An electric streetcar line had been promoted as a key feature of the development of the Clarendon Heights neighborhood in the early 1890s.[4] The 33 Line was established in 1892 by the San Francisco and San Mateo Railway Company as the 18th and Park or 18th Street Branch route. That route initially ran along 18th from Guerrero to Douglass before being extended to Frederick and Ashbury including a sharp switchback[5][6] on the lower slopes of Twin Peaks at Market and Clayton by May 1894.[7] The line was blocked from continuing to Golden Gate Park because the Market Street Railway Company had their line on Frederick Street, denying the SF&SM any further access.[7] Cars on the line were specially equipped with transverse seating so riders would not change orientation when negotiating the junction.[5]
Trolleybus operationedit
A trolleybus navigating the sharp curve at Market and Clayton
In April 1934, Col. Jno H. Skeggs of the State Highway Department urged the conversion of the 33 streetcar to "trackless trolley",[8] as some of its tracks would have to be taken up for the construction of the Bay Bridge. By early August of that year, the Market Street Railway Company (MSRy), eventual successor to the San Francisco and San Mateo, applied to the State Railroad Commission for permission to build and operate a trackless trolley system.[9][a] Permission was granted by August 30,[12] and the first trolleybus service started on October 6, 1935, using 9 coaches built by the J. G. Brill Company.[13] At the time of conversion, the 33 streetcar had operated between Third & Harrison (Downtown) and Waller & Stanyan (Golden Gate Park),[9] a round trip of 10.2 miles (16.4 km). The San Francisco Municipal Railway acquired the company's assets in 1944 and began operating the line.[14]
Operations were moved to the Potrero division after the Haight Barn suffered structural failure in 1946.[5] Service on Potrero Street to San Francisco General Hospital began on August 24, 1983.[15] The south end of this extension was at Army Street (now César Chávez Street),[16] and its opening brought into use a newly built section of overhead wires south of 25th Street.[17] The overhead wires along Potrero Street north of 25th Street had already existed for several years and been in use by route 47, which was a trolleybus route at that time (and which continued to terminate at 25th Street after the August 1983 changes).[17]
At its opposite end, route 33 was extended from Haight to Sacramento Street on February 6, 1988,[18] and renamed from 33 Ashbury to 33 Stanyan.[19] On December 21, 1988, service at the route's southern end was cut back from Army Street to 25th Street.[20] The approximately 2,000 feet (610 m) of wires that had opened for use in 1983 remained usable in the mid-2010s and had occasionally been used for temporary diversions necessitated by construction on 25th.[21]
Twenty-seven years after its last name change, in April 2015, route 33 was renamed again, to its current name of 33 Ashbury/18th Street.[22][23] Service was temporarily suspended for parts of 2020 and 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic,[24] resuming on January 23, 2021.[25]
Notesedit
^At least one source, the Oakland Tribune, reported that this would be the first trackless trolley (trolleybus) system in California, but that was incorrect, as a commercial trolleybus system had operated in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, from 1910 to 1915.[10][11]
Referencesedit
^"Short Range Transit Plan" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. December 3, 2019. (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
^ abcKeeling, Brock (September 18, 2017). "The 33: San Francisco's most beautiful bus ride". Curbed San Francisco. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^Wenus, Laura (November 2, 2015). "SFMTA Puts Bus Reroute On Hold to Weigh Concerns". Mission Local. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^"Want A Railroad". San Francisco Chronicle. August 7, 1892. Retrieved February 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abRice, Walter; Echeverria, Emiliano. "San Francisco's pioneer electric railway: San Francisco & San Mateo Railway Company". SF Museum. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
^"Trackless Trolley Line Urged in S. F." Oakland Tribune. April 19, 1934. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
^ ab"Bus Trolleys May Run in S. F." Oakland Tribune. August 5, 1934. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
^Sebree, Mac; Ward, Paul (1973). Transit's Stepchild: The Trolley Coach. Los Angeles: Interurbans. LCCN 73084356.
^Mitchell, Dave (August 17, 1983). "Muni to test-drive 16 routes — 3rd big change since 1979". San Francisco Examiner. p. 14. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
ashbury, 18th, street, trolleybus, line, operated, francisco, municipal, railway, route, descendant, from, first, trolleybus, service, open, francisco, ashbury, 18th, street, trolleybus, 18th, street, 2021overviewsystemmuni, trolleybus, networkoperatorsan, fra. 33 Ashbury 18th Street is a trolleybus line operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway The route is descendant from the first trolleybus service to open in San Francisco 33 Ashbury 18th Street33 Ashbury 18th Street trolleybus on 18th Street in 2021OverviewSystemMuni trolleybus networkOperatorSan Francisco Municipal RailwayVehicleNew Flyer XT40StatusoperationalBegan service1892 1892 streetcar October 6 1935 October 6 1935 trolleybus Predecessors33 18th and ParkRouteLocaleSan Francisco CaliforniaStartSacramento and CherryEnd25th Street and PotreroLength6 6 miles 10 6 km ServiceFrequency15 minutesWeekend frequency20 minutesDaily ridership5 700 2019 1 Map33 Ashbury 18th StreetRoute mapvteLegendSacramento St amp Cherry StCalifornia St amp Cherry StArguello Blvd amp California StArguello Blvd amp Euclid AveArguello Blvd amp Clement StArguello Blvd amp Geary BlvdArguello Blvd amp Turk StArguello Blvd amp Balboa StFulton St amp Arguello BlvdStanyan St amp Fulton StStanyan St amp Hayes StStanyan St amp Oak StHaight St amp Stanyan StHaight St amp Clayton StAshbury St amp Haight StAshbury St amp Waller StAshbury St amp Frederick StAshbury St amp Piedmont StAshbury St amp Clifford TerAshbury St amp Clayton StClayton St amp Carmel StClayton St amp Twin Peaks BlvdClayton St amp Corbett AveClayton St amp Market StMarket St amp Clayton St18th St amp Market St18th St amp Danvers St18th St amp Hattie St18th St amp Eureka St18th St amp Diamond St18th St amp Castro St18th St amp Noe St18th St amp Sanchez St18th St amp Church St18th St amp Dolores St18th St amp Guerrero St18th St amp Valencia StMission St amp 18th St16th St amp Mission St16th St amp Folsom St16th St amp Shotwell St16th St amp Harrison St16th St amp Bryant St16th St amp Potrero AvePotrero Ave amp Mariposa StPotrero Ave amp 19th StPotrero Ave amp 21st StSan Francisco General HospitalPotrero Ave amp 24th StHampshire St amp 24th Ave25th St amp Potrero Ave 31 Balboa List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines 35 Eureka Contents 1 Route description 2 History 2 1 Streetcar line 2 2 Trolleybus operation 3 Notes 4 References 4 1 Bibliography 5 External linksRoute description editFrom 25th Street and Potrero 2 buses loop north to run on Potrero to 16th Street After turning west on 16th the line runs past 16th Street Mission BART station It briefly runs south on Mission Street until 18th Street After 18th merges into Market Street buses continue until a sharp turn onto Clayton 2 At the corner of Haight and Ashbury the route turns onto Haight Street and runs until Golden Gate Park where it takes a left onto Stanyan Street 2 It doglegs onto Arguello via Fulton and continues north until it loops to its terminus at Sacramento and Cherry Streets adjacent to the California Pacific Medical Center California Campus 3 History editStreetcar line edit An electric streetcar line had been promoted as a key feature of the development of the Clarendon Heights neighborhood in the early 1890s 4 The 33 Line was established in 1892 by the San Francisco and San Mateo Railway Company as the 18th and Park or 18th Street Branch route That route initially ran along 18th from Guerrero to Douglass before being extended to Frederick and Ashbury including a sharp switchback 5 6 on the lower slopes of Twin Peaks at Market and Clayton by May 1894 7 The line was blocked from continuing to Golden Gate Park because the Market Street Railway Company had their line on Frederick Street denying the SF amp SM any further access 7 Cars on the line were specially equipped with transverse seating so riders would not change orientation when negotiating the junction 5 Trolleybus operation edit nbsp A trolleybus navigating the sharp curve at Market and ClaytonIn April 1934 Col Jno H Skeggs of the State Highway Department urged the conversion of the 33 streetcar to trackless trolley 8 as some of its tracks would have to be taken up for the construction of the Bay Bridge By early August of that year the Market Street Railway Company MSRy eventual successor to the San Francisco and San Mateo applied to the State Railroad Commission for permission to build and operate a trackless trolley system 9 a Permission was granted by August 30 12 and the first trolleybus service started on October 6 1935 using 9 coaches built by the J G Brill Company 13 At the time of conversion the 33 streetcar had operated between Third amp Harrison Downtown and Waller amp Stanyan Golden Gate Park 9 a round trip of 10 2 miles 16 4 km The San Francisco Municipal Railway acquired the company s assets in 1944 and began operating the line 14 Operations were moved to the Potrero division after the Haight Barn suffered structural failure in 1946 5 Service on Potrero Street to San Francisco General Hospital began on August 24 1983 15 The south end of this extension was at Army Street now Cesar Chavez Street 16 and its opening brought into use a newly built section of overhead wires south of 25th Street 17 The overhead wires along Potrero Street north of 25th Street had already existed for several years and been in use by route 47 which was a trolleybus route at that time and which continued to terminate at 25th Street after the August 1983 changes 17 At its opposite end route 33 was extended from Haight to Sacramento Street on February 6 1988 18 and renamed from 33 Ashbury to 33 Stanyan 19 On December 21 1988 service at the route s southern end was cut back from Army Street to 25th Street 20 The approximately 2 000 feet 610 m of wires that had opened for use in 1983 remained usable in the mid 2010s and had occasionally been used for temporary diversions necessitated by construction on 25th 21 Twenty seven years after its last name change in April 2015 route 33 was renamed again to its current name of 33 Ashbury 18th Street 22 23 Service was temporarily suspended for parts of 2020 and 2021 amid the COVID 19 pandemic 24 resuming on January 23 2021 25 Notes edit At least one source the Oakland Tribune reported that this would be the first trackless trolley trolleybus system in California but that was incorrect as a commercial trolleybus system had operated in Laurel Canyon Los Angeles from 1910 to 1915 10 11 References edit 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 a b c Keeling Brock September 18 2017 The 33 San Francisco s most beautiful bus ride Curbed San Francisco Retrieved January 15 2022 Wenus Laura November 2 2015 SFMTA Puts Bus Reroute On Hold to Weigh Concerns Mission Local Retrieved January 14 2022 Want A Railroad San Francisco Chronicle August 7 1892 Retrieved February 5 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp a b c Vielbaum et al 2005 pp 86 87 Callwell 1999 p 90 a b Rice Walter Echeverria Emiliano San Francisco s pioneer electric railway San Francisco amp San Mateo Railway Company SF Museum Retrieved February 4 2019 Trackless Trolley Line Urged in S F Oakland Tribune April 19 1934 Retrieved February 6 2019 a b Bus Trolleys May Run in S F Oakland Tribune August 5 1934 Retrieved February 6 2019 Sebree Mac Ward Paul 1973 Transit s Stepchild The Trolley Coach Los Angeles Interurbans LCCN 73084356 Murray 2000 p 79 Trackless Trolleys to Operate in S F Oakland Tribune August 30 1934 Retrieved February 6 2019 Callwell 1999 pp 40 44 Callwell 1999 p 44 Mitchell Dave August 17 1983 Muni to test drive 16 routes 3rd big change since 1979 San Francisco Examiner p 14 Retrieved February 17 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Jewell Don February 1984 Muni regular news column Pacific RailNews Interurban Press pp 30 31 ISSN 8750 8486 a b Trolley Coach News No 60 Spring Summer 1985 pp 160 162 North American Trackless Trolley Association LCCN 84 648480 Callwell 1999 pp 66 67 Trolleybus Magazine No 159 May June 1988 p 67 National Trolleybus Association UK ISSN 0266 7452 Trolleybus Magazine No 166 July August 1989 p 99 National Trolleybus Association UK ISSN 0266 7452 Trolleybus Magazine No 320 March April 2015 p 63 National Trolleybus Association UK ISSN 0266 7452 Trolleybus Magazine No 322 July August 2015 p 126 National Trolleybus Association UK ISSN 0266 7452 Avery Camden March 25 2015 71 Haight Noriega Muni Line To Rebrand As Revived 7 Line Hoodline Retrieved January 22 2022 SFMTA expands service access for equity neighborhoods in January Mass Transit January 21 2021 Retrieved January 14 2022 Trolleybus Magazine No 356 March April 2021 p 77 National Trolleybus Association UK ISSN 0266 7452 Bibliography edit Callwell Robert September 1999 Transit in San Francisco A Selected Chronology 1850 1995 PDF San Francisco Municipal Railway Murray Alan 2000 World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia Yateley Hampshire UK Trolleybooks ISBN 0 904235 18 1 Vielbaum Walt Hoffman Philip Ute Grant Townley Robert 2005 San Francisco s Market Street Railway Arcadia Publishing ISBN 9780738529677 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 33 Ashbury 18th Street KML file edit help Template Attached KML 33 Ashbury 18th StreetKML is not from Wikidata 33 Ashbury 18th Street via SFMTA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 33 Ashbury 18th Street amp oldid 1191217067, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
