Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California. Operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), a part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), Muni Metro serves 162,500 passengers a day, making it the second busiest light rail system in the United States.[1]
Two subway stations, West Portal Station and Forest Hill Station, and five of the six light-rail lines, J Church, K Ingleside, L Taraval, M Ocean View, and N Judah, were remnants of an extensive streetcar system that survived the mass conversion to buses in the 1950s.[2] In 1980, seven subway stations, from Embarcadero Station to Castro Street Station, were opened with the inauguration of the Market Street Subway underneath Market Street, marking the conversion of San Francisco's streetcar system into the Muni Metro.[3] In 1998, four surface stations on The Embarcadero opened, connecting the newly constructed AT&T Park (then called Pacific Bell Park) and Caltrain to Muni Metro.[4][5] In 2007, the T Third Street line was started along 18 new surface stations built along new track laid from Caltrain down the eastern side of the city to the city line.[6]
The system consists of nine subway stations, twenty-four surface stations,[7] and eighty-seven surface stops[8] that consist anything from a traffic island to a sign painted on a telephone pole.[9] Four stations, from Embarcadero to Civic Center, are shared with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). The oldest stations are Forest Hill and West Portal, built in 1918,[10] while the newest stations were opened as part as the Third Street Light Rail Project in 2007.[6]
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Terminal | |
* | Shares station with BART |
Station | Line(s) | Platform | Year opened |
---|---|---|---|
Castro Street |
S Castro Shuttle (weekday peak hours)
|
Side | 1980 |
Church Street |
S Castro Shuttle (weekday peak hours)
|
Side | 1980 |
Civic Center* |
S Castro Shuttle (weekday peak hours)
|
Island | 1980 |
Embarcadero* |
S Castro Shuttle (weekday peak hours)
|
Island | 1980 |
Forest Hill |
S Castro Shuttle (game days)
|
Side | 1918[10][11] |
Montgomery Street* |
S Castro Shuttle (weekday peak hours)
|
Island | 1980 |
Powell Street* |
S Castro Shuttle (weekday peak hours)
|
Island | 1980 |
Van Ness |
S Castro Shuttle (weekday peak hours)
|
Island | 1980 |
West Portal |
S Castro Shuttle (game days)
|
Side | 1918[10] |
Terminal | |
* | Shares station with BART |
** | Shares station with Caltrain |
Station | Line(s) | Platform | Year opened |
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20th Street | Side | 2007 | |
23rd Street | Side | 2007 | |
2nd and King |
N Judah (weekdays only)
S Castro Shuttle (game days)
|
Island | 1998[4] |
4th and King** |
N Judah (weekdays only)
S Castro Shuttle (game days)
|
[a] | 2 island1998 (N Judah)[4] 2007 (T Third Street) |
Arleta | Island | 2007 | |
Balboa Park* | [b] | None; street level1973[12] | |
Brannan and The Embarcadero |
N Judah (weekdays only)
S Castro Shuttle (game days)
|
Island | 1998[4] |
Carroll | Side | 2007 | |
Evans | Side | 2007 | |
Folsom and The Embarcadero |
N Judah (weekdays only)
S Castro Shuttle (game days)
|
Island | 1998[4] |
Gilman/Paul | Side | 2007 | |
Hudson/Innes | Island | 2007 | |
Kirkwood/La Salle | Island | 2007 | |
Le Conte | Island | 2007 | |
Marin Street | Side | 2007 | |
Mariposa | Side | 2007 | |
Mission Rock | Side | 2007 | |
Oakdale/Palou | Island | 2007 | |
Revere/Shafter | Island | 2007 | |
San Francisco State University | Island | 1993[13] | |
Stonestown | Island | 1993[13] | |
Sunnydale | Island | 2007 | |
UCSF Mission Bay | Side | 2007 | |
Williams | Island | 2007 |
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