List of Muni Metro stations

Muni Metro is a light rail system 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 Metro served an average of 157,700 passengers per weekday in the fourth quarter of 2019, making it the second-busiest light rail system in the United States. Six services – J Church, K Ingleside, L Taraval, M Ocean View, N Judah, and T Third Street run on separate surface alignments and merge into a single downtown tunnel. The supplementary S Shuttle service operates within the 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 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.^[1] 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 extension of three lines to Balboa Park station.^[1] An extension along The Embarcadero to the Caltrain terminal at 4th and King Street opened in 1998.^[2]^[3] The T Third Street line opened in 2007, serving the southeastern portion of the city.^[4] The Central Subway, with three new subway stations and one new surface station, opened on November 19, 2022.^[5]

The system has 113 stations, of which 59 (52%) are accessible. All nine subway stations plus 24 surface stations have high-level platforms, 34-inch (860 mm) high, that allow for accessible level boarding at all doors.^[6] The other 80 stations have a mixture of low-level platforms on dedicated right-of-way, low-level boarding islands (platforms between the tracks and traffic lanes), sidewalk bulbs, and no platforms (where passengers cross parking or traffic lanes to board). Of those 80, 25 have "mini-high" platforms providing accessible boarding at a single door, while one has a wheelchair lift. Three stations on the L Taraval are being retrofitted with mini-high platforms as part of a reconstruction project.

Current stations edit

/	Transfer stations with BART / Caltrain
† /	Transfer stations with BART / Caltrain, and Line termini
†	Line termini

Station	Line(s)	Service began	Platforms	Accessible	Notes
Embarcadero†	J Church K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View N Judah S Shuttle	February 18, 1980	High-level island platform (subway station)	Yes
Montgomery	J Church K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View N Judah S Shuttle	February 18, 1980	High-level island platform (subway station)	Yes
Powell	J Church K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View N Judah S Shuttle	February 18, 1980	High-level island platform (subway station)	Yes	Transfer to Union Square/Market Street station
Civic Center	J Church K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View N Judah S Shuttle	February 18, 1980	High-level island platform (subway station)	Yes
Van Ness	J Church K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View N Judah S Shuttle	February 18, 1980	High-level island platform (subway station)	Yes	Transfer to Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit
Church	J Church (surface) K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View S Shuttle	June 11, 1980	High-level side platforms (subway station)	Yes	J Church stops on the surface at boarding islands with mini-high platforms at Church and Market / Church and 14th Street. The K, L, and M also used these boarding islands from 1972 to 1982.
Castro	K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View S Shuttle	June 11, 1980	High-level side platforms (subway station)	Yes
Forest Hill	K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View S Shuttle	February 3, 1918	High-level side platforms (subway station)	Yes	High-level platforms added in 1985^[7]
West Portal	K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View S Shuttle	February 3, 1918	High-level side platforms (subway station)	Yes	Originally a surface station outside the portal; converted to high-level platforms in 1980
Church and Duboce (J) Duboce and Church (N)	J Church (inbound only) N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes	Also served by the K, L, and M from 1972 to 1982
Church and 16th Street	J Church	August 11, 1917	Boarding islands	No	Also served by the K, L, and M from 1972 to 1982
Church and 18th Street	J Church	August 11, 1917	Low-level side platform (inbound) and boarding island (outbound) with mini-high platforms	Yes	Partially inside Dolores Park
Right Of Way/20th Street	J Church	August 11, 1917	Low-level side platforms	No	Inside Dolores Park
Right Of Way/Liberty Street	J Church	August 11, 1917	None	No
Right Of Way/21st Street	J Church	August 11, 1917	Low-level side platforms	No
Church and 22nd Street	J Church	August 11, 1917	None	No
Church and 24th Street	J Church	August 11, 1917	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Church and Clipper	J Church	August 11, 1917	None	No
Church and 27th Street	J Church	August 11, 1917	None	No
Church and 29th Street (inbound) Church and Day (outbound)	J Church	August 11, 1917	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Church and 30th Street	J Church	August 11, 1917	None	No	Terminus of the line until 1991
30th Street and Dolores	J Church	August 31, 1991	None	No
San Jose and Randall	J Church	August 31, 1991	Low-level side platforms with mini-high platforms	Yes
San Jose/Glen Park	J Church	August 31, 1991	Low-level side platforms	No	Connection to BART at Glen Park station
San Jose and Santa Rosa	J Church	August 31, 1991	Boarding islands	No
San Jose and Santa Ynez	J Church	August 31, 1991	Boarding islands	No
San Jose and Ocean	J Church	August 31, 1991	Boarding islands	No	K Ingleside stopped nearby from 1979 to 2015
Balboa Park †	J Church K Ingleside	April 23, 1979	High-level side platforms	Yes	Connection to M Ocean View at San Jose and Geneva
West Portal and 14th Avenue	K Ingleside M Ocean View	February 3, 1918	Boarding islands	No
St. Francis Circle	K Ingleside M Ocean View	February 3, 1918	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Junipero Serra and Ocean	K Ingleside	February 21, 1919	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Ocean and San Leandro	K Ingleside	February 21, 1919	Boarding islands	No
Ocean and Aptos	K Ingleside	February 21, 1919	Boarding islands	No
Ocean and Westgate / Ocean and Cerritos	K Ingleside	February 21, 1919	Boarding islands	No
Ocean and Fairfield / Ocean and Victoria	K Ingleside	February 21, 1919	Boarding islands	No
Ocean and Dorado / Ocean and Jules	K Ingleside	February 21, 1919	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Ocean and Miramar	K Ingleside	February 21, 1919	Boarding islands	No
Ocean and Lee	K Ingleside	February 21, 1919	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Ocean Avenue/CCSF Pedestrian Bridge	K Ingleside	April 23, 1979	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
15th Avenue and Taraval	L Taraval	April 12, 1919	None – bulb planned	No	Inbound stop planned for closure
Taraval and 17th Avenue	L Taraval (inbound only)	April 12, 1919	None – boarding island with mini-high platform planned	Planned	Outbound stop closed on February 25, 2017
Taraval and 19th Avenue	L Taraval	April 12, 1919	Boarding islands – mini-high platforms planned	Planned
Taraval and 22nd Avenue / Taraval and 23rd Avenue	L Taraval	April 12, 1919	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes	Consolidated from separate stops at 22nd Avenue and 23rd / 24th Avenues on February 25, 2017
Taraval and 26th Avenue	L Taraval	April 12, 1919	None – boarding islands planned	No
Taraval and 30th Avenue	L Taraval	April 12, 1919	None – boarding islands with mini-high platforms planned	Planned
Taraval and 32nd Avenue	L Taraval	April 12, 1919	None – boarding islands planned	No
Taraval and Sunset	L Taraval	January 14, 1923	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Taraval and 40th Avenue	L Taraval	January 14, 1923	Boarding islands	No
Taraval and 42nd Avenue	L Taraval	January 14, 1923	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Taraval and 44th Avenue	L Taraval	January 14, 1923	Boarding islands	No
46th Avenue and Taraval / Taraval and 46th Avenue	L Taraval	January 14, 1923	Boarding island (inbound only)	No
46th Avenue and Ulloa	L Taraval	September 15, 1937	None	No
46th Avenue and Vicente	L Taraval	September 15, 1937	None	No
Wawona and 46th Avenue (San Francisco Zoo) †	L Taraval	September 15, 1937	Bulb with mini-high platform	Yes
Right Of Way/Ocean	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	Low-level side platforms	No
Right Of Way/Eucalyptus	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	Low-level side platforms	No
Stonestown Galleria	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	High-level island platform	Yes
San Francisco State University	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	High-level island platform	Yes
19th Avenue and Junipero Serra / 19th Avenue and Randolph	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	None	No
19th Avenue and Randolph	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	None	No
Randolph and Arch	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	Bulbs with mini-high platforms	Yes
Randolph and Bright	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	None	No
Broad and Orizaba / Orizaba and Broad	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	None	No
Broad and Capitol	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	None	No
Broad and Plymouth	M Ocean View	October 6, 1925	Bulbs with mini-high platforms	Yes
San Jose and Farallones	M Ocean View	August 30, 1980	Boarding islands	No
San Jose and Lakeview	M Ocean View	August 30, 1980	Boarding islands	No
San Jose and Mount Vernon	M Ocean View	August 30, 1980	Boarding islands	No
San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park)	M Ocean View	August 30, 1980	Boarding island with lift (inbound)	Yes	Connection to J Church, K Ingleside, and BART at Balboa Park
Duboce and Noe	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Side platforms with mini-high platforms	Yes
Carl and Cole	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Bulbs with mini-high platforms	Yes
Carl and Stanyan	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Bulb (inbound)	No
Carl and Hillway	N Judah	October 21, 1928	None	No
Irving and Arguello / Irving and 2nd Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Bulbs with mini-high platforms	Yes
Irving and 5th Avenue / Irving and 6th Avenue	N Judah	August 22, 2020	Bulbs with mini-high platforms	Yes	Replaced former stops at 4th Avenue and 7th Avenue
Irving and 8th Avenue / 9th Avenue and Irving	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Bulbs	No
Judah and 9th Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Judah and 12th Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands	No
Judah and Funston	N Judah	October 21, 1928	None	No
Judah and 15th Avenue / Judah and 16th Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands	No
Judah and 19th Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Judah and 22nd Avenue / Judah and 23rd Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands	No
Judah and 25th Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands	No
Judah and 28th Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Judah and 31st Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands	No
Judah and 34th Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands	No
Judah and Sunset	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands with mini-high platforms	Yes
Judah and 40th Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands	No
Judah and 43rd Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands	No
Judah and 46th Avenue	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Boarding islands	No
Judah and La Playa (Ocean Beach) †	N Judah	October 21, 1928	Mini-high platform only	Yes
The Embarcadero and Folsom	N Judah	January 10, 1998	High-level island platform	Yes
The Embarcadero and Brannan	N Judah	January 10, 1998	High-level island platform	Yes
2nd and King	N Judah	January 10, 1998	High-level island platform	Yes
4th and King †	N Judah T Third Street	January 10, 1998	High-level island platforms	Yes	N Judah and T Third Street use separate platforms
Chinatown†	T Third Street	November 19, 2022	High-level island platform (subway station)	Yes
Union Square/Market Street	T Third Street	November 19, 2022	High-level island platform (subway station)	Yes	Transfer to other Muni Metro lines and BART at Powell station
Yerba Buena/Moscone	T Third Street	November 19, 2022	High-level island platform (subway station)	Yes
4th and Brannan	T Third Street	November 19, 2022	High-level island platform	Yes
Mission Rock	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level side platforms	Yes
UCSF/Chase Center	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level island platform	Yes
UCSF Medical Center	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level side platforms	Yes
20th Street	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level side platforms	Yes
23rd Street	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level side platforms	Yes
Marin Street	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level side platforms	Yes
Evans	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level side platforms	Yes
Hudson/Innes	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level island platform	Yes
Kirkwood/La Salle	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level island platform	Yes
Oakdale/Palou	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level island platform	Yes
Revere/Shafter	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level island platform	Yes
Williams	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level side platforms	Yes
Carroll	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level side platforms	Yes
Gilman/Paul	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level side platforms	Yes
Le Conte	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level island platform	Yes
Arleta	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level island platform	Yes
Sunnydale †	T Third Street	January 13, 2007	High-level island platform	Yes

Future stations edit

Station	Image	Line(s)	Platforms	Scheduled opening
Ulloa and 14th Avenue		L Taraval	None	2024^[8]

Former stations edit

Prior to the late 1970s, there was a higher density of stops on the surface streetcar lines. Many of these stops were closed as the conversion to Muni Metro introduced longer trains and a desire for higher surface speeds. Most were had no infrastructure other than marked poles at street corners; several on the M Ocean View had small platforms. A number of stops on Market Street were closed when the Market Street subway opened; most are now served by the F Market & Wharves streetcar. Four stations with significant infrastructure were closed during conversion:

Station	Line(s)	Service ended	Platforms	Notes
Church and 19th Street	J Church	c. 1980	Low-level side platforms	Inside Dolores Park
Eureka Valley	K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View	1972^[1]	Low-level side platforms (subway station)
Phelan Loop †	K Ingleside	March 17, 1981^[1]	Low-level side platform	Replaced by Ocean and Lee
Transbay Terminal †	J Church K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View N Judah	September 20, 1982^[1]	Low-level side platforms	Streetcar loop on the north side of the terminal, separate from the elevated bus loops formerly used by Transbay trains

Several surface stops have closed during the Muni Metro era during station consolidation projects.

Station	Line(s)	Service ended	Platforms	Notes
Irving and 4th Avenue	N Judah	March 30, 2020^[9]^[10]	None	Consolidated into Irving and 5th Avenue / Irving and 6th Avenue
Irving and 7th Avenue	N Judah	March 30, 2020^[9]^[10]	None	Consolidated into Irving and 5th Avenue / Irving and 6th Avenue
Taraval and 28th Avenue	L Taraval	February 25, 2017^[11]	None
Taraval and 35th Avenue	L Taraval	February 10, 2018^[12]	None
Ulloa and 15th Avenue	L Taraval	February 25, 2017^[11]	None	Consolidated into Ulloa and 14th Avenue
Ulloa and Forest Side	L Taraval	c. 2022	None	Consolidated into Ulloa and 14th Avenue

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway.
^ Epstein, Edward (November 4, 1997). "Muni Metro Line Set To Open in January". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
^ Epstein, Edward (January 9, 1998). "Muni's Embarcadero Streetcar Line Set to Make First Runs". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
^ "New T-Third Service". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
^ "SFMTA Announces Opening Schedule of the Central Subway Project" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. September 20, 2022.
^ "S200 SF Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). Siemens. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
^ "Chapter 1". Muni Metro Turnaround Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement. United States Department of Transportation Urban Mass Transportation Administration. August 1989. p. 1-2 – via Internet Archive.
^ Maguire, Mariana (August 18, 2020). "Major Muni Service Expansion August 22" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
^ ^a ^b Fowler, Amy (March 26, 2020). "Starting March 30: New Muni Service Changes" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
^ ^a ^b "Permanent Stop Changes Starting Saturday, August 22, 2020" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. August 2020.
^ ^a ^b Hyden, Rachel (February 17, 2017). "More Muni Forward Service Improvements Roll Out February 25" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
^ "Upcoming Changes to Transit Service: February 10 & 20, 2018". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. February 10, 2018.

External links edit

Media related to Muni Metro stations at Wikimedia Commons

[chronology-1] Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway.

[MMX-2] Epstein, Edward (November 4, 1997). "Muni Metro Line Set To Open in January". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 22, 2009.

[NewEmbarcadero-3] Epstein, Edward (January 9, 1998). "Muni's Embarcadero Streetcar Line Set to Make First Runs". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 14, 2009.

[NewTThirdStreet-4] "New T-Third Service". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2009.

[nov19-5] "SFMTA Announces Opening Schedule of the Central Subway Project" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. September 20, 2022.

[6] "S200 SF Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). Siemens. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[7] "Chapter 1". Muni Metro Turnaround Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement. United States Department of Transportation Urban Mass Transportation Administration. August 1989. p. 1-2 – via Internet Archive.

[8] Maguire, Mariana (August 18, 2020). "Major Muni Service Expansion August 22" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

[covid-9] Fowler, Amy (March 26, 2020). "Starting March 30: New Muni Service Changes" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

[aug2020-10] "Permanent Stop Changes Starting Saturday, August 22, 2020" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. August 2020.

[feb2017-11] Hyden, Rachel (February 17, 2017). "More Muni Forward Service Improvements Roll Out February 25" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

[12] "Upcoming Changes to Transit Service: February 10 & 20, 2018". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. February 10, 2018.

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