L Taraval
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The L Taraval is a hybrid light rail/streetcar line of the Muni Metro system in San Francisco, California, mainly serving the Parkside District. Since 2021, the line has been suspended and replaced by buses until the end of 2024 for an improvement project along Taraval Street.
Two inbound L Taraval trains in 2017
The original end of the L Taraval line, before the 1937 extension south of Taraval Street, with tracks still in place but not normally used. These are the only tracks left in San Francisco that are embedded in granite "Belgian block".
New concrete boarding island for inbound passengers at Taraval and 19th Avenue station (Feb 2019)
Painted exclusion zone to protect outbound passengers at Taraval and 40th Avenue station (Jun 2018)
Muni Metro
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Muni Metro is a semi-metro system serving San Francisco, California, United States. Operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), a part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), Muni's light rail lines saw an average of 75,500 boardings per day as of the fourth quarter of 2023 and a total of 24,324,600 boardings in 2023, making it the sixth-busiest light rail system in the United States.
An inbound T Third Street train at Castro station in 2013
An inbound N Judah train at 48th Avenue in 2019
An outbound L Taraval PCC entering the (now demolished) eastern portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel – the original Muni subway segment, February 1967
K Ingleside USSLRV passes an M Ocean View PCC at West Portal, November 1980