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Better Cable Car Safety
With the strong support of Market Street Railway, Muni’s parent SFMTA is proposing an 18-month test that would remove everything but cable cars (and pedestrians) from lower Powell Street, specifically the two blocks between Ellis and Geary.
Clearing Cars from Market Street
E-line Gets Going
E-line Kickoff; Boat Tram Debuts
New Development Fee Could Benefit Streetcars
[caption id="attachment_7794" align="alignleft" width="920"] Streetcar No. 1055, wearing its original 1946 Philadelphia livery, passes new condos on Market at Buchanan. Michael Macor photo for the Chronicle.[/caption]
Great E-line Startup Piece in The Examiner
[caption id="attachment_7756" align="alignleft" width="700"] Right after this shot was snapped, Mayor Dianne Feinstein (left) took the controls of Muni Car No.1 and personally piloted it down Market Street to open the first Trolley Festival in June 1983. That success led to the permanent F-line, and now the E-line.[/caption]
E-line Opening Now August 1
[caption id="attachment_7727" align="alignleft" width="700"] PCC Streetcar No. 1006, training on the E-line June 30, 2015, joins the light rail tracks that emerge from the Market Street Subway at Folsom Street.[/caption]
Training for E-line Under Way
[caption id="attachment_7721" align="alignleft" width="700"] Vintage 1948 double-end PCC streetcars Nos. 1006 (left) and 1011 pass just south of the Ferry Building during E-line training, July 1, 2015[/caption]
E-Line Startup Looks Set for July 25
[caption id="attachment_7693" align="alignleft" width="700"] E-line car No. 1008 in 2013 Demonstration Service at its Caltrain Depot terminal.[/caption]
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