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Key System

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…

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Headquarters
Key System Building 1100 Broadway Oakland, California
Began operation
1903
Character
Mixed grade separated and at-grade street running
Electrification
Overhead line, 600 V DC Third rail on Bay Bridge
Ended operation
(streetcar service) 1948 (commuter train service) 1958 (bus service) 1960
Locale
East Bay

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Key System

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Edges105
Triples246
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018868
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Key System

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related to Legacy · 93
Key System → Abandoned, AC Transit, Albany, Alexander Zuckerman Bike Path, Although, Amtrak, Bay Bridge, Bay Place, Borax, Bridge Unit, Bridge Yard Building, Bridge Yard Shop Building, Broadway, C-line, Cadillac, California, Claremont Resort, December, Emeryville, Frank
related to External links · 50
Key System → Adjacent, Alameda County, American Engineering Record, Archive, Archived March, Bay Bridge, Broadway, Bus, CA, CA-228, CA-229, CA-231, CA-237, Dorothea Lange, EasternOaklandWiki, Foot, HAER, HAER No, Harrison, ImagesCDlib
related to Related rail systems · 30
Key System → Atchison, Chico, County Line, East Bay, East Bay Electric Lines, El Cerrito, In, Key System's, Key Terminal Railway, Ltd, Oakland, Oakland Terminal Railroad, Oakland Terminal Railway, Oakland Traction Company, Richmond, Sacramento, Sacramento Northern Railroad, San Francisco, San Pablo, Santa Fe Railway
related to Early years · 23
Key System → After, Before, Berkeley, Borax, California, Claremont, East Bay, Francis Marion, Frank, Havens, Key, Nevada Railroad, Oakland, October, Piedmont, San Francisco, San Jose Railway, SFOSJR, Smith, Southern Pacific
related to Other properties · 16
Key System → Berkeley's, Borax, Claremont, East Bay, Frank, From, Havens, Idora Park, In, Key Route Inn, Oakland, Realty Syndicate, San Francisco-bound, Smith, Streetcar, The Realty Syndicate
related to East Bay Street Railways · 14
Key System → Avenue RailwayAlameda, CompanyOakland, East Bay Street Railways, East Bay Transit Co, Haywards Electric Railway, Initially, Ltd, Mountain View RailwayOakland Railroad, Oakland, Oakland Consolidated Street RailwayCentral, Oakland Traction Company, PiedmontPiedmont, San Leandro, The Key System's
related to Transbay rail lines · 11
Key System → Bay Bridge, Exposition, Golden Gate International Exposition, Key, Montclair, Sacramento Northern, Shortly, The, They, Treasure Island, Until
Began operation · 1
Key System → 1903
Character · 1
Key System → Mixed grade separated and at-grade street running
Electrification · 1
Key System → Overhead line, 600 V DC Third rail on Bay Bridge

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key system oakland bay bridge san lines east francisco railway trains transit company city building street streetcar pier train ferry

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Key SystemBegan operation19031.00infobox
Key SystemCharacterMixed grade separated and at-grade street running1.00infobox
Key SystemElectrificationOverhead line, 600 V DC Third rail on Bay Bridge1.00infobox
Key SystemEnded operation(streetcar service) 1948 (commuter train service) 1958 (bus service) 19601.00infobox
Key SystemHeadquartersKey System Building 1100 Broadway Oakland, California1.00infobox
Key SystemLocaleEast Bay1.00infobox
Key SystemSystem length66 mi (106 km)1.00infobox
Key SystemTrack gauge.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .de…1.00infobox
Key SystemTransit typeInterurban Streetcar1.00infobox
Key Systemrelated to Early yearsThe0.60section
Key Systemrelated to Early yearsFrancis Marion0.60section
Key Systemrelated to Early yearsBorax0.60section

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