41 Union is a

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line operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni). It connects

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, the Financial District,

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, North Beach,

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, and Cow Hollow.

Route description

From the outbound terminus at Lyon and Greenwich, buses run east on Union Street until Columbus Avenue where the route turns south. A short segment of the outbound route runs on Stockton Street turning between Columbus and Union. At the foot of Columbus, the route follows a complicated route on one-way streets to the inbound terminal at Main and Howard before returning to Columbus again on one-way streets.

History

The city purchased the

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's Union Street Line in 1913, as the route was one of four planned in anticipation of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition. The E Union opened as a streetcar route ten days before the fair, running from the Ferry Building to the Presidio via The Embarcadero, Washington/Jackson, Columbus, Union, Larkin, Vallejo, Franklin, Union, Baker and Greenwich into the Presidio. Streetcar service was discontinued and the E Union was merged into the R Howard

line on July 20, 1947, becoming the E Union–Howard. It was re-designated the 41 Union/Howard in February 1949. When Howard became a one-way street in 1970, the route was split in two, with the northern alignment retaining the 41 Union designation while the southern end became the 12 Folsom/Pacific. The 41 was reduced to rush-hour service on October 1, 1988. Services were discontinued in 2020 amid the

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References

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External links

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