Muni Metro
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| Owner | San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency | ||
| Locale | San Francisco, California | ||
| Transit type | Light rail/Streetcar | ||
| Number of lines | 6 (plus 1 peak-hour shuttle line) |
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| Number of stations | 33 (9 subway, 24 surface) 87 additional surface stops |
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| Daily ridership | 128,500 (average weekday, Q4 2014) | ||
| Annual ridership | 56.7 million (2014) | ||
| Website | SFMTA | ||
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| Began operation | February 18, 1980 | ||
| Operator(s) | San Francisco Municipal Railway | ||
| Number of vehicles | 151 Breda light rail vehicles (high floor) |
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| Train length | 75-150 feet (1-2 LRVs) | ||
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| System length | 36.8 mi (59.2 km) | ||
| Track gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge) |
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| Electrification | Overhead lines, 600 V DC | ||
| Average speed | 9.6 mph (15.4 km/h) | ||
| Top speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) | ||
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Muni Metro is a light rail/streetcar hybrid system serving San Francisco, California, operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), a division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). With an average weekday ridership of 128,500 passengers as of the fourth quarter of 2014, Muni Metro is the United States' third busiest light rail system. Muni Metro operates a fleet of 151 light rail vehicles (LRV) made by Breda.
Muni Metro is the modern incarnation of the traditional streetcar system that had served San Francisco since the late 19th century. While many streetcar lines in other cities, and even in San Francisco itself, were converted to buses after World War II, five lines survived until 1980, when the streetcar lines were partially upgraded to light rail with the opening of the upper level of the Market Street Subway in that year; full daily Muni Metro service was inaugurated in 1982. Recently, the system has undergone expansion, most notably the Third Street Light Rail Project, completed in 2007, which started the first new rail line in San Francisco in over half a century. Other projects, such as the Central Subway, are underway.
The first street railroad in San Francisco was the San Francisco Market Street Railroad Company, which was incorporated in 1857 and began operating in 1860, with track along Market Street from California to Mission Dolores. Muni Metro descended from the municipally-owned traditional streetcar system started on December 28, 1912, when the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) was established. The first streetcar line, the A Geary, ran from Kearny and Market Streets in the Financial District to Fulton Street and 10th Avenue in the Richmond District. The system slowly expanded, opening the Twin Peaks Tunnel in 1917, allowing streetcars to run to the southwestern quadrant of the city. By 1921, the city was operating 304 miles (489 km) of electric trolley lines and 25 miles (40 km) of cable car lines. The last line to start service before 2007 was the N Judah, which started service after the Sunset Tunnel opened in 1928.
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