N Judah

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Two N Judah trains on Judah Street near 9th Avenue
Two N Judah trains on Judah Street near 9th Avenue
N Judah train entering the eastern portal of the Sunset Tunnel
N Judah train entering the eastern portal of the Sunset Tunnel

The N Judah is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco, California that mainly serves the Cole Valley and Sunset neighborhoods. It is the busiest line in the Muni Metro system. 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 bus lines after World War II, the N Judah remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Sunset Tunnel.

The line runs from the Caltrain depot at 4th and King Streets in the Mission Bay neighborhood through downtown San Francisco (under Market Street) to Ocean Beach and the Great Highway in the Sunset District. It starts at the Caltrain depot and follows King Street past AT&T Park to The Embarcadero. After passing Folsom Street, the line enters the Market Street Subway, which it shares with the four other Muni Metro lines after Embarcadero Station. It exits the tunnel at Church Street and, after a brief stretch along Duboce Avenue as far as Duboce Park, enters the older Sunset Tunnel. This tunnel serves to avoid a hill and contains no underground stations. From the western end of the tunnel, the route goes along Carl and Irving Streets until it turns up 9th Avenue for one block and reaches Judah Street, which the N runs on for the rest of its route. On Judah between 9th Avenue and 19th Avenue the N runs on a right-of-way that is slightly raised above the surrounding street. There is a loop in the intersection at Judah, La Playa and Great Highway that the N uses to turn around.

Once the T Third Street is completed in April 2007, the N line will be scaled back to Embarcadero Station, as the T line will continue through Embarcadero to the Caltrain depot and Third Street.

[edit] Stations on the N Judah Line

The N Judah 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 consist of nothing more than a sign on the side of a street designating a stop, while other stops are concrete "islands" in the middle of a street next to the tracks that provide access for wheelchairs. Muni bus routes provide service to all downtown stations and other systems with access to the stations are noted.

N Judah inbound, Judah street at 9th. Avenue
N Judah inbound, Judah street at 9th. Avenue

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Muni Metro J Church • K Ingleside • L Taraval • M Ocean View • N Judah • S Castro Shuttle • T Third Street
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