# List of defunct San Francisco Municipal Railway lines

The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the public transit system for San Francisco, California. Several bus, trolleybus, streetcar/light rail, and cable car routes were historically served, but have been discontinued. It began service on December 28, 1912, with two streetcar routes on Geary Boulevard and continued to expand operations. In 1944, the city acquired the largest remaining private transit agency in San Francisco, the Market Street Railway, and began operating its former services. Many modern routes are amalgamated from earlier lines, while some corridors no longer see regular Muni service.

## Defunct bus lines

This is a listing of all the Local, Rapid, Express, and streetcar lines that once operated throughout San Francisco, but are now defunct.
* 1950 Muni trolley coach 776 serving the 8 Market line on Market Street at 10th during the 1987 San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival.
* 74X Culture Bus in special livery, October 2008.
* The 53 Southern Heights was served by short 30-foot (9.1 m) buses, seen here in January 2008.
Key :
| * | Weekday peak hours only |
| ^ | Articulated bus (60 ft.) |
| ♦ | Community bus (30 ft.) |
| (TC) | Trolleybus |

### Local lines

| Line | Note | Inbound terminal | Outbound terminal | Reason for discontinuing | Areas served | Year started | Year discontinued |
| 1 Westwood Park | | | | | | | |
| 4 Sutter | (TC)* | 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 |
| 5 McAllister | (TC) | Transbay Terminal | La Playa and Balboa streets | Renamed 5 Fulton. | Financial District, Tenderloin, Civic Center, Western Addition, Alamo Square, University of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Richmond, Ocean Beach | 1906 | 1948 |
| 7 Haight | (TC)* | Mission Street & Main Street | Haight Street & Stanyan Street | Low ridership; 71 Haight/Noriega was renumbered to 7 Haight/Noriega in 2015. | Haight-Ashbury, Haight-Fillmore, Market Street, Civic Center, Financial District | 1948 | 2009 |
| 8 Market | (TC) | Ferry Building | Collingwood & 19th Streets | Replaced by F Market and subsequently by F Market & Wharves; 9X Bayshore Express was renumbered to 8X Bayshore Express. | The Embarcadero, Market Street, Financial District, Civic Center, The Castro | 1945 | 1995 |
| 8 Seventeenth Avenue | | 17th & Judah | 15th & Taraval | | | |
| 9 Richland | (TC) | Ferry Building | Richland & Andover | Part combined with parts of 13 Ellsworth and 23 Crescent to form 67 Bernal Heights; rest replaced by 26 Valencia (portions replaced by 29 Sunset in 1982) | South of Market, Mission District, Bernal Heights | 1949 | 1983 |
| 10 Monterey | | 10th Ave & California | 3rd & Palou | Replaced by 23-Monterey and 43-Masonic. | Richmond, Golden Gate Park, Inner Sunset, Glen Park, Bernal Heights | | |
| 11 Telegraph Hill | | Union & Montgomery | Coit Tower | | | 1939 | |
| 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 |
| 12 Mission/Ocean | (TC) | 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 |
| 14 Roosevelt | | | | Renamed 43 Roosevelt | | | 1949 |
| 15 Third Street | ^ | Kearny & Bay Streets | City College | Replaced by T Third Street and 9X Bayshore Express (now 8 Bayshore); and later 15 Bayview Hunters Point Express | Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Union Square, Mission Bay, Dogpatch, Islais Creek, Bayview/Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley | 1941 | 2007 |
| 16 Kearny/Third Street | | | | Replaced by 15 Third Street (now T Third Street) | | 1941 | 1946 |
| 16 Noriega | | 5th St & Market | 48th Avenue and Ortega | Portions merged with the 28 19th Avenue, 71 (now 7) Haight-Noriega. | Downtown San Francisco, Hayes Valley, Western Addition, Richmond, Sunset | | |
| 17 Parkmerced | ♦ | West Portal Station | Arballo and Acevedo | Renamed 57 Parkmerced. Note that there was an earlier 57 Parkmerced that merged into the 17 Parkmerced, as shown on roll signs. | West Portal, Stonestown Galleria, Parkmerced | | 2015 |
| 20 Ellis | | | | Split into 71 Haight-Noriega (now 7 Haight-Noriega) and 72 Haight-Sunset (now part of 29 Sunset) | | 1947 | 1951 |
| 20 Columbus | (TC) 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 | | | | Renamed 33 Stanyan (Now 33 Ashbury/18th Street). | | 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 |
| 27 Noe | | | | | | | |
| 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 (defunct from 1998 to 2015) 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 trolleybus. | | | 1941 |
| 36 Folsom | | Ferry Building | Precita Park | Low ridership. | Bernal Heights, Mission District, SoMa, and Ferry Plaza. | 1896 | 1945 |
| 36 Miraloma | | | | | | |
| 36/52 Special | ♦ | Forest Hill station | Forest Hill station | Split into 36 Teresita and 52 Excelsior. | Glen Park, San Francisco, Sunnyside, San Francisco, California, Midtown Terrace, and Miraloma. | 2021 | 2021 |
| 40 Commuter | | | | | | | |
| 41 Union/Howard | (TC) | Lyon and Greenwich streets | South Van Ness and Cesar Chavez | Renamed 41 Union; it splits in two with the portion north of Howard remaining the 41 and the southern portion becoming the 12 Folsom/Pacific. | Cow Hollow, Russian Hill, Washington Square, Financial District, SoMa, Mission District. | 1949 | 1970 |
| 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 | 1949 | 1980 |
| 44 Sansome | | | | | | 1945 | 1954 |
| 44 Diamond Heights | | | | Replaced by 52 Excelsior | | 1971 | 1980 |
| 45 Greenwich | | | | Replaced by 45 Union–Van Ness trolleybus | | 1950 | 1982 |
| 45 Union–Van Ness | (TC) | | | Replaced by 45 Union/Stockton | | 1982 | 1988 |
| 50 Crocker-Amazon | | | | Replaced by 43 Masonic | | 1926 | 1980 |
| 51 Silver | | Middle Point & Hare | Bosworth & Diamond (Glen Park Station) (Weekdays) / Mission & Silver (Weekends and holidays) | 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 |
| 55 16th Street | | 3rd Street & Mission Bay Boulevard North | Mission & 16th Street | Route east of US 101 was replaced by 22 Fillmore in 2021; the remainder of the route merged with parts of 22's previous alignment to create 55 Dogpatch. | Potrero Hill, Mission District, Mission Bay | 2015 | 2021 |
| 57 Fitzgerald | | | | | | | by 1950 |
| 58 Leavenworth | | | | Operated during cable car reconstruction | | 1982 | 1984 |
| 69 Crissy Field | | | | | Downtown to Crissy Field during fireworks events | | by 2000 |
| 70 Hunter's Point | | Third | Hunter's Point | | | 1944 | 1948 |
| 70 Northridge | | | | | | | by 1950 |
| 70 Lake Merced | | Great Highway & John Muir | Daly City Station | Replaced by 17 Parkmerced and 18 46th Avenue. | | | |
| 71 San Francisco Junior College | | Ridgewood & Monterey | San Francisco Junior College | | | 1946 | |
| 71 Haight-Noriega | | Transbay Terminal | Ortega and 48th Ave. | Renamed 7 Haight/Noriega. | South of Market, Financial District, Civic Center, Lower Haight, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Sunset | | 2015 |
| 72 Haight/Sunset | | Ferry Building (weekday peak) / 5th & Market (all other times) | 19th & Winston (daytime) / Sunset & Lake Merced (mornings and evenings) | Replaced by 29 Sunset. | | 1951 | 1983 |
| 72 Sunset | | | | Shown on rollsigns; eliminated as redundant with 29 Sunset. | | 1983 | |
| 73 Lincoln Way | | 5th and Market Streets | Sloat & Sunset Boulevards | Split into 71 (now 7) Haight-Noriega and 72 Haight-Sunset. | Financial District, Haight-Ashbury, Sunset District, Parkside | | 1991 |
| 74 Veterans Hospital | | 42nd & Clement | 43rd & Fulton | | | 1946 | 1946 |
| 74 King Tut Shuttle | | De Young Museum | Cabrillo & Great Highway | | | 1979 | 1979 |
| 75 Parklands Shuttle | | Bay & Laguna | 48th & Point Lobos | Subsidized by the National Park Service, ran two months for weekends and holidays. | | 1979 | 1979 |
| 75 Legion of Honor | | | | | | 1946 | 1954 |
| 76 Fort Cronkhite | | | | | | | |
| 76 Broadmoor | | San Jose Avenue & Flournoy | Broadmoor Village | Subsidy by developer discontinued. | Daly City | 1949 | 1955 |
| 76 Marin Headlands | | Caltrain Station | Fort Cronkhite | Renamed 76x Marin Headlands Express in 2012. | SoMa, Financial District, Nob Hill, Presidio, Golden Gate Bridge, Marin Headlands, and Fort Cronkhite. | 1976 | 2012 |
| 77 Alemany | | | | | | | |
| 77 Industrial | | Alemany & Sickles | Industrial & Loomis | | | 1950 | 1954 |
| 77 Brotherhood Way | | | | | | | |
| 79 Fort Mason | | Hyde & North Point | Fort Mason | Ran two weeks in August. | | 1980 | 1980 |
| 79 Sunset Heights | | | | | | 1950 | |
| 80 Leavenworth | | | | Replaced by 25 Bryant. | | 1951 | 1974 |
| 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 |
| 84 Shoppers' Shuttle | | | | | | 1966 | |
| 84 Marina | | | | | Downtown to Marina during firework events | | by 2000 |
| 85 Shopper Shuttle | | | | | | | |
| 88 Hospital Shuttle | | | | Service absorbed by 10 Monterey | | 1970 | 1978 |
| 89 Laguna Honda | ♦ | Forest Hill Station | Laguna Honda Hospital | Low ridership. | Laguna Honda Hospital, Forest Hill | | 2009 |
| 99 BART Shuttle | | | | | | | |
| 108 Treasure Island | | Transbay Terminal | 13th and Gateview Treasure Island | Renamed 25 Treasure Island. | South of Market, Treasure Island | | 2015 |

### Limited/Rapid lines

| Line | Note | Inbound terminal | Outbound terminal | Reason for discontinuing | Areas served | Year started | Year discontinued |
| 5L Fulton Limited | (TC) | Transbay Terminal | Cabrillo and La Playa | Renamed 5R Fulton Rapid. | Financial District, Tenderloin, Civic Center, Western Addition, Alamo Square, University of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Richmond, Ocean Beach | | 2015 |
| 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 |
| 9L San Bruno Limited | | Main and Mission | Bayshore and Arleta | Renamed 9R San Bruno Rapid. | Financial District, Civic Center, South of Market, Mission District, Portola, Visitacion Valley | | 2015 |
| 14L Mission Limited | ^ | Main and Mission | Mission and San Jose | Renamed 14R Mission Rapid. | Financial District, South of Market, Mission District, Bernal Heights, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Daly City | | 2015 |
| 15L Third Street Limited | ^ | Kearny & Bay Streets | City College | Replaced by T Third Street and 9X Bayshore Express (now 8 Bayshore) | Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Union Square, Mission Bay, Dogpatch, Islais Creek, Bayview/Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley | | 2007 |
| 28L 19th Avenue Limited | | California and 6th Ave | Balboa Park BART | Renamed 28R 19th Avenue Rapid. | Marina, Richmond, Golden Gate Park, Sunset, Stonestown Galleria, Daly City | | 2015 |
| 38L Geary Limited | ^ | Transbay Terminal | Point Lobos and 48th Ave. | Renamed 38R Geary Rapid. | Financial District, Union Square, Tenderloin, Japantown, Western Addition, Anza Vista, Laurel Heights, Richmond | | 2015 |
| 66L Quintara Limited | ♦ | Ferry Building | Vicente Street & 30th Avenue | Replaced by 66 Quintara local service. | Parkside, Sunset District, Cole Valley, Haight-Ashbury, Lower Haight, Hayes Valley, Mid-Market, Market Street, Ferry Building | | by 2000s |
| 71L Haight-Noriega Limited | | Transbay Terminal | Ortega and 48th Ave. | Renamed 7R Haight-Noriega Rapid. | South of Market, Financial District, Civic Center, Lower Haight, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Sunset | 1951 | 2015 |

### Express lines

| Line | Note | Inbound terminus | Outbound terminus | Reason for discontinuing | Neighborhoods served | Year started | Year discontinued |
| 8X Bayshore Express | ^ | Kearny and North Point | Phelan Loop | Renamed 8 Bayshore. | Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon | 2009 | 2015 |
| 9X Bayshore Express | ^ | Kearny and North Point | Phelan Loop | Renamed 8X Bayshore Express. | Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon | | 2009 |
| 9AX Bayshore 'A' Express | | Kearny and Pacific | Geneva and Schwerin | Renamed 8AX Bayshore 'A' Express. | North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley | | 2009 |
| 9BX Bayshore 'B' Express | | Kearny and North Point | Phelan Loop | Renamed 8BX Bayshore 'B' Express. | Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, Financial District, South of Market, Portola, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon | | 2009 |
| 15X Bayshore Express | ^ | | | Replaced by T Third Street. | | | 2007 |
| 15AX Bayshore 'A' Express | ^ | | | Replaced by T Third Street. | | | 2007 |
| 15BX Bayshore 'B' Express | ^ | | | Replaced by T Third Street. | | | 2007 |
| 16X Noriega Express | | Market Street & 4th Street | Ortega Street & 48th Avenue | Renamed 7X Noriega Express. A different 7X Noriega express went on a slightly different route, as shown on rollsigns. | Tenderloin, Civic Center, Golden Gate Park, Sunset | 2009 | 2015 |
| 16AX Noriega 'A' Express | | Market Street & 4th Street | Ortega Street & 48th Avenue | Combined with 16BX to become 16X. (now 7X) | 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. (now 7X) | 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 | | |
| 72X Sunset Express | | | | | | | |
| 74X CultureBus | | Howard & New Montgomery | Golden Gate Park | Low ridership. | SoMa, Golden Gate Park, Union Square | 2008 | 2009 |
| 80X Gateway Express | * | 4th and King (Caltrain Depot) | Sacramento and Battery | Replaced by 82X Levi Plaza Express. | Financial District, SoMa, South Beach, The East Cut | | 2013 |
| 82x Presidio & Wharves Express | | Anza and Lincoin | 4th and King (Caltrain Depot) | Renamed and truncated to create 82x Levi Plaza Express. | SoMa, Financial District, North Beach, Marina District, the Presidio. | | 2007 |
| 83X Mid-Market Express | ♦* | 9th Street and Market (Civic Center) | Townsend and 5th Street | | Mid-Market, SoMa, Showplace Square, Mission Bay | 2012 | 2020 |
| 87X Civic Center Express | | | | | | | |

#### 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.
| Line | Termini | Termini | Neighborhoods served | Links |
| 75X Candlestick Express | Balboa Park Station | Candlestick Park | Balboa Park | Route map (PDF) |
| 77X Candlestick Express | California and Van Ness Pre-game | Candlestick Park | South of Market, Civic Center, Pacific Heights, Fort Mason (post-game only) | Route map (PDF) |
| 77X Candlestick Express | 77X Candlestick Express | Candlestick Park | South of Market, Civic Center, Pacific Heights, Fort Mason (post-game only) | Route map (PDF) | Van Ness and North Point Post-game |
| 78X Candlestick Express | Funston and California | Candlestick Park | Richmond, Golden Gate Park, Sunset, Stonestown Galleria, Crocker-Amazon, Excelsior, Balboa Park | Route map (PDF) |
| 79X Candlestick Express | Sutter and Sansome | Candlestick Park | Financial District, South of Market | Route map (PDF) |
| 86 Candlestick Shuttle | Bacon and San Bruno | Candlestick Park | Portola | Route map (PDF) |
| 87 Candlestick Shuttle | Gilman and Third | Candlestick Park | Bayview-Hunters Point | Route map (PDF) |

### 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 (now Cesar Chavez Street). It was combined with the E Union in July 1947, and was renumbered 41 in February 1949.

## Defunct streetcar routes

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### 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 (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. 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 (the highest priority) in 2016.

### C Geary-California

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. 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, and renamed the 45 Greenwich. 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. Since 1995, the F designation is used for the F Market & Wharves historic streetcar route.
The southernmost part of this route, from Market to Jackson, is once again served by light rail by the T Third Street after the Central Subway was opened. A further extension of the line may replace the rest of the present 30 Stockton bus line 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 (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. 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.
The Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit line began operation in 2022; it was constructed by 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 was expected in 2012, along with Caltrans approval. Construction began in 2016. The SFCTA currently does not have plans to revive the H-Potrero streetcar line.

### 40 San Mateo

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The 40 San Mateo was a 19.98-mile (32.15 km) 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 San Mateo with service starting on December 31, 1902. Starting at the corner of Steuart and Market in San Francisco, the tracks went southeast on Steuart and turned right on Harrison. Outbound cars used Harrison until 14th Street while inbound cars used Bryant between 8th and Essex. The line continued down 14th, turning south on Guerrero, west on 30th, south on Cerney, south on Diamond, and continuing on Monterey to San Jose avenue before entering San Mateo County.
By 1906, the northern terminus was at Fifth and Market whereupon it ran down 5th to Mission Street continuing to San Jose Avenue (for some time also running on Onondaga and Ocean), 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. Short segments of the line had remained in use by the late 1970s, and some of the right of way on San Jose Avenue and 30th Street was rebuilt for modern Muni Metro Service as extensions of the M Ocean View and J Church lines in the 1980s and 1990s.

### 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 1954, 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 (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). 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 (taken over from California Street Cable Railroad) | 1956 |
| Powell-Washington-Jackson | Began at Market and Powell, up Powell to Jackson, out Jackson to Steiner, back downtown from Steiner on Washington (used Powell Street style single-ended cable cars). 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 (taken over from Market Street Railway) | 1956 |