E Embarcadero
| E Embarcadero | |
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 Car 130 and car 1010 at the Ferry Terminal hub of the F Market and Wharves and the future E Embarcadero. Notice they have the same livery. |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Heritage Railway |
| System | San Francisco Municipal Railway |
| Status | Planned infrastructure |
| Locale | San Francisco, California |
| Termini | North terminals: Pier 39 (shuttle only) Fort Mason (future) South terminals: 4th and King (pull-in) Ferry Building (shuttle and special events only). |
| Operation | |
| Owner | Muni |
| Operator(s) | Muni |
| Character | street-running, right-of-way |
| Rolling stock | PCC streetcars from SEPTA, NJ Transit, and Muni. There are also streetcars from the world. |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
The E Embarcadero is intended to become the San Francisco Municipal Railway's second heritage streetcar line in San Francisco, California. Trial service first ran during the Sunday Streets events on The Embarcadero in 2008,[1] and the line will begin operating permanently once additional historic streetcars are restored and brought into service.
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[edit] Route
The line will run along the length of the Embarcadero, along existing track used by the F Market & Wharves historic streetcar and the N Judah and T Third Street Muni Metro lines. Initial service will run from Jones Street and Jefferson Street in Fisherman's Wharf to the Caltrain station at King Street and 4th Street in the Mission Bay neighborhood, but since there is no loop at the Caltrain station, only double-ended streetcars will be able to operate on the line until the 19th Street loop is built.
To the north, the line may extend west past Aquatic Park and through an unused railroad tunnel to Fort Mason. The initial routing of the line will be nearly identical to the 32 Embarcadero bus line, which was discontinued after the F Market & Wharves line began operating along the Embarcadero in 2000.
[edit] History
Proposals for historic streetcar service along The Embarcadero were first put forward in 1974, and the first mention of separate E Embarcadero and F Market lines was in 1981.[2] Light-rail service on the section of The Embarcadero south of Folsom Street and on King Street to the Caltrain station began in 1998, using a Muni Metro shuttle line between Embarcadero Station and the Caltrain. This line was also designated "E Embarcadero", and was later replaced by an extension of the N Judah line, and in 2007 the T Third Street line also began operating on this extension. Historic streetcar service on The Embarcadero north of Don Chee Way began in March, 2000 when the F line was extended to Fisherman's Wharf. Both of these extensions make up almost the entirety of the proposed E line route, and they are connected by currently unused tracks on The Embarcadero between Don Chee Way and Folsom Street.
[edit] References
- ^ "E-line Service This Sunday!". Market Street Railway. August 28, 2008. http://blog.streetcar.org/2008/08/eline-service-this-sunday.html. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
- ^ "Historic Streetcars". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mfleet/histcars.php. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
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