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Frequently Asked Questions

• How often do cable cars run in San Francisco?

  The cable cars in San Francisco run 365 days a year including holidays. You will find that tourists aren't the only ones that use them to get around the city, so they are always in operation. All three San Francisco cable car lines start around 6am and run until around 11pm most days. They run a little later on the weekends.

• Where does the power for the cable cars come from?

  Cable Cars have no engine or motor on the cars themselves. The power source is centralized in the cable car barn and powerhouse at Washington and Mason Streets (also home to the Cable Car Museum).

• How does the California Street cable car work?

  This means California Street cable cars hold onto the “rope” (cable) as they cross Powell Street. The Powell Street cable cars, by contrast, must drop the cable from the grip before they cross the California Street tracks.

• How many cable cars are on Powell Street?

  The two Powell Street lines (Powell-Hyde & Powell-Mason) use smaller cable cars, operable from only one end and thus require turntables to reverse direction at the ends of the line. There are 28 Powell cars kept on the roster at any given time.

• Is there a cable car in San Francisco?

  The San Francisco Cable Car Website, the online home of the web's first Interactive Cable Car. Learn about San Francisco's cable cars before you ride! interactive demos on how cable cars work, cable car route maps with popular destinations, cable car fares and etiquette, and the location and hours for the San Francisco Cable Car Powerhouse.

• Where is the cable car barn in San Francisco?

  As of 2018, the cable car barn was staffed with 17 mechanics, six custodians, three carpenters, two painters, two supervisors and one superintendent. The car barn is situated directly above the power house and the Cable Car Museum. The museum's entrance is at Washington and Mason.

• How are cable cars used in mass transit?

  A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required.

• Is the cable car a form of Transportation?

  The Cable Car is not just a form of transportation but it is also a lot of fun in its own right. This type of tram offers you the option of touring the city inside a section enclosed by glass or in its open section (at times, holding on to the side of the carriage).