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39-774: (Redirected from M-Line ) M line may refer to: M-line (mittel line or middle line), a structure in a muscle sarcomere M Ocean View , a light rail and former streetcar line in San Francisco, California McKinney Avenue Transit Authority , a streetcar line in Dallas, Texas also named the M-Line M (Los Angeles Railway) , a former streetcar service Geometric mean See also [ edit ] M Train (disambiguation) , several train services M1 (disambiguation)#Railways Line M (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

78-896: A long tail track; that tail track could be extended in the future to connect to the Daly City BART station via the M line. The total cost of the full subway line project was estimated at approximately $ 3 billion. In 2022, the SFMTA begin planning the M Ocean View Transit and Safety Project, a MuniForward project intended to improve reliability of the segment between Junipero Serra Boulevard and Balboa Park station. Initial proposals released that September included transit lanes and platform lengthening on San Jose Avenue, consolidation of several closely spaced stops, and four new traffic signals. A revised proposal in May 2023 eliminated one stop consolidation and two traffic signals, but added modifications to

117-633: A number of other lines have been discontinued. During the COVID-19 pandemic , service was initially reduced to a limited set of "core service" routes, then gradually expanded. As of July 2022 , six Muni Metro routes, one streetcar route, one bus replacement for a Muni Metro route, three cable car routes, 43 local bus routes, four Rapid routes, and three express routes are in operation. Several of those routes have been temporarily modified. Twelve overnight Owl routes and one early-morning express route are in operation. All three cable car lines are based out of

156-584: A rail replacement project on the M in February 1998. Full combined J/M service was planned upon completion of the automated train control system and the Muni Metro Turnback; however, this was never implemented even after the construction projects were finished. In 2010, Muni replaced the rail junction just south of St. Francis Circle station . Rail service south of West Portal station was replaced with buses from May 17 to September 4. The line

195-651: A two-level station with the K/M lines on the lower level and the L line on the upper level. New underground stations would be constructed at Saint Francis Circle (K/M lines), Winston Drive (M, serving Stonestown), Holloway (J/M, serving SF State), and Parkmerced (M). A potential infill station could be constructed at Ocean Avenue in Lakeside Village. Several existing surface stations would be removed; in most cases, they would be replaced by underground stations. The proposed full subway line would continue past Parkmerced with

234-535: 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

273-607: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages M Ocean View The M Ocean View is a light rail line that is part of the Muni Metro system in San Francisco , California. Named after the Oceanview neighborhood, it runs between San Jose and Geneva and Embarcadero station , connecting Oceanview, San Francisco State University , and Stonestown Galleria with

312-779: The A Geary-Park line was inaugurated, running between the Financial District and the Richmond District on the western side of the city. The streetcar system was expanded over the next 16 years, including the Stockton Street Tunnel in 1914, Twin Peaks Tunnel in 1918 and the Sunset Tunnel in 1928. Muni began operating buses in 1917, and trolleybuses in 1941. The city acquired the competing Market Street Railway in 1944, doubling

351-527: 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). 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

390-1089: 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. Routes have two-part names like "19 Polk" and "N Judah", where

429-556: The Transbay Tube . It runs a limited number of trips during the early morning between 4am and 5am, while BART is closed. 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

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468-658: The 19th Avenue/Highway 1 corridor. In response, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority published studies in 2010 and 2014 which explored options to facilitate pedestrian access and improve travel times. The full-subway option was chosen for further development and named the Muni Subway Expansion Project (MSXP). Under the preliminary concept for MSXP, the rail line would remain underground past West Portal station. K Ingleside would branch off from

507-551: The K Owl runs only a small number of trips in the early morning and just after the subway closes. 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) to allow for overnight maintenance work in the subway. 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

546-655: The Market Street subway system opened. In the early 1970s, Muni began planning an extension of the J Church line over new track to Balboa Park station , then over the M Ocean View line to the high-ridership San Francisco State University station and Stonestown Galleria station . A Final Environmental Impact Statement for the new track was released in 1983; it was opened for non-revenue moves in August 1991 and began revenue service in June 1993. Original plans called for

585-543: The Market Street subway. On August 30, 1980, the line was extended to Balboa Park BART station . The full line was partially converted to modern light-rail operation with the opening of the Muni Metro system on December 17, 1980. Eureka Valley in the Twin Peaks Tunnel was originally a stop in regular service, but the station was closed in 1972 and replaced, ten years later, by Castro Street Station when

624-635: The Saint Francis Circle, where it then takes its own right-of-way to 19th Avenue. The portion of the line on 19th Avenue between where it joins 19th near Eucalyptus Drive and Junipero Serra Boulevard is a right-of-way separated from the street. This section has two stations with high-platforms, one at the Stonestown Galleria on Winston Drive and the other at San Francisco State University on Holloway Avenue. It continues on 19th Avenue past Junipero Serra to Randolph Street. At

663-622: The cable car barn at Mason and Washington. Muni runs six Muni Metro light rail lines (J, K, L, M, N, and T), plus a shuttle service (S). The S Shuttle operates as an additional subway service at peak hours; extended S service is also used 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, Green Division (located at Balboa Park station ) and Muni Metro East;

702-553: The city center. The line opened on October 6, 1925. The line runs from Embarcadero station in the Financial District to Geneva Avenue and San Jose Avenue near City College of San Francisco in the Balboa Park neighborhood. The downtown portion of the line runs through the Market Street subway , which it shares with three other Muni Metro lines. It continues through the much older Twin Peaks Tunnel, emerging at West Portal Station . From there, it follows West Portal Avenue to

741-405: The downtown section of the route and on 19th Avenue and at smaller stops on the rest of the line. Most of the smaller stops are nothing more than a sign on the side of the street designating a stop and a few others are concrete 'islands' in the middle of the street next to the tracks that provide access for wheelchairs . Muni bus routes provide service to all stations and other systems with access to

780-540: The end of Randolph, the M uses Orizaba Avenue to get to Broad Street and takes that to San Jose Avenue. The rest of the line follows San Jose Avenue to Geneva Avenue, where the line loops around the Metro yard there on the corner opposite from Balboa Park Station. The M Ocean View begins service at 5 a.m. on weekdays, 6 a.m. Saturdays and 8 a.m. Sundays, with the end of service occurring around 12:30 a.m. each night. Daytime headways are 10 to 12 minutes. Service on most of

819-696: The historic streetcar lines are based at Cameron Beach Yard (also near Balboa Park). All routes except the E Embarcadero are in operation. 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 9 uses articulated buses on weekends. On five high-ridership corridors, local buses are supplemented with rapid buses with limited stops. The Rapid routes largely follow

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858-427: The majority of riders access 19th Avenue stops from the west side of 19th, since Stonestown Galleria, San Francisco State University and Parkmerced are all located west of 19th. In order to access the stops, which are located in the median of 19th Avenue, pedestrians cross three lanes of traffic and a turn lane. In San Francisco, 55% of severe and fatal pedestrian accidents occur on 7% of its street miles, which includes

897-439: The need to quarantine control center staff after a COVID-19 case. M rail service resumed on August 14, 2021, with the line terminating at Embarcadero again. The M Ocean View moves at only 8.5 to 9.5 miles per hour (13.7 to 15.3 km/h) during afternoon commute hours over a 2-mile (3.2 km) distance along 19th Avenue/ Highway 1 . The slow speed is attributed to trains stopping at multiple busy street crossings. In addition,

936-402: The rail line has dedicated rights-of-way. The M Ocean View line began operation on October 6, 1925, as a shuttle service from St. Francis Circle to the wye at Broad and Plymouth in the city's Ocean View District. It was extended through the Twin Peaks Tunnel to the downtown Ferry Building on October 31, 1927, but reverted to a shuttle service on February 27, 1928. The shuttle service

975-428: The route is provided by overnight Owl buses during the hours that rail service is not running. The L Owl serves the portion between Embarcadero and West Portal, and the 91 Owl serves the portion between West Portal and SF State. On weekends, the M Ocean View Bus service runs from 5 a.m. until the start of rail service. The bus line largely follows the rail line, but it uses surface streets to parallel sections where

1014-424: The route of the local buses, with some variations; at times when the 5R and 9R operate, 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. 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

1053-536: The same corridor. All express routes except routes 1X, 8AX, 8BX, and 78X are suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. Two additional routes provide shorter-distance express service between

1092-427: 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

1131-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title M line . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M_line&oldid=1178004594 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1170-666: 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. 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. Muni began service on December 28, 1912, when

1209-414: The size of Muni; its purchase of the bankrupt California Street Cable Railroad in 1952 made it the city's sole transit operator. 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 service changes over the lifetime of Muni gave rise to the lines in use today;

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1248-500: The stations are noted. [REDACTED] Media related to M Ocean View at Wikimedia Commons List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines#Owl bus lines 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

1287-499: The terminal at San Jose and Geneva. As of October 2023 , "quick-build" implementation of some changes is expected to begin in late 2023, with main construction beginning in 2026. In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the SFMTA $ 4.7 million to construct accessible platforms at eight Muni Metro stops, including three M Ocean View stops. The M Ocean View line stops at large stations for

1326-406: The two existing stations to be rebuilt with high-level platforms, and a pocket track to allow J Church trains to turn back. After objections from neighbors, the pocket track was removed from the plan. The first phase of the 19th Ave. Platform & Trackway Improvement Project required the line to be replaced by buses south of St. Francis Circle from June 19 to October 23, 1993; the new platforms at

1365-424: The two stations were opened when service was restored, though several minor stops along 19th Avenue were left permanently closed. The second phase required full bustitution beginning on July 30, 1994; rail service was restored to Stonestown on November 19 for holiday shopping, and on the rest of the line on January 28, 1995. Some weekday J and M service was through-routed beginning on March 27, 1995; this lasted until

1404-537: The underground line and surface on Junipero Serra Boulevard just south of Saint Francis Circle. M Ocean View will remain underground along the current right of way under West Portal Avenue and 19th Avenue, branching off at Holloway to Parkmerced. The underground line would continue with J Church service along 19th until surfacing just east of the intersection of 19th and Junipero Serra, then continuing on to Balboa Park via Randolph, Broad, and San Jose. The current West Portal station would most likely have to be redesigned as

1443-560: Was replaced by buses on August 6, 1939, but streetcar service returned on the full length of the line on December 17, 1944. On June 6, 1948, the Transbay Terminal became the inner terminus of the line. While many streetcar lines were permanently converted to buses after World War II , the M Ocean View remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Twin Peaks Tunnel . Service was diverted to Duboce Avenue, Church Street, and 17th Street on December 2, 1972, due to construction of

1482-447: Was replaced with buses due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Light-rail service on the M resumed on August 22, 2020, with the routes reconfigured to improve reliability in the subway. M Ocean View and T Third Street service were interlined, running between Sunnydale station and San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park station). M Light-rail service was re-replaced by the M Bus on August 25 due to issues with malfunctioning overhead wire splices and

1521-419: Was temporarily replaced by buses from June 25 to August 24, 2018 due to the Twin Peaks Tunnel shutdown . During that time, a new traffic signal with transit signal priority was installed where the line crosses the northbound lanes of 19th Avenue at Rossmoor Drive, and red transit-only lanes were painted to indicate that drivers must not block the crossing. On March 30, 2020, M Ocean View light-rail service

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