Ocean View Branch

The right-of-way between Glen Park and San Bruno was reused for Interstate 280 and Bay Area Rapid Transit.

The railroad was not very useful to local residents in San Francisco: high fares discouraged both passengers and freight, and street running in the Mission District made the ride slow.

[5] In 1878, the SP surveyed an alternate route east of San Bruno Mountain to bypass the line's grades and curves.

[8] It paralleled the SP for its whole length and ran directly alongside the railroad between South San Francisco and Burlingame.

[12] The SP planned to electrify the Ocean View Branch as an extension of the Peninsular Railway to compete with the San Mateo interurban, but never did so.

[15][16] The SP was allowed to temporarily discontinue passenger service on the branch in November 1928 when the Bernal Cut was widened to build San Jose Avenue.

[1] The Southern Freeway (Interstate 280) was constructed partially on the abandoned right-of-way between Glen Park and Daly City in the 1960s.

[23][24] Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) opened its San Francisco line in 1973, paralleling I-280 between Glen Park and Daly City.

[29] The Muni Metro J Church light rail line would be extended down San Jose Avenue through the Bernal Cut beginning in 1991.