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The station was temporarily closed from June 25 to August 24, 2018, during the [[Twin Peaks Tunnel#Rail replacement project|Twin Peaks Tunnel shutdown]].<ref name="tpt">{{cite web |url=https://www.sfmta.com/projects/twin-peaks-tunnel-improvements-0 |title=Twin Peaks Tunnel Improvements |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626232234/https://www.sfmta.com/projects/twin-peaks-tunnel-improvements-0 |archive-date=June 26, 2018}}</ref>
The station was temporarily closed from June 25 to August 24, 2018, during the [[Twin Peaks Tunnel#Rail replacement project|Twin Peaks Tunnel shutdown]].<ref name="tpt">{{cite web |url=https://www.sfmta.com/projects/twin-peaks-tunnel-improvements-0 |title=Twin Peaks Tunnel Improvements |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626232234/https://www.sfmta.com/projects/twin-peaks-tunnel-improvements-0 |archive-date=June 26, 2018}}</ref>


It was closed from March 19 to August 21, 2020, and from August 25, 2020, to May 15, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Maguire |first=Mariana |date=August 18, 2020 |title=Major Muni Service Expansion August 22 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency |url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/major-muni-service-expansion-august-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |last=Dunn |first=Bradley |date=August 25, 2020 |title=Effective August 25 Buses Serve Muni Metro Routes |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency |url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/effective-august-25-buses-serve-muni-metro-routes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |date=April 16, 2021 |title=Welcome Back to the Westside, K Ingleside Trains! |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency |url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/welcome-back-westside-k-ingleside-trains}}</ref>
It was closed again from March 19 to August 22, 2020, and from August 25, 2020, to May 15, 2021 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic.]]<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Maguire |first=Mariana |date=August 18, 2020 |title=Major Muni Service Expansion August 22 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency |url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/major-muni-service-expansion-august-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |last=Dunn |first=Bradley |date=August 25, 2020 |title=Effective August 25 Buses Serve Muni Metro Routes |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency |url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/effective-august-25-buses-serve-muni-metro-routes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |date=April 16, 2021 |title=Welcome Back to the Westside, K Ingleside Trains! |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency |url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/welcome-back-westside-k-ingleside-trains}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 03:26, 10 November 2021

For other places with the same name, see Forest Hill station (disambiguation).
Muni Metro station Forest Hill
Forest Hill station headhouse in 2018
General information
LocationLaguna Honda Boulevard
San Francisco, California
Coordinates37°44′53″N 122°27′33″W / 37.74803°N 122.45914°W / 37.74803; -122.45914
Line(s)Twin Peaks Tunnel
Platforms2 sides
ConnectionsBus transport Muni: 36, 43, 44, 52, K Owl, KT Bus, L Owl, M Bus
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedFebruary 3, 1918[1]: 70 
Rebuilt1985
Services
Preceding station Muni Following station
West Portal
towards Balboa Park
 K Ingleside
(K/T interlined)
 Castro
towards Embarcadero
West Portal
towards Chinatown
 T Third Street Castro
towards Sunnydale
West Portal
towards San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park)
 M Ocean View Castro
towards Embarcadero
West Portal
Terminus
 S Shuttle
Designated2004[2]
Reference no.231
Location
Map

Forest Hill station is a Muni Metro station near the Forest Hill and Laguna Honda neighborhoods in San Francisco, California. It was originally built in 1916 to 1918 as part of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, and is the oldest subway station west of Chicago.[citation needed] The station was originally named Laguna Honda; lettering with that former name is carved on the station headhouse.

Scenes from the films Dirty Harry (1971) and Milk (2008) were shot inside of this station.

Station layout and architecture

An inbound M Ocean View Ocean View train about to depart Forest Hill station in Dec, 2017.

Forest Hill Station was built in a "restrained classical revival"[3] style which has remained largely unaltered to the present. There are also a few decorative features suggestive of an Art Nouveau aesthetic, for example malachite colored accents placed over the elevator doors.

The station consists of two side platforms next to the tracks far below the surface. Forest Hill Station is located deeper underground than any other Muni Metro station; so much so that, unlike other stations, most people use an elevator to reach the platform at Forest Hill. Unlike all other underground Muni Metro stations, which feature an underground concourse mezzanine on the first level down, and the platform on the second level down, Forest Hill's concourse level is in a station building on the surface.

Forest Hill and Eureka Valley stations were originally constructed with low platforms, as streetcars of that era had steps to load passengers from street level. However, the six new Market Street Subway stations, as well as West Portal station, were built with high-level platforms for speedier level boarding onto the new Boeing LRVs. With Eureka Valley permanently closed, Forest Hill was left as the only low-platform station on the Muni Metro subway. Muni later modified the station with high-level platforms, elevators for handicapped access, and ventilation improvements. The $6 million project, which upgraded Forest Hill to equal the new stations while keeping its historic architecture, was completed in 1985.[4][5]

Later changes

The station was temporarily closed from June 25 to August 24, 2018, during the Twin Peaks Tunnel shutdown.[6]

It was closed again from March 19 to August 22, 2020, and from August 25, 2020, to May 15, 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Perles, Anthony (1981). The People's Railway: The History of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Interurban Press. ISBN 0916374424.
  2. ^ "City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks". City of San Francisco. Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  3. ^ Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny. An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area. Santa Barbara, Gibbs-Smith, 2007 p96-7
  4. ^ "Chapter 1". Muni Metro Turnaround Project: Final Enivironmental Impact Statement. United States Department of Transportation Urban Mass Transportation Administration. August 1989. pp. 1–2 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Brenner, Douglas (January 1987). "In transit" (PDF). Architectural Record. pp. 67–83.
  6. ^ "Twin Peaks Tunnel Improvements". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. June 25, 2018. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018.
  7. ^ Maguire, Mariana (August 18, 2020). "Major Muni Service Expansion August 22" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency.
  8. ^ Dunn, Bradley (August 25, 2020). "Effective August 25 Buses Serve Muni Metro Routes" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency.
  9. ^ "Welcome Back to the Westside, K Ingleside Trains!" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency. April 16, 2021.

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