San Francisco, California - cable car on Hyde Street - postcard c.1988

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• Picture / Image:  San Francisco - a cable car climbs the steep Hyde Street hill
• Publisher:  Smith Novelty Co., San Francisco, 1988
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Hyde Street is an iconic street in San Francisco, California. Hyde Street connects the Aquatic Park Historic District to Market Street. The street is known to be one end of the Powell-Hyde terminal of the San Francisco Cable Car. The street also became famous for Rice-A-Roni commercials, in which at the end of almost every commercial, it ends with a cable car on the street.

The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system. An icon of San Francisco, California, the cable car system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, or ""Muni"" as it is better known. Of the twenty-three lines established between 1873 and 1890,^[4] three remain (one of which combines parts of two earlier lines): two routes from downtown near Union Square to Fisherman's Wharf, and a third route along California Street. While the cable cars are used to a certain extent by commuters, the vast majority of their 7 million annual passengers are tourists^[5]. They are among the most significant tourist attractions in the city, along with Alcatraz Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Fisherman's Wharf. The cable cars are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

The cable cars are not to be confused with San Francisco's heritage streetcars, which operate on Market Street and the Embarcadero.

The current cable car network consists of three lines. Like other Muni routes, they have line numbers, but are generally referred to by the street name. To reverse travel direction, the single-ended cable cars require manually operated turntables to rotate the car around. The city of San Francisco is home to three outdoor turntables, or turn-arounds, at Market & Powell, Taylor & Bay, and Hyde & Beach, with a fourth one located inside the car barn.

• The Powell-Hyde (Line 60)^[9] line runs north and steeply uphill from a terminal at Powell and Market Streets, before crossing the California Street line at the crest of the hill. Downhill from this crest it turns left and uphill again along Jackson Street (as this is one-way, cable cars in the opposite direction use the parallel Washington Street), to a crest at Hyde Street. Here it turns right and steeply downhill along Hyde Street to the Hyde and Beach terminal, which is adjacent to the waterfront at the San Francisco Maritime Museum. The line was spliced together using remnant portions of the O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde and Washington-Jackson lines and a segment of the existing Powell-Mason line. Man-powered turntables turn the cable cars around at the two ends. This line is used greatly by tourists and often has long queues.
• The Powell-Mason (Line 59) line shares the tracks of the Powell-Hyde line as far as Mason Street, where it crosses Washington and Jackson Streets. Here the line turns right and downhill along Mason Street, briefly half left along Columbus Avenue, and then down Taylor Street to a terminal at Taylor and Bay. This terminus is near to but two blocks back from the waterfront at Fisherman's Wharf. As with the Powell-Hyde, there are man-powered turntables at each end to reverse the cars. This line is also used greatly by tourists, but also some commuters.
• The California Street (Line 61) line runs due west on California Street from a terminal at California and Market Streets, close to the junction of Market with the waterfront Embarcadero. The line once ran a much longer distance from Presidio Avenue to Market Street but was reduced in the 1950s. Ideas to restore the whole line have been proposed but not acted on. The whole of the line lies on California Street, running at first uphill to the summit of Nob Hill, then more gently downhill to a terminus at Van Ness Avenue. This line is used to a greater extent by commuters, with majority of passengers on weekdays being commuters.

There is also a set of non-revenue tracks from the California Street line along Hyde Street to join the Powell-Hyde line at Hyde and Washington. This connection exists to enable California Street cars to reach the car barn.

There are turntables at the three terminals served by the Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason lines, and these two lines are served by a common fleet of single-ended cable cars. Cable cars on California Street, however, have cabs at both ends, so the terminals are single-track stubs and the operator only switches ends.

The cable car system connects at both its terminals on Market Street with the F Market heritage streetcar line. The Taylor and Bay terminal, and the Hyde and Beach terminal, are both short walks from the F Market line.

As of February 14, 2013, riding a cable car costs $6 for a single ride, except for seniors riding before 7am or after 9pm when the senior fare is $3. Cable car rides are included in monthly Muni passes, as well as 1-day, 3-day, 7-day passes, and the CityPASS program. Transfers or fare receipts are not accepted.^[10]

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