22 Fillmore Explained

Number:22 Fillmore
Operatorlogo:Muni worm logo.svg
Oplogo Width:50
System:Muni trolleybus network
Operator:San Francisco Municipal Railway
Garage:Potrero[1]
Vehicle:New Flyer XT40
Night:30m frequency
Routes:-->
Locale:San Francisco, California
Start:Fillmore and Bay
Via:Fillmore St, 16th St
End:Mission Bay North and Third Street
Length:5.6miles
Level:Daily
Frequency:6–7m
Alt Frequency:8–9m
Day:24 hours
Dailyridership:16,000 (2019)[2]
Map Link:22 Fillmore Map
Map State:collapsed
Previous Line:21 Hayes
System Nav:List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines
Next Line:23 Monterey

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

See also: Fillmore Counterbalance. 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.[3] [4] [5] The Fillmore Street counterbalance opened the following month.[6] 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.[7] The route was changed slightly to use Hermann Street rather than Duboce Avenue to jog between Church Street and Fillmore Street.[8]

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.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sisto . Carrie . Muni to revamp Potrero bus yard — and potentially add housing on top . 20 January 2022 . . December 7, 2018.
  2. Web site: December 3, 2019 . Short Range Transit Plan . live . December 27, 2021 . San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. https://web.archive.org/web/20200605002847/https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2019/11/12-3-19_item_15_short_range_transit_plan_fy19-30.pdf . June 5, 2020 .
  3. Two-Car Trains on 25 Per Cent Grade . Electric Railway Journal . May 22, 1915 . XLV . 977–978 . McGraw Publishing Company . New York . 21 .
  4. News: Menzies . Jeremy . The 22 Fillmore - SF's Forgotten Funicular . 21 January 2022 . San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency . March 3, 2016 . 6.
  5. Foster . S. L. . Ascending Grades by Electric Force . Street Railway Journal . June 1896 . XII . 371–373 . The Street Railway Publishing Company . New York.
  6. Book: Echeverria . Emiliano . Rice . Walter . San Francisco's Powell Street Cable Cars . 2005 . . 9780738530475 . 7.
  7. Book: Vielbaum . Walt . Hoffman . Philip . Ute . Grant . Townley . Robert . San Francisco's Market Street Railway . 2005 . . 9780738529677 . 95.
  8. Web site: Tours of Discovery . San Francisco Municipal Railway . 1950.
  9. News: SFMTA moves 22 Fillmore to Mission Bay, makes way for the 55 Dogpatch . 21 January 2022 . Mass Transit . 6 January 2021.