Muni Metro
Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California, United States, operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni).
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| Owner | SFMTA | ||
| Locale | San Francisco, California | ||
| Transit type | Light rail/streetcar | ||
| Number of lines | 7 (1 currently suspended) | ||
| Daily ridership | 157,700 (2019) | ||
| Website | sfmta | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | February 18, 1980 | ||
| Operator(s) | San Francisco Municipal Railway | ||
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Operations
changeMuni Metro runs from approximately 5 am to 1 am weekdays, with later start times of 7 am on Saturday and 8 am on Sunday. Owl service, or late-night service, is operated on much of the L and N lines by buses that show the same route designation. [1]
History
changeMarket Street subway
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On February 18, 1980, the Muni Metro officially began. It started with a weekday N-line service in the subway.[2] The Metro service was put in phases. The subway was served only on weekdays until 1982. The K Ingleside line began using the entire Metro subway on weekdays on June 11, 1980, the L Taraval and M Ocean View lines on December 17, 1980, and the J Church line on June 17, 1981.[3] Meanwhile, weekend service on all five lines (J, K, L, M, N) continued to use PCC streetcars operating on the surface of Market Street to the Transbay Terminal. The Muni Metro was closed on weekends. At the end of the service day September 19, 1982, streetcar operations on the surface of Market Street were discontinued entirely. The remaining PCCs taken out of service, and weekend service on the five light rail lines switch to buses for a while.[4][5] Finally, on November 20, 1982, the Muni Metro subway began operating seven days a week.[5]
Routes
changeAs of January 2022[update], the L Taraval is replaced by bus service, while other routes have resumed rail operation.
| Line | Year began | Terminal | |
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| Eastbound/Southbound | Westbound/Northbound | ||
| 1917 | Balboa Park | Church and Duboce | |
| 1918 | Embarcadero | Balboa Park | |
| 1919 | Embarcadero | Wawona and 46th Avenue (SF Zoo) | |
| 1925 | Embarcadero | San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park) | |
| 1928 | 4th and King | Judah and La Playa (Ocean Beach) | |
| 2001 | Embarcadero | West Portal | |
| 2007 | Sunnydale | Chinatown | |
References
change- ↑ "Muni Metro Service". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Retrieved January 20, 2007.
- ↑ Perles, Anthony (1981). The People's Railway: The History of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Glendale, CA (US): Interurban Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-916374-42-4.
- ↑ McKane, John; Perles, Anthony (1982). Inside Muni: The Properties and Operations of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Glendale, CA (US): Interurban Press. pp. 189–202. ISBN 0-916374-49-1.
- ↑ Soiffer, Bill (September 20, 1982). "The Last Streetcar On Top of Market". San Francisco Chronicle, p. 2.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Perles, Anthony (1984). Tours of Discovery: A San Francisco Muni Album. Interurban Press. pp. 126, 136. ISBN 0-916374-60-2.
Other websites
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