Market & Powell Cable Car Turnaround (c) Liz Hamill Scott
They clatter past Union Square, pull up to Fisherman’s Wharf, plow up the hardcore hills between Market Street and the Bay. But how do you get a seat on board a San Francisco cable car? Can you really just hop on?
The short answer is yes, you can just hop on to any of the three cable car lines. The car conductor will collect your $5 per ride fee on board. But if you’re just learning the system, it’s easiest to find a car in one of these five spots.
Powell & Market: The Powell & Hyde and Powell & Mason lines begin here, across Market Street from the gigantic Nordstrom’s. A ticket kiosk sells day, two-day, and longer-term MUNI passes as well as single ride tickets and maps. The line to board a cable car snakes around the small wooden turnabout platform. It needs to be small—there’s no electricity involved, so the cable car operators literally have to put their backs into the job of turning each car around.
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