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The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the primary public transit system for San Francisco, California. Muni is part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which is also responsible for the streets, parking, traffic signals, and other transportation in the city. In 2019, Muni had the eighth-highest ridership among systems in the United States, with an average weekday ridership of 684,600.[1][2] Service is operated to all parts of San Francisco - including Treasure Island - as well as small sections of Daly City and Marin County.

Muni operates seven light rail lines in the Muni Metro system, two streetcar lines (E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves), and three cable car lines. Daytime bus service includes 44 local routes, 5 limited-stop "Rapid" routes, and 15 peak-hour express routes. Four additional express routes provide weekend service to the Marin Headlands, service to Oracle Park (home of the San Francisco Giants) and the Chase Center (home of the Golden State Warriors) and supplement BART in the early morning. Overnight night bus "Owl" service - part of the All Nighter network - includes eight 24-hour routes, two night-only routes, three bus replacements of Muni Metro lines, and five weekend early-morning Muni Metro replacement lines. Fourteen local routes (two only at certain times), one rapid route, and four Owl routes run as electric trolleybuses. Muni service operates out of ten yards and garages: one cable car barn, three light rail / streetcar yards, two trolleybus garages, and four bus garages.[3]

Routes have two-part names like "1 California" and "K Ingleside", where the second portion is usually a street served by the route (or in some cases, a neighborhood or landmark). Light rail and streetcar lines are lettered, while bus routes are numbered. The letter/number scheme was created by Muni, while the two-part naming scheme was created by the Market Street Railway, which Muni absorbed in 1944.[4]: 127  The three cable car lines are largely known by name (Powell-Mason, Powell-Hyde, and California), though they are abbreviated to PM, PH, and C on maps, and have internal numbers 59-61 for operational purposes.[5]

Muni began service on December 28, 1912, when the A Geary-Park line was inaugurated, running between the Financial District and the Richmond District on the western side of the city.[4]: 27  The streetcar system was expanded over the next 16 years, including the Twin Peaks Tunnel in 1918 and the Sunset Tunnel in 1928. Muni began operating buses in 1917, and trolleybuses in 1941.[4]: 89, 111  The city acquired the competing Market Street Railway in 1944, doubling the size of Muni; its purchase of the bankrupt California Street Cable Railroad in 1952 made it the city's sole transit operator.[6] Replacement of streetcars by buses in the 1940s and 1950s left only five streetcar lines; they were converted to Muni Metro light rail in 1980 with the completion of the Market Street subway. Numerous services changes over the lifetime of Muni gave rise to the lines in use today; a number of other lines have been discontinued.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a limited set of "core service" routes are operating. This includes two Muni Metro routes, four bus replacements for Muni Metro routes, 27 local bus routes, one express route, and three Rapid routes.[7] Eleven overnight Owl routes are in operation.[7]

Key

† Electric trolleybus routes
♦ Community routes using 30-foot (9.1 m) buses
^ Routes using 60-foot (18 m) articulated buses
N Routes not operating during COVID-19 pandemic
M Routes with modified routing during COVID-19 pandemic

Cable car lines

A red cable car operating on a city street, surrounding by tall buildings
A cable car on Powell Street in 2015
See also: San Francisco cable car system

All three cable car lines are based out of the cable car barn at Mason and Washington. Cable car service is suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Route Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Ridership[3] Links
California (C) California and Market California and Van Ness 4,000 Link
Powell-Hyde (PH) Powell and Market Hyde and Beach 7,800 Link
Powell-Mason (PM) Powell and Market Taylor and Bay 5,100 Link

Muni Metro and historic streetcar lines

A yellow-and-green streetcar and an orange streetcar on a paved trackway
A PCC streetcar and an ex-Milan streetcar on the F Market & Wharves line at the Ferry Building
A red modern light rail vehicle at a subway platform
An N Judah train at Powell station in 2017
See also: Muni Metro

Muni runs six Muni Metro light rail lines (J, K, L, M, N, and T), plus a shuttle service (S). The M and T are normally interlined; trains switch designation at West Portal station (inbound) and Embarcadero station (outbound). The K and L are interlined with a switch at West Portal; trains do not enter the subway. The S Shuttle operates as additional subway service at peak hours, and to serve events at Oracle Park (primarily San Francisco Giants games) and Chase Center (primarily Golden State Warriors games).

Two streetcar lines (E and F) use historic streetcars but serve as full transit routes rather than mere tourist attractions. Muni Metro lines are based out of two yards at Balboa Park (Green Division and Cameron Beach Yard) plus Muni Metro East; the historic streetcar lines are based at Cameron Beach Yard.

All Muni Metro and streetcar service, except for the J Church and T Third Street, is suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bus replacements operate for the remaining four main Muni Metro lines.[7]

Route Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Links
E Embarcadero E Embarcadero Jones and Beach station 4th and King station Link
F Market & Wharves F Market & Wharves Jones and Beach station 17th Street and Castro station Link
J Church J Church Church and Market Balboa Park station Link
K Ingleside /
L Taraval		 K Ingleside /
L Taraval		 Wawona and 46th Avenue station Balboa Park station Link
M Ocean View/
T Third Street		 M Ocean View /
T Third Street		 Sunnydale station San Jose and Geneva
(Balboa Park station)		 Link
N Judah N Judah 4th and King station Judah and La Playa station Link
S Shuttle S Shuttle Embarcadero station West Portal station Link

Local bus lines

A bus under a large building
A route 5 Fulton bus at the street-level bus plaza at the Transbay Transit Center in 2018
A bus on a street with overhead wires
A route 18 bus on 46th Avenue in 2018
Three trolleybuses on a city street
Route 21 Hayes and 31 Balboa trolleybuses at Ferry Plaza in 2019
A bus crossing an intersection in a commercial district
A 30-foot (9.1 m) route 37 Corbett bus in Cole Valley in 2018
A bus at a bus stop with red pavement
A route 49 bus on red transit-only lanes in the Mission District in 2017

Muni operates 44 local bus routes. Most routes operate on weekdays and weekends; the 41 and 88 operate only during weekday peak hours. A number of routes have different terminals during evenings and/or weekends. Route 2, which uses diesel hybrid buses, is supplemented by short turn trolleybuses at peak hours. Route 5 uses trolleybuses only during evenings and weekends.

Route Note Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Ridership[3] Links
1 California † Clay and Drumm Geary and 33rd Avenue 23,500 Link
2 Clement N Steuart and Market (Ferry Plaza) Clement and 14th Avenue (Park Presidio) 5,200 Link
2 Sutter N † California and Presidio
3 Jackson N † Sutter and Sansome Presidio and California 2,500 Link
5 Fulton Transbay Transit Center Fulton and 6th Avenue (weekday daytime) 8,400 Link
5 Fulton †^ Cabrillo and La Playa (other times)
6 Haight/Parnassus N † Steuart and Market (Ferry Plaza) Quintara and 14th Avenue 7,800 Link
7 Haight/Noriega ^ Transbay Transit Center Ortega and 48th Avenue 9,400 Link

8 Bayshore ^ Kearny and North Point City College (Unity Plaza) 22,800 Link
9 San Bruno Market and Steuart Bayshore and Arleta (weekday daytime)
McLaren School (other times)		 9,700 Link
10 Townsend N Jackson and Fillmore (weekday daytime)
Jackson and Van Ness (other times)		 24th Street and Potrero 6,500 Link
12 Folsom/Pacific M Van Ness and Pacific 24th Street Mission station 6,300 Link
14 Mission †^ Steuart and Mission (Ferry Plaza) Mission and San Jose 24,900 Link
15 Bayview Hunters Point Express ♦ Sutter and Sansome Palou and 3rd Street Woods Link
18 46th Avenue N Legion of Honor 19th Avenue and Buckingham Way 3,200 Link
19 Polk Beach and Polk (Aquatic Park) Galvez and Robinson (Shipyard) 6,900 Link
21 Hayes N † Steuart and Market (Ferry Plaza) Fulton and Shrader 6,600 Link

22 Fillmore † Fillmore and Bay Mission Bay North and Third Street 16,000 Link
23 Monterey N Palou and Third Street Great Highway and Sloat (San Francisco Zoo) 3,800 Link
24 Divisadero † Jackson and Webster Third Street and Palou 12,000 Link
25 Treasure Island Transbay Transit Center Avenue H and 13th Street (Treasure Island) 2,800 Link
27 Bryant M Jackson and Van Ness Cesar Chavez and Bartlett 6,200 Link
28 19th Avenue M Van Ness and North Point Daly City station 11,700 Link
29 Sunset Bowley and Lincoln (The Presidio) Fitzgerald and Keith 17,500 Link
30 Stockton †^ Townsend and 4th Street Divisadero and Chestnut
Van Ness and North Point (some trips - as 30S)		 20,400 Link
31 Balboa N † Steuart and Mission (Ferry Plaza) Cabrillo and La Playa 8,800 Link
33 Ashbury/18th Street † Sacramento and Cherry 25th Street and Potrero 5,700 Link
35 Eureka N ♦ Castro station Glen Park station 1,100 Link
36 Teresita N ♦ Forest Hill station Valencia and Cesar Chavez 1,500 Link
37 Corbett ♦ Masonic and Haight Parkridge and Burnett 2,200 Link
38 Geary ^ Transbay Transit Center 32nd Avenue and Balboa (daytime)
Fort Miley Hospital (daytime)
48th Avenue and Point Lobos (evenings)		 21,500 Link

39 Coit N ♦ North Point and Stockton Coit Tower 500 Link
41 Union N † Main and Howard Lyon and Greenwich 3,500 Link
43 Masonic M Marina and Laguna (Fort Mason) Munich and Geneva 12,600 Link
44 O'Shaughnessy 6th Avenue and California Hudson and Third Street 15,500 Link
45 Union/Stockton † Townsend and 4th Street Lyon and Greenwich 10,000 Link
47 Van Ness N Powell and Beach Townsend and 4th Street 11,900 Link
48 Quintara/24th Street M 20th Street and Third Street Great Highway and Rivera (weekday daytime)
West Portal station (other times)		 7,600 Link

49 Van Ness/Mission ^ Van Ness and North Point City College (Unity Plaza) 25,000 Link
52 Excelsior N ♦ Forest Hill station Dublin and La Grande 2,000 Link
54 Felton Newhall and Hudson Daly City station 6,800 Link
55 Dogpatch 16th Street Mission station 20th Street and 3rd Street 1,900 Link
56 Rutland N ♦ Visitacion Valley Middle School Thomas Mellon Circle (daytime)
Arleta and Bayshore (evenings)		 400 Link
57 Parkmerced N West Portal station Sloat and 36th Avenue 2,100 Link
66 Quintara N ♦ 9th Avenue and Judah Vicente and 30th Avenue 800 Link
67 Bernal Heights N ♦ 24th Street Mission station Ellsworth and Crescent 1,400 Link
88 BART Shuttle N Balboa Park station Sickles and Alemany (AM)
Mission and Sickles (PM)		 400 Link

Rapid bus lines

A silver bus at a boarding island on a wide street
A route 9R bus on Market Street in 2019

On five high-ridership corridors, local buses are supplemented with rapid buses with limited stops. The Rapid routes largely follow the route of the local buses, with some variations; at times when the 5R and 9R operates, the 5 and 9 are cut back to a shorter route. The 5R, 9R, and 28R operate only on weekdays until 7pm; the 14R and 38R operate every day until 7pm.

Route Note Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Ridership[3] Links
5R Fulton Rapid N † ^ Transbay Transit Center Cabrillo and La Playa 12,900 Link
9R San Bruno Rapid ^ Main and Mission Sunnydale and McLaren School 11,700 Link
14R Mission Rapid ^ Mission and Main Daly City station 18,900 Link
28R 19th Avenue Rapid N California and 6th Avenue Balboa Park station 4,500 Link
38R Geary Rapid ^ Transbay Transit Center Point Lobos and 48th Avenue 29,500 Link

Express bus lines

Passengers boarding an articulated bus
A route 8BX bus at Balboa Park station
A bus on a busy multi-lane road
A route Nx bus on 19th Avenue in 2018

Muni operates several types of express routes. Twelve routes operate between outer neighborhoods and downtown. The local sections in the outer neighborhoods overlap with local routes of the same number, while the non-stop express sections operate on expressways or major arterials. They operate only during weekday peak hours, with service only in the peak direction. Buses in the opposite direction run deadhead except for the 8AX and 8BX, which are paired with the local route 8 in the non-peak direction. Eight of the express routes are paired into 'A' and 'B' types, which have different local segments on the same corridor. All express routes are suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Route Note Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Ridership[3] Links
1AX California 'A' Express N ^ Davis and Pine Geary and 33rd Avenue 1,200 Link
1BX California 'B' Express N ^ Davis and Pine California and 6th Avenue 1,500 Link
7X Noriega Express N ^ Market and Steuart (AM)
Main and Market (PM)		 Ortega and 48th Avenue 1,600 Link
8AX Bayshore 'A' Express M^ Kearny and Pacific Geneva and Schwerin 5,800 Link

8BX Bayshore 'B' Express N ^ Kearny and North Point City College (Unity Plaza) 5,600 Link
14X Mission Express N ^ Steuart and Mission Mission and San Jose 4,200 Link
30X Marina Express N ^ Howard and Steuart Scott and Beach 2,000 Link
31AX Balboa 'A' Express N Davis and Pine Cabrillo and La Playa 1,100 Link
31BX Balboa 'B' Express N Davis and Pine Balboa and Park Presidio 900 Link
38AX Geary 'A' Express N Davis and Pine Point Lobos and 48th Avenue 900 Link
38BX Geary 'B' Express N Davis and Pine Geary and 25th Avenue 1,000 Link
Nx N Express N Bush and Montgomery (AM)
Sutter and Sansome (PM)		 Judah and 48th Avenue 1,300 Link

Three additional routes provide shorter-distance express service between the Caltrain commuter rail terminal at 4th and King station and business areas near Market Street. Like the outer express routes, they operate only at peak hours. The 81X and 82X operate only in the peak direction (the 81X operates only in the morning peak); the 83X has bidirectional service.

Route Note Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Ridership[3] Links
81X Caltrain Express N Beale and Howard Townsend and 4th Street 100 Link
82X Levi Plaza Express N Sansome and Filbert (Levi's Plaza) Townsend and 4th Street 500 Link
83X Mid-Market Express N ♦ 9th Street and Market (Civic Center) Townsend and 5th Street 300 Link

A bus in a parking lot, with grassy hills in the background
A route 76X bus at the Rodeo Beach parking lot in the Marin Headlands in 2007

Three express routes provide specialized service. The 76X, which runs only on weekends and holidays, provides service to recreational and tourist areas in the Marin Headlands. The 78X and 79X provide service to the Chase Center; they run only before and after events at the arena.[8]

Route Note Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Links
76X Marin Headlands Express N Sutter and Sansome Fort Cronkhite (Marin Headlands) Link
78X 16th Street Arena Express N ^ Chase Center 16th Street Mission station Link
79X Van Ness Arena Express N Chase Center Van Ness and North Point Link

Owl bus lines

A silver bus on a wide street at night
A route K Owl bus on Market Street in 2019

Owl routes provide night bus service from 1am to 5am daily (including holidays) as a part of the Bay Area's All Nighter network.

The 90 Owl route is a combination of the daytime 47 Van Ness and 9 San Bruno routes, while the 91 Owl route is a combination of the daytime K Ingleside, 8 Bayshore, T Third, 30 Stockton, and 28 19th Avenue routes. The 5 Fulton, 24 Divisadero, 44 O'Shaughnessy, and 48 Quintara-24th Street Owl routes are truncated from their daytime counterparts.

Route 714 is part of the Early Bird Express system, which provides service while BART performs seismic retrofit earthquake work in the Transbay Tube. It runs a limited number of trips during the early morning between 4am and 5am, while BART is closed.[9]

The K, L, and N Owl motor coaches replace daytime light rail service and run on surface streets, making local stops, rather than in the Market Street subway, Twin Peaks Tunnel, and Sunset Tunnel. The L Owl also covers the route of the daytime F-Market line. The L and N Owl buses run all night, while the K Owl runs only a small number of trips in the early morning and just after the subway closes.

Route Note Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Links
5 Fulton N † Jones and McAllister Cabrillo and La Playa Link
14 Mission † Steuart and Mission Mission and San Jose Link
22 Fillmore † Fillmore and Bay 20th Street and Third Street Link
24 Divisadero † Divisadero and Sutter Cortland and Bayshore Link
25 Treasure Island Transbay Transit Center 13th and Gateview (Treasure Island) Link
38 Geary Transbay Transit Center Point Lobos and 48th Avenue Link
44 O'Shaughnessy Glen Park BART Hudson and Newhall Link

48 24th Street Owl N Castro and 24th Street Third Street and 20th Street Link
90 San Bruno Owl Van Ness and North Point San Bruno and Bayshore Link
91 Third Street/19th Avenue Owl Holloway and 19th Avenue West Portal station Link
714 BART Early Bird ^ Steuart and Mission Mission and San Jose Link
K Owl N Steuart and Mission Balboa Park station Link
L Owl Jones and Beach Wawona and 46th Avenue Link
N Owl 4th Street and Townsend Ocean Beach Link

Early morning lines

In addition to the Owl service, buses normally provide weekend service along all Muni Metro lines from 5am until rail service begins (6am on Saturdays, 8am on Sundays).[10] The K, L, and N Bus routes differ slightly from the nightly Owl routes and do not make local stops along their surface street detours, instead stopping only at stops used by the normal L and N daytime light rail routes. Because Muni Metro lines are replaced with buses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the weekend early-morning routes are not operated separately except for the T.[7]

Route Note Inbound terminal Outbound terminal Links
J Church Bus N Embarcadero station Balboa Park station Link
KT Ingleside/Third Street Bus N Sunnydale station Balboa Park station Link
L Taraval Bus N Embarcadero station Wawona and 46th Avenue Link
M Ocean View Bus N Embarcadero station Balboa Park station Link
N Judah Bus N Townsend and 5th Street Ocean Beach Link
T Third Street Bus M Sunnydale station 17th Street and Castro Link

References

  1. ^ "Transit Ridership Report: Third Quarter 2019" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Connecting Communities: FY 2018-2019 Annual Report" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Short Range Transit Plan: Fiscal Year 2019 - Fiscal Year 2030" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. December 2019. pp. 21, 47.
  4. ^ a b c Perles, Anthony (1981). The People's Railway: The History of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Interurban Press. ISBN 0916374424.
  5. ^ "FY11 Q3/Q4 Year-End Service Standards Scorecard – Summary" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. August 17, 2011. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2019.
  6. ^ Matoff, Tom (June 1999). "The Muni Paradox — A Brief Social History of the Municipal Railway". Urbanist. San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "COVID-19 Muni Core Service Plan". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  8. ^ Phelan, Lori (August 21, 2019). "New Transit Service to and from Chase Center" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  9. ^ "Early Bird Express" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 2019.
  10. ^ "Permanent Muni Service Changes Starting Saturday, February 22, 2020" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. February 22, 2020.

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