Church station (Muni Metro)

Church station or Church Street station is a Muni Metro light rail station in San Francisco, California. It is located at the six-way intersection of Market Street, Church Street and 14th Street in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood. Service at the station began in June 1980.

For other places with the same name, see Church Street station (disambiguation).

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An inbound T Third Street train at Church station in 2017
Location	Market Street at Church Street and 14th Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°46′4.13″N 122°25′44.64″W
Owned by	San Francisco Municipal Railway
Line(s)	Market Street subway
Platforms	2 side platforms (underground) 4 side platforms (surface)
Tracks	2 (Muni Metro - underground) 2 (Muni Metro - surface) 2 (historic streetcar - surface)
Connections	Muni: 22, 37, J Bus, KT Bus, K Owl, L Bus, L Owl, M Bus, N Owl, N Bus
Construction
Disabled access	All lines except outbound J Church
History
Opened	June 11, 1980[1]
Services
Preceding station Muni Following station Castro towards West Portal S Shuttle Van Ness towards Embarcadero Castro towards San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park) M Ocean View Van Ness One-way operation Castro One-way operation T Third Street Van Ness towards Sunnydale At surface stops Church and 16th Street towards Balboa Park J Church Terminus Market and Sanchez towards 17th Street and Castro F Market & Wharves Market and Dolores / Market and Buchanan towards Jones and Beach
Location

Church Street station is featured in the Nick Nolte/Eddie Murphy cop dramedy 48 Hours, with shots of entrances, plaza and platform levels, and train operations.

Station layout

A streetcar at the station in 2001

The station consists of two side platforms next to the tracks on the second level down with the concourse mezzanine level overlooking it.

The J Church line, which enters and exits the Market Street subway tunnel in a portal near the station, connects to this station at two surface-level platform. The inbound stop is near the corner of Church and Market Streets, while the outbound stop is near the corner of Church and 14th Streets. The F Market & Wharves streetcar line, running along Market Street, also has stops at the intersection. The N Judah line also exits the Market Street tunnel before reaching the Church Street station and stops one block away at Church and Duboce Avenue.

At both Church Street station and Castro Street station, there is only one stairway on each side of Market Street leading into the station. (All other stations on the Market Street subway have entrances spread out along the length of the station.) One of these entrances is located on the northwest corner of Market and 14th Street, and the other is on the southwest corner of Market and Church Street.

As part of August 2020 changes to Muni Metro, the J will become an all-surface line. The J will terminate at the inbound platform on Church Street, providing an accessible transfer between the J and subway trains.[2] A mini-high platform will be constructed on the inbound platform at Church and Duboce, and an outbound mini-high platform will be built on Church Street south of Market Street, allowing the J to be re-extended slightly to Duboce Street in October 2020.[2]

References

1. Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway. p. 58.
2. "J Church Transfer Improvements". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

External links

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