M Ocean View

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M Ocean View
A train near San Francisco State University station in 2017
Overview
OwnerSan Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
LocaleSan Francisco, California
TerminiEmbarcadero station (inbound)
San Jose and Geneva station (outbound)
Stations29
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemMuni Metro
Operator(s)San Francisco Municipal Railway
Rolling stockBreda LRV2 and LRV3
Siemens LRV4
Daily ridership26,920 (2013)[1]
History
OpenedOctober 6, 1925 (1925-10-06)[2]
Technical
CharacterAt grade and underground
Track gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
ElectrificationOverhead lines, 600 V DC
Route diagram

Legend
 UpperLeft arrow Bay Area Rapid Transit | Up arrow N Judah T Third Street
Left arrow F Market & Wharves | J Church K Ingleside M Ocean View S Shuttle
Embarcadero
San Francisco Ferry Building Bay Area Rapid Transit
 Montgomery
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Union Square/​Market Street (2022)
 Powell
Bay Area Rapid Transit
 Civic Center
Bay Area Rapid Transit
 Van Ness
N Judah to Ocean Beach
J Church to Balboa Park
 Church
Castro
F Market & Wharves
to surface tracks on
Market Street (closed 1982)
 Eureka Valley
closed
1972
Twin Peaks
 Forest Hill
West Portal
S Shuttle T Third Street
L Taraval to SF Zoo
Subway Expansion Project
to Parkmerced (proposed)
 West Portal and 14th Avenue
St. Francis Circle
K Ingleside
Right Of Way/Ocean
Right Of Way/Eucalyptus
Stonestown Galleria
San Francisco State University
19th Avenue and Junipero Serra / Randolph
19th Avenue and Randolph
Randolph and Arch
Randolph and Bright
Broad and Orizaba / Orizaba and Broad
Broad and Capitol
Broad and Plymouth
San Jose and Farallones
San Jose and Lakeview
San Jose and Mount Vernon
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BART
San Jose and Geneva/
San Jose and Niagara
 Balboa Park Bay Area Rapid Transit
BART to Daly City
 J Church K Ingleside
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The M Ocean View is a Muni Metro light rail line in San Francisco. The line was established in 1925.

Route description[change | change source]

Operation[change | change source]

The M Ocean View begins service at 5 a.m. on weekdays, 6 a.m. Saturdays and 8 a.m. Sundays, with the end of service occurring around 12:30 a.m. each night.

History[change | change source]

An outbound M Ocean View PCC streetcar on a diversion route during construction of the Market Street subway. Photo taken between 1972 and 1982

The M Ocean View line began operation on October 6, 1925, as a shuttle service from St. Francis Circle to Broad and Plymouth in the city's Ocean View District. It went through the Twin Peaks Tunnel to the downtown Ferry Building on October 31, 1927, but went back to a shuttle service on February 27, 1928. The shuttle service was replaced by buses on August 6, 1939, but streetcar service returned on December 17, 1944. On June 6, 1948, the Transbay Terminal became the inner terminus of the line.[2]

Changes in 1980s[change | change source]

While many streetcar lines switched to bus operations after World War II, the M Ocean View remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Twin Peaks Tunnel. On August 30, 1980, the line went further to Balboa Park BART station. The full line switched to light-rail operations with the opening of the Muni Metro system on December 17, 1980. [3]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "TEP Route Data & Proposed Changes". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stindt, Fred A. (October 1990). San Francisco's Century of Street Cars. p. 195. ISBN 0961546514.
  3. ↑ McKane, John; Perles, Anthony (1982). Inside Muni: The Properties and Operations of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Glendale, CA (US): Interurban Press. p. 198. ISBN 0-916374-49-1.

Other websites[change | change source]

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