West Portal station is a Muni Metro station in the West Portal neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is built around the western entrance to the Twin Peaks Tunnel. The station consists of two side platforms, with the entrance at the western end. A non-accessible footbridge connects the platforms inside fare control.
An inbound train at West Portal station in August 2023
Former street-level stop outside Twin Peaks Tunnel in 1967
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