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The Key Route of California

The Key System (or Key Route) was a privately owned company that provided mass transit in the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, Richmond, Albany, and El Cerrito in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area from 1903 until 1960, when it was sold to a newly formed public agency, AC Transit. The Key System consisted of local streetcar and bus lines in the East Bay, and commuter rail and bus lines connecting the East Bay to San Francisco by a ferry pier on San Francisco Bay, later via the lower deck of the Bay Bridge. At its height during the 1940s, the Key System had over 66 miles (106 km) of track. The local streetcars were discontinued in 1948 and the commuter trains to San Francisco were discontinued in 1958. The Key System's territory is today served by BART and AC Transit bus service.

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Key Pier, 1909

Key Pier, 1909

Key SysKey System transbay train heading west on 12th Street at Broadway in Downtown Oakland, circa early 1940s.Key_Route_Ferry_Terminal_Oakland_California_5027key_systemkey-system-187San Francisco, Oakland & San Jose Railway

 

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  • Key Pier, 1909
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  • Key System transbay train heading west on 12th Street at Broadway in Downtown Oakland, circa early 1940s.
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  • San Francisco, Oakland & San Jose Railway

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