6 Haight/Parnassus

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6 Haight/Parnassus
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Muni route 6 trolleybus at 9th Avenue and Judah, May 2018.JPG
6 trolleybus at 9th Avenue and Judah, May 2018
Overview
SystemMuni trolleybus network
OperatorSan Francisco Municipal Railway
Statustemporarily suspended
Began serviceJune 10, 1906 (June 10, 1906)
Route
LocaleSan Francisco, California
StartSteuart and Market (Ferry Plaza)
EndQuintara and 14th Avenue
Daily ridership7,800 (2019)[1]
Map6 Haight/Parnassus
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6 Haight/Parnassus is a trolleybus line operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni). It connects the Financial District to the Inner Sunset and Forest Hill via Haight-Ashbury.

Route description[]

From the Ferry Building Plaza, trolleybuses run outbound on Market Street and Haight Street. To reach 15th and Quintara, the route continues on Masonic, Frederick, Clayton, Parnassus, Judah, 9th, Ortega, 10th, and Quintara.

History[]

United Railroads of San Francisco opened their Hayes and Masonic streetcar line on June 10, 1906, running from the Ferry Building to Third and Parnassus.[2] It acquired the number 6 in 1909, being the sixth of the United Railroads' lines to turn off Market Street.[3] The outer terminal changed to 9th Avenue and Pacheco Street on June 16, 1916[4] — the new route ran on Market, Haight, Masonic, Frederick, Clayton, Carl, Stanyan, Judah, and 9th.[2][5] The line was renamed to 6 Haight and Masonic on February 7, 1916. Trolley coach service began on July 3, 1948, replacing streetcars along the route.[6][7]

The outer terminus at 14th and Quintara, September 2017

The route's name was changed to the current 6 Haight/Parnassus in 2015 (having previously been 6 Parnassus).[8] Service was discontinued in April 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; the line will be returning in June 2022 as part of Muni's 2022 Service Network.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Short Range Transit Plan" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. December 3, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cohen, Katherine Powell (2008). San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 56–58. ISBN 9780738559940.
  3. ^ Callwell 1999, p. 28
  4. ^ "New Car Line Given Big Welcome, Upper Sunset District People Jubilant". San Francisco Chronicle. June 17, 1912. p. 7.
  5. ^ Indexed Reference Map of San Francisco (Map). Rand McNally. 1948. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  6. ^ Perles, Anthony; McKane, John (1982). Inside Muni: The Properties and Operations of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Interurban Press. p. 214. ISBN 0-916374-49-1.
  7. ^ Vielbaum, Walt; Hoffman, Philip; Ute, Grant; Townley, Robert (2005). San Francisco's Market Street Railway. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 4, 28–30. ISBN 9780738529677.
  8. ^ Brooks, Jon (April 6, 2015). "Behold the New Muni Map (and Discontinued Stops)". KQED. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  9. ^ McCarthy, Kate (July 20, 2021). "2022 Muni Service Network". SFMTA. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

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