015 | |
| 40 Commuter | Weekday peak only service from Caltrain Station to Downtown | |||||
| 42 Evans | Merged into 19 Polk | 1945 | 1980 | |||
| 42 Downtown Loop | Caltrain Depot | Caltrain Depot | Split into 47 Van Ness and 10 Townsend to improve service in South of Market | Financial District, Caltrain Depot, South of Market, Nob Hill, Fisherman's Wharf, Levi Plaza | 1980 | 2001 |
| 43 Roosevelt | Partially replaced by 37 Corbett and rest extended and renamed 43 Masonic | Letterman Hospital, Kaiser Hospital, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, St. Joseph's Hospital | 1980 | |||
| 44 Sansome | 1941 | ? | ||||
| 44 Diamond Heights | Replaced by 52 Excelsior | 1971 | 1980 | |||
| 46 46th Avenue | ||||||
| 50 Crocker-Amazon | Replaced by 43 Masonic | 1926 | 1980 | |||
| 51 Silver | Middle Point & Hare | Bosworth & Diamond / Mission & Silver | Replaced by 44 O'Shaughnessy | Glen Park, Excelsior District, Portola, Silver Terrace, Bayview-Hunters Point | 1927 | 1980 |
| 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 |
| 54 Hunters Point | by 1950 | |||||
| 55 Sacramento | Howard & Main Streets | 6th Avenue & Clement Street | Electrified and merged with 1 California | Financial District, Chinatown, Nob Hill, Richmond, Laurel Heights | 1942 | 1982 |
| 57 Fitzgerald | by 1950 | |||||
| 58 Leavenworth | Replaced by 27 Bryant | |||||
| 66L Quintara Limited♦ | ||||||
| 70 Northridge | by 1950 | |||||
| 70 Lake Merced | Great Highway & John Muir | Daly City Station | Replaced by 17 Parkmerced and 18 46th Avenue | |||
| 71 Haight-Noriega | Transbay Terminal | Ortega and 48th Ave. | Renamed to 7 Haight-Noriega on April 25, 2015. | South of Market, Financial District, Civic Center, Lower Haight, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Sunset | 2015 | |
| 71L Haight-Noriega Limited | Transbay Terminal | Ortega and 48th Ave. | Renamed to 7R Haight-Noriega Rapid on April 25, 2015. | South of Market, Financial District, Civic Center, Lower Haight, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Sunset | 1951 | 2015 |
| 72 Haight/Sunset | Ferry Building / 5th & Market | 19th & Winston / Sunset & Lake Merced | Replaced by 29 Sunset | 1951 | 1983 | |
| 72 Sunset | Shown on rollsigns; eliminated as redundant with 29 Sunset | 1983 | ||||
| 72X Sunset Express | ||||||
| 73 Lincoln Way | 5th and Market Streets | Sloat & Sunset Boulevards | Split into 71 Haight-Noriega and 72 Haight-Sunset | Financial District, Haight-Ashbury, Sunset District, Parkside | ||
| 74X CultureBus | Howard & New Montgomery | Golden Gate Park | Low ridership | SoMA, Golden Gate Park, Union Square | 2008 | 2009 |
| 75 Legion of Honor | ||||||
| 76 Broadmoor | San Jose Avenue & Flournoy | Broadmoor Village | Subsidy by developer discontinued | Daly City | 1949 | 1955 |
| 77 Alemany | ||||||
| 78 Quintara | Now 66 Quintara | |||||
| 80 Leavenworth | Replaced by 27 Bryant | 1951 | 1974 | |||
| 80X Gateway Express | Caltrain Station | Sacramento & Battery | Replaced by 82X Levi Plaza Express | 2013 | ||
| 81 Bacon/Fitzgerald | Fitzgerald & Keith | Huron & Mission | Replaced by 29 Sunset and 54 Felton | 1939 | 1982 | |
| 82 Chinatown | Pacific & Kearny | 4th & Folsom | Merged with present-day 8, 30, and 45 lines | 1980s | ||
| 83 Pacific | Pacific & Van Ness Avenues | Battery Street & Pacific Avenue | Merged into 12 Folsom-Pacific | Chinatown, Nob Hill | 1979 | 2001 |
| 85 Shopper Shuttle | ||||||
| 87X Civic Center Express | ||||||
| 88 Hospital Shuttle | ||||||
| 89 Laguna Honda♦ | Forest Hill Station | Laguna Honda Hospital | Low ridership | Laguna Honda Hospital, Forest Hill | 2009 | |
| 91 Daly City | ||||||
| 92 Owl | ||||||
| 99 BART Shuttle | ||||||
| 108 Treasure Island | Transbay Terminal | 13th and Gateview Treasure Island | Renamed to 25 Treasure Island on April 25, 2015. | South of Market, Treasure Island | 2015 | |
| 128 19th Avenue - I-280 |
Candlestick Park lines
Through the end of 2013, the four Candlestick Express lines connected Candlestick Park with other points throughout the city. These lines ran before and after San Francisco 49ers games, while the 86 and 87 Candlestick Shuttles also ran during the game.Defunct streetcar routes
A Geary-10th Avenue
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. The route was discontinued on December 5, 1932. In 2009, part of the route was under study to be restored as bus rapid transit and possibly as a streetcar route.B Geary
The B Geary 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. The line was replaced with the 38 Geary bus route on December 29, 1956.There are plans to construct a light rail corridor on Geary Boulevard between Van Ness Avenue and 33rd Avenue. Funding has not been identified to build rail in this corridor, however it was identified as a Tier 1 Long Term Corridor Investment in 2016.
C Geary-California
The C California was a streetcar route that ran from the Ferry Building along Market Street, Geary, 2nd Avenue, Cornwall, and California to 33rd Avenue. 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. In 2009, part of the route was under study to be restored for Bus Rapid Transit.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.
D Geary-Van Ness
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. 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.The route was replaced with buses on March 18, 1950. This was one of four routes planned as a result of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. In 2009, parts of the Geary and Van Ness Corridors it once traveled were up for study for Bus Rapid Transit, and possibly, restoration of light rail transit in the area.
E Union
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. The route was replaced on July 20, 1947, by an extension of the R-Howard trolleybus route, which in turn was renumbered 41-Union on February 1, 1949. The 41-Union still runs today. It was reduced to rush-hour service on October 1, 1988. This was one of four routes planned as a result of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Today, the E designation is used for the E Embarcadero historic streetcar route.F Stockton
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. The Stockton Street Tunnel, opened in 1914, was built primarily for these streetcars. 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. The route was replaced on January 20, 1951, 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. 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 by the T Third Street line 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.
H Potrero
The H Potrero streetcar line was created on August 15, 1914, to serve the Panama-Pacific International exposition. It ran from Army 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. 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 bus rapid transit project is currently in the works with the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. A feasibility study was conducted in 2006, followed by a draft Environmental Impact Statement in 2011. A Locally Preferred Alternative was selected in early 2012. A Final EIS is expected in 2012, along with Caltrans approval. Construction could begin in 2015, with revenue service beginning a year later. The SFCTA currently does not have plans to revive the H-Potrero streetcar line.
R Howard
The R Howard was a trolleybus line created on September 7, 1941. It ran from Beale and Howard on Howard and South Van Ness Avenue to Army Street. It was combined with the E Union in July 1947, and was renumbered 41 in February 1949.40 San Mateo
The 40 San Mateo was a interurban route that provided service along The Peninsula from 1903 to 1949. Previous service under the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway only reached as far as Baden in South San Francisco. After being bought and sold several times, the line came under the ownership of the United Railroads of San Francisco, under whom it was finally built out to peak service length. The northern terminus was at Fifth and Market whereupon it ran on city streets, then on a largely private right-of-way to a terminal in San Mateo. Service was discontinued as the trackage and rolling stock had fallen into disrepair by the mid 1940s.Temporary routes
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. 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.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.
The E Embarcadero line operated between Embarcadero station and 4th and King over the new Muni Metro Extension from January 1998 until August 1998, when it was merged into an extension of the N Judah line. The name was reused for an unrelated heritage streetcar line in 2015.
Defunct cable car routes
Note: Before 1956, the California Street Line extended all the way from Market Street in the Financial District to California and Presidio Avenue on the western edge of the Western Addition.| Line | Inbound Terminal | Outbound Terminal | Reason for discontinuing | Areas served | Year Started | Year Discontinued |
| O'Farrell-Jones-Hyde | Began at Market and O'Farrell, down O'Farrell to Jones, down Jones to Pine, down Pine to Hyde, down Hyde to North Point. Section from Hyde and Beach Streets to Washington Street forms the northern part of the Powell-Hyde Line, while section from Washington to California Street is used as non-revenue track. | 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 | 1956 |
| Powell-Washington-Jackson | Began at Market and Powell, up Powell to Jackson, out Jackson to Steiner, back downtown from Steiner on Washington. Forms the Powell and Washington/Jackson one way segments of the Powell-Hyde Line. | 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 | 1956 |