West Portal Station

West Portal
Station statistics
Address	West Portal Drive at Ulloa Street San Francisco, CA
Coordinates	37°44′27.27″N 122°27′57.58″W
Connections	MUNI 17 Parkmerced 48 Quintara-24th Street 91 Owl L Owl
Platforms	Two side
Other information
Opened	November 1982 (Muni Metro)
Accessible
Services
Preceding station   Muni Metro   Following station Forest Hill One-way operation K Ingleside Changes from K to T Toward Balboa Park only West Portal and 14th Avenue toward Balboa Park Forest Hill toward Embarcadero L Taraval Ulloa and Forest Side toward 46th and Wawona San Francisco Zoo M Ocean View West Portal and 14th Avenue toward San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park at rush hours) S Castro Shuttle (To West Portal on game days only) Terminus Forest Hill toward Sunnydale T Third Street Changes to T from K Toward Sunnydale only

West Portal Station is a Muni Metro station in the West Portal neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is built around the entrance to the Twin Peaks Tunnel, which connects with the Market Street Subway and runs through the city to the Embarcadero. The station consists of two side platforms with turnstiles at each end that connects to the street.

West Portal Station with a Breda car emerging from the Twin Peaks Tunnel

The station originally was similar to a regular curbside stop at the entrance to the tunnel, but when the Metro system was built in the late 1970s the existing metro station was built in its place.

On July 18, 2009, the West Portal station was the scene of a collision between a K and L streetcar. An estimated 44 people were injured.

External links

• Street map from Mapquest