3 Jackson Explained

Number:3 Jackson
Operatorlogo:Muni worm logo.svg
Oplogo Width:50
System:Muni trolleybus network
Operator:San Francisco Municipal Railway
Open: (bus)
Routes:-->
Locale:San Francisco, California
Via:Jackson Street, Sutter Street
Length:3.4miles
Dailyridership:2,500 (2019)[1]
Map Link:3 Jackson
Map State:collapsed
Previous Line:2 Sutter/Clement
System Nav:List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines
Next Line:5 Fulton

3 Jackson is a suspended[2] trolleybus line operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway.

Route description

From the outbound terminal at Presidio Avenue and California Street, buses loop around the block via Walnut and Sacramento back to Presidio and run north to Jackson Street. The line turns on Jackson to Fillmore Street and runs south to Sutter Street. Outbound buses operate on Sutter from the inbound terminal at Sansome Street. Inbound buses turn off Sutter at Laguna then eastward on Post until Kearny and turning back via Bush and Sansome.

History

The Sutter Street Railway was originally a horsecar line, opened in 1866, which was converted to cable car operation in 1877.[3]

In 1902 the company was consolidated into United Railroads of San Francisco which later became the Market Street Railway. After 1909, the line was designated the 3 Sutter–Jackson.[4] Muni took over the line in 1944. Streetcar service ended on July 3, 1949, with interim diesel bus service until the line was converted to trolleybus operation on January 21, 1951.

Service on the route was suspended effective April 8, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic[5] and remains suspended.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Short Range Transit Plan. December 3, 2019. 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 . 2020-06-05 .
  2. Web site: fpadmin . 3 Jackson (Suspended) . 2023-07-17 . SFMTA . en.
  3. News: Sutter Street Railroad . 21 February 2022 . San Francisco Examiner . Newspapers.com . January 5, 1877 . 3.
  4. News: Servizio Tramviario . 21 February 2022 . l'Italia . Newspapers.com . May 24, 1910 . 5 . San Francisco . it.
  5. Trolleybus Magazine No. 352 (July–August 2020), p. 157. National Trolleybus Association (UK).