N Judah

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N Judah
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Outbound N Judah train at 19th Avenue, June 2017.JPG
N Judah train on Judah Street at 19th Avenue in 2017.
Overview
OwnerSan Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
LocaleSan Francisco, California
Termini4th and King
Judah and La Playa (Ocean Beach)
Stations37
Service
TypeLight rail/streetcar
SystemMuni Metro
Operator(s)San Francisco Municipal Railway
Rolling stockBreda LRV2/LRV3, Siemens LRV4
Daily ridership43,000 (2019)[1]
History
OpenedOctober 21, 1928 (1928-10-21)
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead lines, 600 V DC
Route diagram

Legend
T Third Street to Sunnydale
 4th and King enlarge…
E Embarcadero Caltrain
to Central Subway (2022)
 2nd and King
Brannan
Folsom
E Embarcadero F Market & Wharves to Jones and Beach
BART
to Oakland
MMX turnbacks
 Embarcadero
K Ingleside M Ocean View S Shuttle F Market & Wharves Bay Area Rapid TransitSan Francisco Ferry Building
 Montgomery
F Market & Wharves Bay Area Rapid Transit
Union Square/​Market Street
Central Subway
(
opens
2022
)
 Powell
F Market & Wharves Bay Area Rapid Transit
 Civic Center
F Market & Wharves Bay Area Rapid Transit
BART to SFO and Millbrae
 Van Ness
F Market & Wharves
Market Street Subway
Duboce Portal
K Ingleside M Ocean View T Third Street S Shuttle
to surface tracks on
Market Street (closed 1982)
 Duboce and Church
J Church
 Duboce and Noe
Sunset Tunnel
 Carl and Cole
Carl and Stanyan
Carl and Hillway
Irving and Arguello /
Irving and 2nd Avenue
Irving and 5th Avenue /
Irving and 6th Avenue
Irving and 8th Avenue /
9th Avenue and Irving
 Judah and 9th Avenue
Judah and 12th Avenue
Judah and Funston
Judah and 15th Avenue /
Judah and 16th Avenue
 Judah and 19th Avenue
Judah and 22nd Avenue /
Judah and 23rd Avenue
 Judah and 25th Avenue
Judah and 28th Avenue
30th Avenue wye
 Judah and 31st Avenue
Judah and 34th Avenue
Judah and Sunset
Judah and 40th Avenue
Judah and 43rd Avenue
Judah and 46th Avenue
Judah and La Playa
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The N Judah is a hybrid light rail/streetcar line of the Muni Metro system in San Francisco, California. The line is named after Judah Street that it runs along for much of its length, named after railroad engineer Theodore Judah.[2] It links downtown San Francisco to the Cole Valley and Sunset neighborhoods. It is the busiest line in the Muni Metro system, serving an average of 41,439 weekday passengers in 2013.[3] It was one of San Francisco's streetcar lines, beginning operation in 1928,[4] and was partially converted to modern light-rail operation with the opening of the Muni Metro system in 1980. While many streetcar lines were converted to bus lines after World War II, the N Judah remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Sunset Tunnel.

Route description[]

A Boeing LRV newly in service on the N Judah, entering the Duboce Portal on Duboce Avenue, in March 1980.

The line runs from the Caltrain depot in the Mission Bay district to Ocean Beach and the Great Highway in the Sunset District. From the Caltrain depot at Fourth and King Streets, it runs along King Street and the Embarcadero, passing by Oracle Park. It then enters the Market Street subway, which it shares with the five other Muni Metro lines. It exits the tunnel at Church Street and, after a brief stretch along Duboce Avenue to Duboce Park, enters the older Sunset Tunnel. This tunnel serves to avoid a hill and contains no underground stations. From the western end of the tunnel, the route goes along Carl Street, past UCSF-Parnassus Campus, on Irving Street, until it turns onto 9th Avenue for one block and reaches Judah Street, which the N runs on for the rest of its route. On Judah between 9th Avenue and 19th Avenue the N runs on a right-of-way that is slightly raised above the surrounding street. There is a loop in the intersection at Judah, La Playa and Great Highway that the N uses to turn around.

Operation[]

N Judah train entering the eastern portal of the Sunset Tunnel.

As with all Muni lines, service begins around 5 a.m. on weekdays, 6 a.m. on Saturdays, and 8 a.m. on Sundays and holidays. Daytime headways are 10 minutes on weekdays and 12 minutes on weekends.[5][6] The line largely uses two-car (150-foot (46 m)) trains.

Service is provided by overnight Owl buses on the N Owl route during the hours that rail service is not running. On weekends, N Judah Bus service runs from 5am until the start of rail service. The bus lines largely follow the rail line, but use surface streets to parallel sections where the rail line has dedicated rights-of-way.[7]

History[]

On January 10, 1998, Muni opened the Muni Metro Extension to 4th and King/Caltrain. It was originally served by a temporary shuttle service, the E Embarcadero, which ran between Embarcadero station and 4th and King/Caltrain.[8][9] On August 22, 1998, the E Embarcadero line was eliminated and the N Judah line was extended in its place.[8][10]

A variety of service changes took place with the introduction of full service on the T Third Street line on April 7, 2007. The N Judah was cut back to Embarcadero station; the surface section on the Embarcadero was served only by the T Third Street line, plus the J Church line at peak hours.[11] The changes were unpopular with the public; they caused severe delays in the Market Street subway and forced N Judah riders to transfer to reach the Caltrain station when they previously did not. On June 30, 2007, Muni reversed several of the changes; the J Church and N Judah were restored to their previous configuration.[12] On December 5, 2009, the N Judah was cut to Embarcadero on weekends as part of widespread service reductions.[13] Weekend service was re-extended on October 15, 2011.[14]

After concerns from riders of constant overcrowding of the trains on the N Judah line, Muni debuted an express bus route called the NX Judah Express on June 13, 2011.[15] Starting off as a pilot program, the NX (stylized as Nx) was intended to relieve overcrowding during rush hours every ten minutes. It follows the western end of the N Judah route from Ocean Beach to 19th Avenue, then operates nonstop from there to the Financial District where it stops at Bush and Montgomery Streets.

In September 2016, Muni began running a pair of one-car shuttles between Embarcadero station and Carl and Hillway during morning rush hour to reduce crowding on the inner section of the line.[16] A study after one month showed the shuttles had increased capacity on the inner part of the line by 18% and reduced the number of passengers unable to board overcrowded trains by 63%.[17] In March 2018, the SFMTA board voted to shorten rush-hour headways from 7 minutes to 4 minutes, but to only use one-car trains on weekends. The changes were to take effect in the summer.[18]

On March 30, 2020, Muni Metro service was replaced with buses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]

Light-rail service returned in August 2020, with the routes reconfigured to improve reliability in the subway. N Judah service was not substantially changed, except for stops at 5th Avenue / 6th Avenue replacing former stops at 4th Avenue and 7th Avenue.[20][21] Light-rail service was re-replaced with buses on August 25 due to issues with malfunctioning overhead wire splices and the need to quarantine control center staff after a COVID-19 case.[22]

N Judah light-rail service resumed on May 15, 2021.[23]

Future plans[]

Future plans, according to the SFMTA Rail Capacity Strategy, include a new subway tunnel which connects to the Market Street subway to 9th Avenue. Additionally, the N Judah line will be rebuilt to run three car trains. Further plans include a non-revenue L Taraval to N Judah connector, which may run on 46th Avenue.[24]

Station/Stop listing[]

Station/Stop Neighborhood Other Muni Metro lines: Notes and connections
Disabled access 4th and King Mission Bay T Third Street
Disabled access 2nd and King T Third Street
Disabled access Brannan South Beach T Third Street Heritage streetcarE Embarcadero
Disabled access Folsom T Third Street
Disabled access Embarcadero Financial District K Ingleside M Ocean View T Third Street S Shuttle
Disabled access Montgomery K Ingleside M Ocean View T Third Street S Shuttle
Disabled access Powell Mid-Market, Civic Center, Tenderloin K Ingleside M Ocean View T Third Street S Shuttle
  • Heritage streetcarF Market & Wharves, Powell-Hyde, Powell-Mason, Bay Area Rapid Transit
  • Bus transport Muni: 5, 5R, 6, 7, 7X, 8, 8AX, 8BX, 9, 9R, 15, 21, 27, 30, 31, 45, 81X, 91 Owl, L Bus
  • Other regional bus services:
  • Bus transport AC Transit
  • Bus transport SamTrans
Disabled access Civic Center K Ingleside M Ocean View T Third Street S Shuttle
Disabled access Van Ness K Ingleside M Ocean View T Third Street S Shuttle
  • Heritage streetcarF Market & Wharves
  • Bus transport Muni: 6, 7, 9, 9R, 47, 49, 79X, 90 Owl, L Bus
  • Other regional bus services:
  • Bus transport AC Transit
  • Bus transport SamTrans
Disabled access Duboce and Church Duboce Triangle J Church
  • J Church uses a separate platform.
  • Bus transport Muni: 22
Disabled access Duboce and Noe East end of the Sunset Tunnel at Duboce Park.
Disabled access Carl and Cole Cole Valley
  • West end of the Sunset Tunnel.
  • Bus transport Muni: 37, 43
Carl and Stanyan
Carl and Hillway
Disabled access Irving and Arguello (inbound)
Disabled access Irving and 2nd Avenue (outbound)		 Sunset District
  • Serves the UCSF Parnassus campus.
  • Bus transport UCSF Shuttle lines[25]
Disabled access Irving and 5th Avenue (inbound)
Disabled access Irving and 6th Avenue (outbound)
Irving and 8th Avenue (inbound)
9th Avenue and Irving (outbound)		 Bus transport Muni: 44
Disabled access Judah and 9th Avenue Bus transport Muni: 6, 43, 44, 66
Judah and 12th Avenue
Judah and Funston
Judah and 15th Avenue (inbound)
Judah and 16th Avenue (outbound)
Disabled access Judah and 19th Avenue Bus transport Muni: 28, 28R, 91 Owl, Nx
Judah and 22nd Avenue (inbound)
Judah and 23rd Avenue (outbound)		 Bus transport Muni: Nx
Judah and 25th Avenue
Disabled access Judah and 28th Avenue
Judah and 31st Avenue
Judah and 34th Avenue
Disabled access Judah and Sunset Bus transport Muni: 29, Nx
Judah and 40th Avenue Bus transport Muni: Nx
Judah and 43rd Avenue
Judah and 46th Avenue Bus transport Muni: 18, Nx
Disabled access Judah and La Playa

References[]

  1. ^ "Short Range Transit Plan: Fiscal Year 2019 - Fiscal Year 2030" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. December 2019. p. 47.
  2. ^ "San Francisco Street Names". Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  3. ^ "TEP Route Data & Proposed Changes". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  4. ^ Nimmo, H. Arlo (2007). Good and Bad Times in a San Francisco Neighborhood: A History of Potomac Street and Duboce Park. San Francisco: October Properties. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-9814509-0-2.
  5. ^ "Weekday Frequency Guide". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  6. ^ "Weekend Frequency Guide". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  7. ^ "Permanent Muni Service Changes Starting Saturday, February 22, 2020" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. February 22, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Muni metro extends". Railway Gazette. October 1, 1998.
  9. ^ Rojas, David; Phillips, Eric (March 2011). "Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Before/After Cost Effectiveness Study". Federal Transit Administration. p. 9.
  10. ^ Epstein, Edward (26 August 1998). "Brown Tries To Soothe Muni Riders / Service on N-Judah line has been abysmal all week". Hearst Communications. SFGate. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Discover the T-Third" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. 2007. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2007.
  12. ^ "SFMTA announces service changes effective June 30, 2007" (Press release). San Francisco Transportation Agency. June 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 24, 2007.
  13. ^ "Extensive Muni Service Changes Begin Smoothly" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. December 5, 2009. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019.
  14. ^ "SFMTA Launches Muni Improvements this Week" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. October 18, 2011. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019.
  15. ^ "SFMTA Board of Directors Makes NX Judah Express Bus and F Market Line Improvements Permanent". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). December 6, 2011. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  16. ^ Bialick, Aaron (September 7, 2016). "More Morning Trains Mean Commute Relief on the Inner N Judah" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  17. ^ Holland, Kristen (October 18, 2017). "Morning Commute Shuttles Reduce N Judah Pass-Ups 63 Percent" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  18. ^ Gribbon, Sadie (March 20, 2018). "N-Judah commuters to see service increase". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  19. ^ Fowler, Amy (March 26, 2020). "Starting March 30: New Muni Service Changes" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  20. ^ "Permanent Stop Changes Starting Saturday, August 22, 2020" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. August 2020.
  21. ^ Maguire, Mariana (August 18, 2020). "Major Muni Service Expansion August 22" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  22. ^ "Bus Substitution for All Rail Lines" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. August 25, 2020.
  23. ^ "Welcome Back to the Westside, K Ingleside Trains!" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. April 16, 2021.
  24. ^ "Draft Rail Capacity Strategy" (PDF). SFMTA. p. 32. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  25. ^ Transportation UCSF Campus Life Services.

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