Church station (Muni Metro)

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S Shuttle train at Church station, December 2017.jpg
S Shuttle train at Church station in December 2017
General information
Location Market Street at Church Street and 14th Street
San Francisco, California
Coordinates 37°46′4.13″N122°25′44.64″W / 37.7678139°N 122.4290667°W / 37.7678139; -122.4290667
Owned by San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Line(s) Market Street subway
Platforms2 side platforms (underground)
4 side platforms (surface)
Tracks2 (Muni Metro – underground)
2 (Muni Metro – surface)
2 (historic streetcar – surface)
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Muni: 22, 37
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
ArchitectReid & Tarics Associates [1]
History
OpenedJune 11, 1980 [2]
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO SFmuni.svg Muni Following station
Castro
towards Balboa Park
K Ingleside Van Ness
towards Embarcadero
Castro
towards SF Zoo
L Taraval
Suspended
Castro M Ocean View
Castro
towards West Portal
S Shuttle
At surface stops
Market and Sanchez F Market & Wharves Market and Dolores / Market and Buchanan
Church and 16th Street
towards Balboa Park
J Church Church and Duboce
towards Embarcadero
Location
Church station (Muni Metro)

Church station or Church Street station is a Muni Metro light rail station in San Francisco, California. It is located at the six-way intersection of Market Street, Church Street and 14th Street in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood.

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Station layout

The street-level elevator entrance Street elevator at Church station, August 2020.JPG
The street-level elevator entrance

The station consists of two side platforms next to the tracks on the second level down with the concourse mezzanine level overlooking it. At both Church Street station and Castro Street station, there is only one stairway on each side of Market Street leading into the station. (All other stations on the Market Street subway have entrances spread out along the length of the station.) One of these entrances is located on the northwest corner of Market and 14th Street, and the other is on the southwest corner of Market and Church Street. The street elevator is on the north side of Market Street west of 14th Street. Originally freestanding, it was incorporated in the façade of an apartment building constructed in 2017–2020. [3] [4]

The J Church line, which enters and exits the Market Street subway tunnel in a portal near the station, connects to this station at two surface-level platforms. The inbound stop is near the corner of Church and Market Streets, while the outbound stop is near the corner of Church and 14th Streets. The F Market & Wharves streetcar line, running along Market Street, also has stops at the intersection. The N Judah line also exits the Market Street tunnel before reaching the Church Street station and stops one block away at Church and Duboce Avenue.

History

An outbound J Church train at Market Street in December 2020 Outbound J Church train leaving Market Street, December 2020.jpg
An outbound J Church train at Market Street in December 2020

The station was constructed by BART as part of the Market Street subway. The BART Board approved the name "Church Street" in December 1965. [5] Service at the station began in June 1980. The station was featured in the 1982 Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy film 48 Hrs. [6] Seismic retrofitting of the station took place in the first half of 2009. [7]

As part of August 2020 changes to Muni Metro, the J became an all-surface line. The J terminated at the inbound platform on Church Street, providing an accessible transfer between the J and subway trains. [8] A mini-high platform was to be constructed on the inbound platform at Church and Duboce, and an outbound mini-high platform was to be built on Church Street south of Market Street, allowing the J to be re-extended slightly to Duboce Street in October 2020. [8] The forced transfer at Church station – which requires J Church riders to cross two streets and use two elevators to transfer – was criticized by disability advocates. [9]

However, on August 25, 2020 – just days after the changes – all Muni Metro service was again replaced by buses. [10] J Church rail service resumed on December 19, 2020, with both new mini-high platforms in use and Duboce as the new terminus. [11] [12] The platforms were painted with a mural, Them (Ramp) by Simon Malvaez, in early 2021. [13]

In 2022, new decorative railings were added on both Market Street boarding islands as part of the Upper Market Street Safety Project. They feature a quote from Harvey Milk's 1977 "You've Got to Have Hope" speech, as well as an illustration of streetcar #1051, which is dedicated in Milk's honor. [14] [15] [16]

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