F-Market Line F Market & Wharves

ex-milan streetcar on f line

the trolley festival proved successful repeated every year until 1987. in year, preparation began introduction of permanent f line. after year’s festival finished, muni replaced old market street tracks new ones, restoring tracks upper market street , recreating line castro. different types of vintage streetcars evaluated provide backbone of f-line fleet, resulting in decision use pcc car, due in part historic san francisco transit use. fourteen such cars acquired second-hand philadelphia add 3 of muni’s own retired double-ended pccs.

on september 1, 1995, f line opened replacing faster number 8 bus parade of pcc cars, painted represent of 2 dozen north american cities type of streetcar once served. @ point in history, rare instance in streetcar replaced bus line in operation, rather other way around. ridership exceeded expectation, , need cars resulted in acquisition of ten peter witt style cars being retired in city of milan, italy. these cars built in 1920s design once common in north american cities, , sister cars still used on milan tramway network.