Is Cable Cars worth it on a budget?
DependsOn a budget
Cable Cars can strain a tight budget. Go only when it is a priority.
$8 / ride
Hanging off the running board as you crest a hill is pure SF joy, for about four minutes. The rest is queueing at Powell & Market behind two cruise ships' worth of people.
- Price
- $8 / ride
- Time
- 1 hr (mostly the line)
- Last verified
- 2026-06-06
Is Cable Cars worth it…
How we verified
- San Francisco's is the world's last manually operated cable car system; only 3 of the original 23 lines built between 1873 and 1890 remain · en.wikipedia.org
- A single cable-car ride is sold as its own fare with no transfers (SFMTA sets the price) · sfmta.com
- Supporting source · streetcar.org
- Supporting source · timeout.com
- Supporting source · sanfranciscojeeptours.com
- Supporting source · sftravel.com
- Supporting source · timeout.com
- Supporting source · streetcar.org