22 Fillmore

22 Fillmore
22 trolleybus on Church Street, August 2020
Overview
SystemMuni trolleybus network
OperatorSan Francisco Municipal Railway
GaragePotrero
VehicleNew Flyer XT40
Began serviceJuly 1895 (1895-07)
Night-time30m frequency
Route
LocaleSan Francisco, California
StartFillmore and Bay
ViaFillmore St, 16th St
EndMission Bay North and Third Street
Length5.6 miles (9.0 km)
Service
LevelDaily
Frequency6–7m
Weekend frequency8–9m
Operates24 hours
Daily ridership16,000 (2019)
Map22 Fillmore Map
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22 Fillmore is a trolleybus line operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni). It connects the Marina District to Mission Bay in San Francisco.

Route description

The line operates mostly on Fillmore Street and 16th Street, using Hermann and Church Streets to transition between the two. A short segment near the northern end of the line runs one block west of Fillmore on Steiner. The outbound terminal is listed as Fillmore and Bay, although inbound buses continue further north, stopping at Jefferson before turning around and doubling back before running south to Mission Bay.

The route operates 24 hours with less frequent Owl service overnight as part of the All Nighter network.

History

Fillmore Counterbalance section of the route, where electric trolleys operated via cable haulage, early 1900s

Streetcar service on the line started in July 1895, running from 16th and Folsom Streets to Fillmore and Broadway. Running further north required a means to traverse the steep 24.54% grade of Pacific Heights. Thus the line was uniquely equipped with a funicular-style mechanism between Broadway and Green whereby a descending streetcar would provide counterweight for an ascending car by coupling both to a shared cable. The Fillmore Street counterbalance opened the following month. This section limited frequency and scheduling on the entire route as it required two passing cars to meet up at the appropriate points for the mechanism to operate.

The funicular segment was replaced with shuttle buses in 1941, diverting from the route a block to the west to avoid the steep grade. Streetcar service along the whole line ended in the early hours of August 1, 1948. The route was changed slightly to use Hermann Street rather than Duboce Avenue to jog between Church Street and Fillmore Street. After a few months of temporary motor coach service while work to modify the overhead wires took place, the route was converted to trolleybuses on January 16, 1949.

By 2016, very few further changes had occurred to the routing since the first streetcars ran a century earlier. The eastern/southern terminus of the line was moved from the Dogpatch to Mission Bay in January 2021.

Turning around at the line's outbound end at Fillmore and Marina Boulevard

References

  1. ↑ Sisto, Carrie (December 7, 2018). "Muni to revamp Potrero bus yard — and potentially add housing on top". Hoodline. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 1 2 Foster, S. L. (June 1896). "Ascending Grades by Electric Force". Street Railway Journal. XII. New York: The Street Railway Publishing Company: 371–373.
  4. ↑ "Two-Car Trains on 25 Per Cent Grade". Electric Railway Journal. XLV (21). New York: McGraw Publishing Company: 977–978. May 22, 1915.
  5. 1 2 Vielbaum, Walt; Hoffman, Philip; Ute, Grant; Townley, Robert (2005). San Francisco's Market Street Railway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 9780738529677.
  6. 1 2 3 Menzies, Jeremy (March 3, 2016). "The 22 Fillmore - SF's Forgotten Funicular". No. 6. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  7. ↑ Echeverria, Emiliano; Rice, Walter (2005). San Francisco's Powell Street Cable Cars. Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 9780738530475.
  8. ↑ "Tours of Discovery". San Francisco Municipal Railway. 1950.
  9. ↑ McKane, John; Perles, Anthony (1982). Inside Muni: The Properties and Operations of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Glendale, CA (US): Interurban Press. p. 222. ISBN 0-916374-49-1.
  10. ↑ "SFMTA moves 22 Fillmore to Mission Bay, makes way for the 55 Dogpatch". Mass Transit. January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
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