L Taraval

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L Taraval trains lined up on 47th Avenue near Wawona at the outbound end of the line.
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L Taraval trains lined up on 47th Avenue near Wawona at the outbound end of the line.

The L Taraval is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco, California, mainly serving the Sunset District. It was one of San Francisco's streetcar lines in the early 20th century, and was converted to modern light rail operation with the creation of the Muni Metro system in the late 1970s. While many streetcar lines were converted to buses after World War II, the L Taraval remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Twin Peaks Tunnel.

The line runs from the Embarcadero Station in the Financial District to the 46th Avenue and Wawona Street, near the San Francisco Zoo in the Sunset District. The downtown portion of the line runs in the Market Street Subway, which is shared with the four other Muni Metro lines. It continues through the much older Twin Peaks Tunnel, along with the K Ingleside and M Oceanview lines, emerging at West Portal Station. Once out of the tunnel, the L takes Ulloa Street to 15th Avenue and then turns onto Taraval Street. It then follows Taraval to 46th Avenue, where it turns south towards the Zoo. The end of the line loops around Vicente, 47th Avenue and Wawona with the terminal stop on Wawona between 46th and 47th Avenues.

Tracks on Taraval extend west from 46th Avenue to 48th Avenue/Great Highway, but they are not used.

[edit] Stations on the L Taraval Line

The L Taraval line stops at large stations for the downtown section of the route and at smaller stops on the rest of the line. Most of the smaller stops are nothing more than a sign on the side of the street designating a stop and a few others are concrete 'islands' in the middle of the street next to the tracks that provide access for wheelchairs. Muni bus routes provide service to all stations and other systems with access to the stations are noted.


San Francisco Municipal Railway
Muni Metro J Church – K Ingleside – L Taraval – M Oceanview – N Judah – S Castro Shuttle – T Third
Other Muni services Cable cars – F Market streetcar – List of all Muni bus and rail lines
Muni Metro stations Embarcadero – Montgomery – Powell – Civic Center – Van Ness – Church – Castro – Forest Hill – West Portal
Muni Metro system features Market Street Subway – Twin Peaks Tunnel – Sunset Tunnel
Current projects Third Street Light Rail Project – Central Subway – E Embarcadero streetcar
Connecting buses AC Transit – Golden Gate Transit – SamTrans
Connecting rail services Bay Area Rapid Transit – Caltrain
Other information Rescue Muni | Key System

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