Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Chivako ichi chakavhurwa muna 1898, chakatsiva chivako chekare chaiva nemapuranga chakavakwa panzvimbo imwe chete muna 1875. Chivako chakasimbiswa chakavakwa zvakanaka nemapango ayo akavharika chakapona zvose zviri zviviri
Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1906 uye kwa1989 kwakaparadza zvishoma. Yakashanda senzvimbo yokuenda kuSan Francisco kubva kuEast Bay, avo vakatasva zvikepe zveSouthern Pacific neKey System. Yakashandawo sekubatana neSan Francisco kune njanji dzekuSouth Pacific, Santa Fe neWestern Pacific dzakapera muOakland, uye kuNorthwestern Pacific inomhanya kuchamhembe kubva kuMarin County. Zviteshi zvengarava zvaiva kuchamhembe kweshongwe yewachi zvaishandira Key System, Santa Fe, uye Northwestern Pacific, nepo zviteshi zvaiva kumaodzanyemba kweshongwe zvaishandira Southern Pacific neWestern Pacific. Njanji yaipoterera pamberi pechivako yakaita kuti zvive nyore kuchinjira kuzvitima zvomumugwagwa. Bhiriji guru revanofamba netsoka raipfuura nepakati peEmbarcadero pamberi pechivako cheFerry kuti zvive nyore kuyambuka zvakachengeteka nzvimbo ine vanhu vakawanda uye nzvimbo yokufambisa. Mumakore okuma1940, zambuko racho rakabviswa kuti rishandiswe semarara okushandisa muHondo Yenyika II.