The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the primary public transit system for San Francisco, California. Muni is part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which is also responsible for the streets, parking, traffic signals, and other transportation in the city. In 2019, Muni had the eighth-highest ridership among systems in the United States. Service is operated to all parts of San Francisco - including Treasure Island - as well as small sections of Daly City and Marin County, California.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, service was initially reduced to a limited set of "core service" routes, then gradually expanded. As of April 2022, six Muni Metro routes, one streetcar route, one bus replacement for a Muni Metro route, three cable car routes, 47 local bus routes, four Rapid routes, and one express route are in operation. Many of those routes have been temporarily modified. Twelve overnight Owl routes and one early-morning express route are in operation.
Local routes
SF Zoo - West Portal Station
All-nighter: San Francisco Zoo - Fisherman's Wharf
All nighter: Ocean Beach - 4th & King Caltrain
California: Downtown - Richmond District
Sutter: Ferry Plaza - Presidio & California
Fulton: Salesforce Transit Center - Civic Center - 8th Ave (weekday daytime), Ocean Beach (night and weekend)
Haight/Parnassus: Ferry Building - Inner Sunset (Quintara and 14th Ave)
Haight/Noriega: Outer Sunset (Ortega and 48th Ave) - Salesforce Transit Center
Bayshore: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf
San Bruno: Downtown - Arleta Station/Visitacion Valley (night and weekend)
Folsom: Valencia & Caesar Chavez — Jackson Street & Van Ness
Mission: Ferry Plaza - Daly City (Mission & San Jose)
46th Avenue: Stonestown - Outer Richmond (Palace of Legion of Honor)
Polk: Hunter's Point - Aquatic Park
Hayes: Civic Center - Fulton & Shrader
Fillmore: Mission Bay - The Marina
Monterey: San Francisco Zoo - Bayview (Palou & 3rd St)
Divisadero: Bayview (3rd St & Palou) - Pacific Heights (Jackson & Fillmore)
Treasure Island: to/from Salesforce Transit Center
Bryant: 24th St/Mission - Jackson and Van Ness
19th Avenue: Daly City BART - Golden Gate Bridge - Fisherman's Wharf (Powell & Beach)
Sunset: Bayview (3rd St and Paul Ave) - Baker Beach
Stockton: Crissy Field - 4th & King Caltrain via North Beach and Chinatown
Balboa: Ocean Beach (Richmond District) - Market & 5th St - (weekday only) 4th & King Caltrain
Ashbury-18th: San Francisco General Hospital - Laurel Heights
Eureka: Castro Station - Glen Park BART
Teresita: Cesar Chavez & Valencia - Forest Hill Station
Corbett: Twin Peaks (Parkridge and Burnett) - Haight
Geary: Richmond District - Salesforce Transit Center
Coit: Fisherman's Wharf - Coit Tower
Masonic: Munich and Geneva - Fort Mason
O'Shaughnessy: Bayview (3rd St & Evans) - Inner Richmond (California & 6th Ave)
Union-Stockton: Lyon and Greenwich - 4th & King Caltrain via Chinatown
Quintara-24th Street: Ocean Beach (Sunset) - 3rd St & 20th St
Van Ness-Mission: City College of San Francisco - Van Ness & North Point
Excelsior: Persia and Prague - Forest Hill Station
Felton: Daly City Station - Bayview (Hudson and 3rd St)
Dogpatch: 16th St/Mission BART - Dogpatch
Rutland: Visitacion Valley - Executive Park
Parkmerced: West Portal Station - Daly City BART
Lake Merced: Stonestown - Top of the Hill Daly City
Quintara: Outer Sunset (Vicente and 30th Ave) - Inner Sunset (Judah & 9th Ave)
Bernal Heights: 24th Street Mission Station - Bernal Heights
All-Nighter: Visitacion Valley (Bayshore/Arleta) - Van Ness & North Point
All-Nighter: West Portal Station - San Francisco State University via Downtown
Rapid routes
Formerly known as limited routes, Muni provides a faster service to supplement local bus lines in selected corridors. Most rapid routes have stops spaced approximately three to eight city blocks apart outside of downtown.
Fulton Rapid: Salesforce Transit Center - Civic Center - Ocean Beach (Richmond District)
San Bruno Rapid: Downtown - Visitacion Valley
Mission Rapid: Ferry Plaza - Daly City BART
19th Avenue Rapid: Daly City BART - California & 7th Ave
Geary Rapid: Richmond District (Point Lobos) - Salesforce Transit Center
Express routes
Most express routes are cancelled due to COVID-19 impacts.
California Express: Richmond District (33rd and Geary) - Downtown
Bayshore 'A' Express: Visitacion Valley - Chinatown
Bayshore 'B' Express: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf
Bayview Hunters Point Express: Palou & 3rd St - Downtown SF
16th Street Arena Express (event service)
All-nighter: San Francisco Zoo - Fisherman's Wharf
All nighter: Ocean Beach - 4th & King Caltrain
Fulton: Salesforce Transit Center - Civic Center - 8th Ave (weekday daytime), Ocean Beach (night and weekend)
Mission: Ferry Plaza - Daly City (Mission & San Jose)
Fillmore: Mission Bay - The Marina
Divisadero: Bayview (3rd St & Palou) - Pacific Heights (Jackson & Fillmore)
Treasure Island: to/from Salesforce Transit Center
Geary: Richmond District - Salesforce Transit Center
O'Shaughnessy: Bayview (3rd St & Evans) - Inner Richmond (California & 6th Ave)
Quintara-24th Street: Ocean Beach (Sunset) - 3rd St & 20th St
All-Nighter: Visitacion Valley (Bayshore/Arleta) - Van Ness & North Point
All-Nighter: West Portal Station - San Francisco State University via Downtown
Cable cars: California • Powell - Hyde • Powell - Mason
Historic streetcars: E Embarcadero • F Market & Wharves
