List of Muni Metro stations

Map of the Muni Metro system, indicating lines, underground and platform stations, and surface stops.
Muni Metro map accurate to September 2024 with accessible stops labeled

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 115 stations, of which 67 (58%) are accessible. All twelve subway stations plus 25 surface stations have high-level platforms, 34-inch (860 mm) high, that allow for accessible level boarding at all doors.[6] The other 78 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 78, 30 have "mini-high" platforms providing accessible boarding at a single door, while one has a wheelchair lift.

Current stations

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Bay Area Rapid Transit / Caltrain Transfer stations with BART / Caltrain
Bay Area Rapid Transit / Caltrain Transfer stations with BART / Caltrain, and Line termini
Line termini

Former stations

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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 Image Line(s) Service ended Platforms Notes
Church and 19th Street The former platforms of Church and 19th Street c. 1980 Low-level side platforms Inside Dolores Park
Eureka Valley The remains of the inbound side of the former Eureka Valley station, 2015 1972[1] Low-level side platforms (subway station)
Phelan Loop Muni trolleybuses at Phelan Loop, circa 2002 March 17, 1981[1] Low-level side platform Replaced by Ocean and Lee
Transbay Terminal A 2008 view of the facade of the now-demolished Transbay Transit Terminal 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 Image Line(s) Service ended Platforms Notes
Irving and 4th Avenue A train at Irving and 4th Avenue, 2018 March 30, 2020[9][10] None Consolidated into Irving and 5th Avenue / Irving and 6th Avenue
Irving and 7th Avenue A train at the former Irving and 7th Avenue stop, 2019 March 30, 2020[9][10] None Consolidated into Irving and 5th Avenue / Irving and 6th Avenue
Ocean and Westgate / Ocean and Cerritos The inbound platform at Ocean and Westgate, 2018 September 28, 2024[8] Boarding islands
San Jose and Mount Vernon A train at San Jose and Mount Vernon, 2023 September 28, 2024[8] Boarding islands
Taraval and 28th Avenue Closure notice at the former Taraval and 28th Avenue stop, 2017 February 25, 2017[11] None
Taraval and 35th Avenue A train at Taraval and 35th Avenue, 2018 February 10, 2018[12] None
Ulloa and 15th Avenue A train on 15th Avenue turning onto Ulloa Street, 2017 February 25, 2017[11] None Consolidated into Ulloa and 14th Avenue
Ulloa and Forest Side An outbound train at Ulloa Street and Forest Side Avenue, 2017 August 24, 2020 None Consolidated into Ulloa and 14th Avenue

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway.
  2. ^ Epstein, Edward (November 4, 1997). "Muni Metro Line Set To Open in January". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
  3. ^ Epstein, Edward (January 9, 1998). "Muni's Embarcadero Streetcar Line Set to Make First Runs". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
  4. ^ "New T-Third Service". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
  5. ^ "SFMTA Announces Opening Schedule of the Central Subway Project" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. September 20, 2022. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 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. ^ a b c "Muni Service Changes: Effective Saturday, September 28, 2024" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. September 2024.
  9. ^ a b Fowler, Amy (March 26, 2020). "Starting March 30: New Muni Service Changes" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  10. ^ a b "Permanent Stop Changes Starting Saturday, August 22, 2020" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. August 2020. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Hyden, Rachel (February 17, 2017). "More Muni Forward Service Improvements Roll Out February 25" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  12. ^ "Upcoming Changes to Transit Service: February 10 & 20, 2018". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. February 10, 2018. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
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