San Francisco F-Market & Wharves: Beach Street & Jones Street - 17th Street & Castro Street

City: San Francisco (United States).
Total route length: 10.0 km (6.2 miles).
Driving time: 44 min.

Track gauge: 1435 mm (standard gauge).
Opened: 1983.
Closed: April 15, 2020 because of COVID-19.
Reopened: May 15, 2021.

Stops

Beach Street & Jones Street → 17th Street & Castro Street → Beach Street & Stockton Street → Market Street & Noe Street → Market Street & Battery Street → The Embarcadero & Sansome Street → The Embarcadero & Stockton Street → Don Chee Way & Steuart Street → Market Street & Kearny Street → Market Street & 4th Street → The Embarcadero & Ferry Building → Market Street & Powell Street → Jones Street & Beach Street → The Embarcadero & Bay Street → Jefferson Street & Taylor Street → Market Street & 5th Street → Market Street & Stockton Street → Market Street & Taylor Street → Market Street & 2nd Street → The Embarcadero & Washington Street → The Embarcadero & Greenwich Street → Market Street & Main Street → Market Street & Van Ness Avenue → Beach Street & Mason Street → Market Street & Larkin Street → Market Street & Buchanan Street → Railway Museum.

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San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1059 at The Embarcadero & Greenwich (2026)By Silas Boye Nissen.
March 14, 2026.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1010 in Market & 5th (2025)By Else Skovgaard Holmfred.
December 28, 2025.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1010 near Market & Powell (2025)By Else Skovgaard Holmfred.
December 28, 2025.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1010 on Market & 5th (2025)By Silas Boye Nissen.
December 28, 2025.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1058 near The Embarcadero & Bay (2025)By Else Skovgaard Holmfred.
October 25, 2025.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1 close by The Embarcadero & Ferry Building (2025)Enter at Rear. Nowhere in Particular. Marina → Fort Mason → Chinatown → Santa FeBy Silas Boye Nissen - September 20, 2025.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 228 at The Embarcadero & Ferry Building (2025)Take a cruise! 228 "Boat Tram" from Blackpool, England Learn more at streetcar.org/streetcars MUNI San Francisco Railway MuseumBy Silas Boye Nissen - September 20, 2025.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1008 near The Embarcadero & Greenwich (2024)By Gustav Robert Boye.
July 8, 2024.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 496 at The Embarcadero & Washington (2024)By Gustav Robert Boye.
July 8, 2024.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1008 at Market & 5th (2024)By Janus Boye.
July 7, 2024.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1061 at Market & Powell (2024)By Janus Boye.
July 7, 2024.

Calendar: San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1079 near The Embarcadero & Sansome (2023)PCC 1079, honoring Detroit, on the Embarcadero, Glen Brewer photo November 2023 Brick has long been a common building material in Detroit, honored by PCC 1079's livery. It was also used in San Francisco for warehouses and industrial buildings. Until the 1906 earthquake, that is. But there are splendid survivors, such as One Lombard Street, built in 1901 and designed by the famed architect Willis Polk. Now offices, it's on the National Register of Historic Places. Half a block north and 65 years earlier, the rails on this part of the Embarcadero belonged to the State Belt Railroad, which shuttled freight between ships and mainline railroads along the waterfront. Alco S-2 Switcher 22 shares a frame with the engine roundhouse (right), which is still there but now repurposed as upscale offices. Photo from opensfhistory.org, wnp27.3268By Glen Brewer, Henrik Boye, San Francisco Railway Museum - November 2023.

Calendar: San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1051 at 17th & Castro (2023)PCC Streetcar 1051, honoring Harvey Milk, at the F-line Castro Terminal. In 1978, Harvey Milk became one of America's first openly gay elected officials when he joined San Francisco's Board of Supervisors. A staunch advocate of public transit, Milk commuted daily to City Hall from the Castro in Muni PCCs, often painted in this simplified style. Assassinated in November 1978, he was honored by naming a public school and Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport for him, and by dedicating this streetcar to him. Muni's PCCs had to run almost 5 years longer than planned because of delays in procuring new light-rail vehicles for the subway. Some were spiced up, but when Harvey Milk rode them, most were pretty rough-looking, regardless of their paint scheme. At the exact location above, but facing the other direction, the Baby Ten PCC has just emerged from the temporary portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel to head downtown on the 17th Street detour. George Locke photo, MSR ArchiveBy Adolfo Echeverry, Henrik Boye, San Francisco Railway Museum - September 2023.

Calendar: San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1056 near Don Chee Way & Steuart (2023)PCC Streetcar 1056, honoring Kansas City, turns onto Don Chee Way l Wayne Worden photo August 2023 Building the F-line tracks and overhead was a lengthy and involved process, requiring interaction and collaboration with other city departments, neighborhood groups and more. As Muni's lead project manager, the late Don Chee blended technical expertise, management skills, and diplomacy to get the job done. The F-line connection between the Embarcadero and Steuart Street is named Don Chee Way in his honor. The PCC design evolved over time. After World War ll, rows of small oval shaped windows were added above the side windows, to allow standing passengers to get a glimpse outside. But the president of Kansas City Public Service, Powell Groner, hated the look of the standee windows andtiful livery decreed he would have "none of those little apertures" on his cars. So , St. Louis Car Company built him 160 PCCs without them, including KCPS 515, shown here in 1950. He'd be dismayed to see Car 1056 in his beautiful livery with those "little apertures" (the car itself came to Muni from Philadelphia). Don Ross collectionBy Henrik Boye, San Francisco Railway Museum, Wayne Worden - August 2023.

Calendar: San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 162 on 17th & Castro (2023)Muni "Iron Monster" 162 turns onto Market Street at Castro l Steve Ferrario photo June 2023 As soon as it poened in 1912, Muni began expanding, buying 125 new streetcars in 1914 from the Jewett Car Co. of Ohio, including two that survive: Car 130, painted in 1940s blue and yellow livery, and this one, painted in its the green and cream "Wings" livery it wore at its 1958 retirement. Car 162 was purchased by Market Street Railway and returned to Muni 20 years ago. Car 162 was changed from its original gray and red livery into blue and gold around 1940, then painted into the late 1940s. here it is on the J-Church line at Market and Geary in 1952, sharing the scene with two vehicles built by St. Louis Car Co.: a double-ended "Torpedo" PCC and an 8-Market trolley coach. The 8-line buses were replaced by F-line streetcars in 1995. MSR ArchiveBy Henrik Boye, San Francisco Railway Museum, Steve Ferrario - June 2023.

Beer mat from San Francisco Railway Museum (2023)Cruise via boat tram.By Henrik Boye, San Francisco Railway Museum - March 14, 2023.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1058 at The Embarcadero & Bay (2023)By Henrik Boye.
March 12, 2023.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1076 at The Embarcadero & Ferry Building (2023)By Henrik Boye.
March 10, 2023.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1076 near Don Chee Way & Steuart (2023)By Henrik Boye.
March 10, 2023.

Fridge magnet: San Francisco Vintage Streetcars (2023)Printed by Lantern Press-It's all about the Image. Image #32942By Henrik Boye, Lantern Press - March 8, 2023.

Pen Fisherman's Wharf by Milan Tram. (2023)By Henrik Boye.
March 8, 2023.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1050 at Beach & Jones (2023)By Henrik Boye.
March 7, 2023.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1051 at Jefferson & Taylor (2023)By Henrik Boye.
March 7, 2023.

Calendar: San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1040 at Fisherman's Wharf (2023)PCC 1040 at Fisherman's Wharf. Almost 5,000 of these sleek streetcars were built in North America, with more in Europe. A group of private US transit company executives, known as the Presidents' Conference Committee (PPC), commissioned the original design in the mid-1930s to better compete with the automobile for riders. Muni's Car 1040, delivered in 1952, was the very last one built new. Here's Car 1040 40 years ago, nose-to-tail with Muni PCC 1128, which had been restored to its original St. Louis livery and number (1704) for the first Trolley Festival. A few years earlier, Car 1040 had been repainted into Muni's then-new Landor livery. Soon, it would be restored to the green and cream it had worn before and has worn ever since. Roger Fox photo, MSR ArchiveBy Henrik Boye, San Francisco Railway Museum, Wayne Worden - February 2023.

Calendar: San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1061 (2023)Museums in motion in San Francisco 2023 Calendar San Francisco's historic Streetcars & Cable carsBy Henrik Boye, Jon Porter, San Francisco Railway Museum - 2023.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1052 at Market Street & Larkin Street (2022)By Silas Boye Nissen.
April 21, 2022.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves at Jones & Beach (2021)By Silas Boye Nissen.
July 17, 2021.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1057 at Market & Noe (2021)By Silas Boye Nissen.
July 11, 2021.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1059 at Market & Noe (2021)By Silas Boye Nissen.
July 11, 2021.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1060 at 17th & Castro (2021)By Silas Boye Nissen.
July 11, 2021.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1052 near Market & 5th (2019)By Silas Boye Nissen.
December 13, 2019.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1057 at Market & Powell (2019)By Silas Boye Nissen.
December 11, 2019.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1055 near Market & Battery (2019)By Silas Boye Nissen.
December 8, 2019.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1077 close by Market & 4th (2019)By Silas Boye Nissen.
December 8, 2019.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1077 near Market & Stockton (2019)By Silas Boye Nissen.
December 8, 2019.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1080 near Market & Stockton (2019)By Silas Boye Nissen.
December 8, 2019.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1057 near Market & Main (2019)By Silas Boye Nissen.
August 30, 2019.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1071 at Market & Kearny (2018)By Silas Boye Nissen.
July 20, 2018.

San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1053 near Embarcadero & Stockton (2016)By Silas Boye Nissen.
June 12, 2016.

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San Francisco Cable Cars United States (2012)JAL Travel Plus Navi http://www.jal.co.jp/tabi/ United StatesBy JAL - April 2012.

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San Francisco, CA PCC Trolley Cars (2010)A look at the various street, cable and famous trolley cars in San Francisco, California.By gdg9 - December 1, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1062 near Market & Van Ness Avenue (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 8, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1010 at The Embarcadero & Ferry Building (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 7, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1010 near The Embarcadero & Ferry Building (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 7, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1053 near Market & Noe (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 7, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1060 on Market & Kearny (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 7, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1077 at The Embarcadero & Ferry Building (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 7, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 162 at Market & Kearny (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 7, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 162 at The Embarcadero & Ferry Building (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 7, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1815 at 17th & Castro (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 7, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1007 near Market & Battery (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1010 at The Embarcadero & Stockton (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1010 near Don Chee Way & Steuart (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1050 near The Embarcadero & Bay (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1053 at Market & Battery (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1056 near Don Chee Way & Steuart (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1057 at The Embarcadero & Sansome (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1057 near Don Chee Way & Steuart (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1057 near The Embarcadero & Bay (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1060 at Don Chee Way & Steuart (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1077 at The Embarcadero & Stockton (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1815 near The Embarcadero & Bay (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1856 near The Embarcadero & Bay (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 496 close by Don Chee Way & Steuart (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 496 near Don Chee Way & Steuart (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 6, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1007 at Market & 4th (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 5, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1056 at Market & Stockton (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 5, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1075 at Market & Noe (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 5, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 162 near Market & Stockton (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 5, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1007 outside Railway Museum (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1010 at Market & 5th (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1010 near The Embarcadero & Stockton (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1053 close by The Embarcadero & Stockton (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1053 near The Embarcadero & Stockton (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1055 near Market & Main (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1056 at The Embarcadero & Stockton (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1057 at Market & Drumm (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1060 at Railway Museum (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1060 on Railway Museum (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1076 at Don Chee Way & Steuart (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1076 near Beach & Mason (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1077 at Beach & Stockton (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 228 at Market & Taylor (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 228 near Jefferson & Taylor (2010)By Michael Olsen.
July 4, 2010.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1062 at Jefferson & Taylor (2009)By Jytte Bach Jensen.
May 2009.

San Francisco tourist line F-Market & Wharves with railcar 1818 near Jefferson & Taylor (2009)By Jytte Bach Jensen.
May 2009.

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Blackpool boat tram. Car 228 (603) in San Francisco (2007)Blackpool Boat car 228 September 2007. Built for Blackpool Corporation by English Electric of Preston in 1934. Renumbered 603 in 1968 and replaced car 226 on loan from the California Railway Museum at Rio Vista, leaving the UK in 1985. This was 228's second trip to the USA, as it was used in Philadelphia (as 603) during the Bicentennial, leaving Blackpool in 1976 and returning in 1978.By fred collins - October 8, 2007.

Postcard: San Francisco F-Market & Wharves with railcar 228 at Market & Buchanan (1986)Historic Trolleys of San Francisco: Blackpool, England "Boat" Tram 228 being readied for service on May 26, 1986 at Market and Duboce streets. The San Francico Branch of the U.S. Mint is to be seen in the background.By Henrik Boye, Jeff Morcau, Samuel R. Ganczaruk - May 26, 1986.

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