Eureka Station

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Coordinates: 37°45′41.97″N 122°26′17.3″W / 37.7616583°N 122.438139°W / 37.7616583; -122.438139

Eureka Valley Station
light rail
EurekaStationEmergencyExitDoNotBlock.jpg
Eureka Valley Station exit at Market & Eureka.
Station statistics
Address Market and Eureka Streets
San Francisco, CA
Lines Not in use
Connections

33 Stanyan
35 Eureka

37 Corbett
Structure underground
Platforms two side
Other information
Opened 1918
Closed 1972, replaced by Castro Street Station
Eastern portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, near Eureka Station. The portal itself is also unused.

The Eureka Valley Station was a streetcar station in San Francisco, California, from 1918 until 1972. It is located very close to the eastern end of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, in the Eureka Valley neighborhood. Its location was chosen with the intent that it could serve as a transfer station to the Sunset Tunnel, whose east portal in early plans was to be located at the corner of Market and Eureka streets[1].

To allow for construction of the Muni Metro, the station was closed and the new Castro Street Station was built to provide service to the nearby areas. The station was not demolished or blocked off from the tunnel after being closed, and can still be seen when passing through on a Muni Metro streetcar. It is now used as an emergency exit from the subway, and the emergency exit doors can be seen at street level at Market Street.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bion J. Arnold, Report on the Improvement and Development of the Transportation Facilities of San Francisco, 1913, pp. 233, 269

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