Cable Cars

Cable cars are an iconic symbol of San Francisco. We have already had quite a few journeys up and down the hills of Powell Street and Hyde.

It cost $5 for a single journey but it's much cheaper, as with most things, to get a weekly travel card.






At the bottom of Powell and over by Fisherman's Wharf the cable cars queue up waiting to turn around and head back up the hill. The driver and the ticket collector push the cable car by hand onto the round about, turn it around and the push it off onto the reverse line.



We will be visiting the cable car museum in the next few days so that we have a clearer understanding of how it all works under the road.

Owen has taken some fabulous photos and video from the back of the cable car.