44 O'Shaughnessy is a bus line operated by the

San Francisco Municipal Railway The San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF Muni or Muni ) is the primary public transit system within San Francisco, California. It operates a system of List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines, bus routes (including Trolleybuses in San Franc ...

. The route and street which it serves are named in honor of

Michael O'Shaughnessy Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy (28 May 1864 – 12 October 1934) was an Irish civil engineer who became city engineer for the city of San Francisco during the early twentieth century and developed both the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) a ...

, former city engineer who was instrumental in the development of Muni.

History

The line was established on September 10, 1980, intended as a way to connect the Hunters Point, Inner Mission, Sunset District, and Richmond District access to

Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond District, San Francisco, Richmond and Sunset District, San Francisco, Sunset districts on the West Side (San Francisco), West Side of San Francisco, California, United States. It is the Lis ...

Glen Park station Glen Park station is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located in the Glen Park, San Francisco, Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The station is adjacent to San Jose Avenue and Interstate 280 (California), ...

, and Forest Hill station. The northern segment of the new route was a partial replacement of the 10 Monterey, which was simultaneously rerouted. The northern terminal was shifted to 6th and California on January 27, 1982. Owl service on the eastern portion of the line began in 2016. Muni bus at golden gate park

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44 O'Shaughnessy
— via San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency {{Muni San Francisco Municipal Railway bus routes 1980 establishments in California