Muni Metro

Muni Metro
An inbound T Third Street train at Castro station in 2013
An inbound T Third Street train at Castro station in 2013
An inbound N Judah train at 48th Avenue in 2019
An inbound N Judah train at 48th Avenue in 2019
Overview
OwnerSan Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
LocaleSan Francisco, California
Transit typeSemi-metro, Light rail
Number of lines7
Number of stations117
Daily ridership91,000 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[1][A]
Annual ridership24,324,600 (2023)[2][A]
Websitesfmta.com/munimetro
Operation
Began operationFebruary 18, 1980 (1980-02-18)
Operator(s)San Francisco Municipal Railway
Number of vehicles151 Breda LRV2/LRV3
249 Siemens LRV4 (on order)[3]
Train length75–150 ft (23–46 m) (1–2 LRVs)[4]
Technical
System length38.9 mi (62.6 km)[5]
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge[4]
ElectrificationOverhead line600 V DC[4]
Average speed9.6 mph (15.4 km/h)[6]
Top speed50 mph (80 km/h)[7]
System map
Map
Sunnydale
Arleta
Le Conte
Gilman/Paul
Carroll
Williams
Revere/Shafter
Oakdale/Palou
Kirkwood/La Salle
Hudson/Innes
Evans
Marin St
23rd St
20th St
UCSF Medical Center
UCSF/Chase Center
Mission Rock
4th & King Caltrain
2nd & King
Brannan
4th & Brannan
Folsom
Embarcadero portal
4th Street portal
Embarcadero Bay Area Rapid Transit San Francisco Ferry Building
Montgomery Bay Area Rapid Transit
Yerba Buena/​Moscone
Union Square/Market St
Powell Bay Area Rapid Transit
Chinatown
Civic Center Bay Area Rapid Transit
Van Ness
Duboce portal
Duboce & Church
Duboce & Noe
Church
Church & Market
Sunset Tunnel
Castro
Carl & Cole
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Carl & Stanyan
Forest Hill
Carl & Hillway
Church & 16th St
Ulloa & Claremont
West Portal
UCSF Parnassus
Church & 18th St
Irving & 5th/6th Ave
Right Of Way/20th St
Irving & 8th/9th Ave
Right Of Way/Liberty
Judah & 9th Ave
Right Of Way/21st St
Judah & 12th Ave
West Portal & 14th Ave
Judah & Funston
Church & 22nd St
Judah & 15th/16th Ave
West Portal & Sloat/St. Francis
Judah & 19th Ave
Church & 24th St
Judah & 22nd/23rd Ave
Right Of Way/Ocean
Judah & 25th Ave
Church & Clipper
Judah & 28th Ave
Right Of Way/Eucalyptus
Judah & 31st Ave
Church & 27th St
Judah & 34th Ave
Stonestown
Judah & Sunset
Junipero Serra & Ocean
Judah & 40th Ave
Church & 29th St/Day
Judah & 43rd Ave
Church & 30th St
Judah & 46th Ave
SF State
Ocean Beach
Ocean & San Leandro
Ulloa & 14th Ave
Ocean & Aptos
15th Ave & Taraval
19th Ave & Junipero Serra
Taraval & 17th Ave
30th St & Dolores
Taraval & 19th Ave
Taraval & 22nd/23rd Ave
19th Ave & Randolph
Taraval & 26th Ave
Ocean & Fairfield/Victoria
Taraval & 30th Ave
San Jose & Randall
Taraval & 32nd Ave
Randolph & Arch
Taraval & Sunset
Ocean & Dorado/Jules
Taraval & 40th Ave
Randolph & Bright
Taraval & 42nd Ave
San Jose/​Glen Park Bay Area Rapid Transit
Taraval & 44th Ave
Ocean & Miramar
Taraval & 46th Ave
Broad & Orizaba
46th Ave & Ulloa
San Jose & Santa Rosa
46th Ave & Vicente
Ocean & Lee
SF Zoo
Broad & Capitol
Broad & Plymouth
San Jose & Santa Ynez
San Jose & Farallones
City College
San Jose & Lakeview
San Jose & Ocean
San Jose & Niagara
San Jose & Geneva
Balboa Park Bay Area Rapid Transit
Key
connected stations
accessible interchange station
accessible station
non-accessible station
J Church Church
K Ingleside Ingleside
L Taraval Taraval
M Ocean View Ocean View
N Judah Judah
T Third Street Third Street
underground

Muni Metro is a semi-metro system[8][9] (form of light rail) serving San Francisco, California, United States. Operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), a part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), Muni's light rail lines[A] saw an average of 91,000 boardings per day as of the second quarter of 2024 and a total of 24,324,600 boardings in 2023, making it the sixth-busiest light rail system in the United States.

Five services – J Church, K Ingleside, L Taraval, M Ocean View, and N Judah run on separate surface alignments and merge into a single east–west tunnel, the Market Street subway. The T Third Street uses a north–south tunnel downtown, the Central Subway. The supplementary S Shuttle service operates within the Market Street subway and Twin Peaks Tunnel. Muni Metro operates a fleet of 151 Breda high-floor light rail vehicles (LRVs), which are currently being replaced by a fleet of 249 Siemens S200 LRVs. The system has 117 stations, of which 63 (54%) are accessible.

Muni Metro is one of the surviving first-generation streetcar systems in North America. The San Francisco Municipal Railway was created in 1909 and opened its first streetcar lines in 1912. Five of the current lines were added in the following decades: the J in 1917, the K (including the Twin Peaks Tunnel) in 1918, the L in 1919, the M in 1925, and the N in 1928. The other Municipal Railway streetcar lines, and those of the privately owned Market Street Railway, were converted to buses in the 1920s to 1950s, but these five lines were retained as streetcars because of their private rights of way. The system was converted to light rail, with larger US Standard Light Rail Vehicles, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This included the opening of the Market Street subway as well as an extension of three lines to Balboa Park station. An extension along The Embarcadero to the Caltrain terminal at 4th and King Street opened in 1998. The T Third Street line opened in 2007, serving the southeastern portion of the city. The Central Subway, with three new subway stations and one new surface station opened on November 19, 2022.

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  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
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  6. ^ "San Francisco Muni: Unique Cost/Operating Environment" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. July 26, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 5, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  7. ^ Reisman, Will (December 14, 2010). "Muni Metro trackway trouble unresolved". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  8. ^ Ian Yearsley (December 21, 1972). "Trams are coming back". New Scientist. Reed Business Information Ltd. Retrieved August 28, 2023. ... San Francisco and Boston, both with semi-metros and independent plans for new tramcars.
  9. ^ De Leuw, Cather & Company (1976). "Light Rail Transit: A State of the Art Review": 9. Retrieved August 28, 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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