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About Online Timetables

Muni timetables are provided online by the Bay Area Transit Information Project at the 511 Transit Web site.

You can go directly to a route by entering sfmuni.com followed by a slash and the route number into your browser as the Web address or URL.

For example:

sfmuni.com/F will give you the F Market and Wharves

sfmuni.com/1 will give you the 1 California

sfmuni.com/38AX will give you the 38AX Geary A Express

Finally, use:

C for the California Cable Car
PH for the Powell-Hyde Cable Car
PM for the Powell-Mason Cable Car

and

K-OWL for the K Owl
L-OWL for the L Owl
M-OWL for the M Owl
N-OWL for the N Owl
T-OWL for the T early morning bus service

Any line's timetable may be verified by calling the SF 3-1-1 information center.


About Holiday Schedules:

Muni runs Sunday schedules on the following holidays:

  • New Year's Day, January 1
  • Memorial Day, last Monday in May
  • The 4th of July
  • Labor Day, 1st Monday in September
  • Thanksgiving Day, 4th Thursday in November
  • Christmas Day, December 25

The 76 Marin Headlands line runs on holidays that have Muni Sunday schedules. Cable Cars run all days of the year.

The SFMTA may run Metro and historic streetcar schedules on a Saturday schedule on selected holidays listed above.

In past years, Muni has run the following service; this is subject to change:

  • Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday: Saturday service, with additional service to provide a weekday level of service.
  • President's Day: Saturday service
  • Columbus Day: Weekday schedules. No school trips.
  • Veterans' Day: Weekday schedules. No school trips.
  • Day after Thanksgiving Day: Weekday schedules. No school trips.

Check the specific alert for each holiday for details; the alert will typically be posted a few days before the holiday. You may also call the SF 3-1-1 information center.


Limited and Express Service

  • Limited coaches operate on the 14, 28, 38, and 71 lines, making fewer stops and providing quicker service.
    • In the printed timetable booklet, look for an L in the left column.
    • At transit.511.org, see the separate 14L, 28L, 38L, and 71L schedules.
  • Express coaches make stops in their areas of origin and then run non-stop to their destinations.
    • Most express services run only on weekdays during morning and afternoon rush hours in the rush hour direction.
    • The 9X runs throughout the day on weekdays and also runs on Saturdays.
    • Express timetables are separate from non-express timetables.
    • In the printed timetable booklet, check the table of contents for the separate express timetables. Look for an X in the left column of the printed express timetable.
    • At transit.511.org, see the separate express schedules, which are listed immediately before their same-numbered non-express route.
      • Exception: The 16AX and 16BX expresses correspond to the 71 local.
  • A and B Expresses - Many of the express lines are divided into A and B sections. On weekday mornings, the A and B expresses make stops in their own sections and then travel nonstop to downtown, where they make the same stops. In the afternoon, they make the return trip from downtown to their respective areas. Look for an A or B in the left column of the printed express timetable.At transit.511.org, see the 1AX, 1BX, 9AX, 9BX, 16AX, 16BX, 31AX, 31BX, 38AX, and 38BX schedules.

About Timed-Transfer Connections

Certain evening and early morning connections, where indicated on timetables by a footnote, are scheduled with a time overlap to assure that passengers can easily transfer from one line to another. For example, 43-Masonic and 44-O'Shaughnessy service is scheduled to overlap at Forest Hill Station in the evening and early morning hours.



Owl Night Bus Service

Late-night motor coach service running from 1:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m. See our Maps page for Owl maps.

  • 9-San Bruno
    Late night 9 San Bruno service is provided by the 90 Owl.

  • 15-Third Street
    Late night 15 Third Street service is provided by the 91 Owl.

  • 24-Divisadero
    Late night 24 Owl service only runs between Sutter and Bayshore. No service to Pacific Heights or the Bay View district.

  • 28-19th Avenue
    Late night 28 service is provided by the 91 Owl.

  • 30-Stockton
    Late night 30 Stockton service is provided by the 91 Owl.

  • 38-Geary
    Late night 38 Geary service runs on the Ocean Beach branch only. There is no service to Point Lobos and 48th Avenue or to Fort Miley.

  • 47-Van Ness
    Late night 47 Van Ness service is provided by the 90 Owl.

  • 49-Van Ness/Mission
    Late night 49 Van Ness/Mission service is provided by the 14 Mission on Mission Street and by the 90 Owl on Van Ness Avenue.

  • Owl Service is also provided on the 14-Mission and 22-Fillmore lines along their normal routes.

  • Owl Service is provided on the evening route of the 5-Fulton line.

  • Owl Service is provided on modified routes on the 108-Treasure Island, N-Judah, and L-Taraval lines as follows:
    • The N-Judah Owl bus makes all local bus stops on Cole and on Fillmore, at all stops on Haight between Cole and Fillmore, and misses the stop at Duboce Park. (Exception: these stop changes are only until 5:15 a.m. on weekends; weekend service after 5:15 a.m. until start of Metro service runs as an express between Duboce Park and Carl & Cole.)
    • The L-Taraval Owl bus makes all local bus stops on Woodside and on Portola east of Woodside.
    • Both the N-Judah and L-Taraval buses serve island stops on Market Street.
    • The 108-Treasure Island stops at the outside stop in front of the Transbay Terminal instead of upstairs on the ramp inside the terminal

An Owl Map (PDF) is availabe

Connections to regional Owl service are available.

The Trip Planner may not be able to plan some Muni Owl trips that begin before 4:00 a.m. and end after 4:00 a.m.


About School/Non-school Schedules

On certain lines, Muni operates either school-day or non-school-day service depending on whether or not school is in session. The following symbols in printed Muni timetables identify this service when applicable:

  • S - service operates only on school days.
  • N - service operates only on non-school days.

As of December 17, 2005, no published lines differ between school and non-school days.

   
   

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