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T-THIRD Service

Full T-Third service is now running. Read about the new T-THIRD service.

Overview: The Project in a Nutshell

 

During the first half of last century, streetcars traveled up and down "Three Street" shuttling customers between downtown and points along the Bayshore Corridor. As the primary mode of transportation into and out of this area, this streetcar line helped spur development of the Bayshore communities that exist today. Now, decades later, Muni, the City of San Francisco, and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have launched the Third Street Light Rail Project to reestablish rail service along this corridor.

Muni, in partnership with the community, structured this project to:

  • improve service reliability and travel times
  • enhance transit connections
  • help generate economic opportunities and jobs for local residents and business owners.

Construction of the new light rail line is occurring in two phases:

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  • Phase I extended Muni Metro light rail service south from its current terminal at Fourth and King Streets. The line crosses the Fourth Street Bridge and runs along Third Street and Bayshore, ending at the Bayshore & Sunnydale Boulevards in Visitacion Valley. Tracks were constructed primarily in the center of the street to improve safety and reliability and 18 stops will be provided. This phase of the light rail project is expected opens for service in April 2007.
  • Phase II will extend light rail service north from King Street along Fourth Street, entering a new Central Subway near Bryant Street. It will then cross beneath Market Street and running under Geary and Stockton Streets to Stockton and Clay Streets. Underground subway stations will be located at Moscone Center, Market Street, Union Square and Clay Street in Chinatown. The SFMAT and the City are actively pursuing funding for the Central Subway.
  • A new Metro East Operating and Maintenance Facility will be built on approximately 13 acres at 25th and Illinois Streets to store, maintain and dispatch light rail vehicles. It is scheduled for completion by fall 2008.

To Contact Third Street Staff

If you would like more information about the Third Street Light Rail Project please contact the Community Relations Staff at:

Third Street Light Rail Construction Office 
1 South Van Ness, 3rd Floor 
San Francisco, CA 94103

Telephone Hotline:
415-703-6655
Email: thirdst@ci.sf.ca.us

To add your name to the Third Street Mailing List, write to thirdst@ci.sf.ca.us (type "Mailing list" in the subject area).
Make sure to include your street address!

Press Inquiries

Members of the press, please contact Judson True, MTA’s Media Relations Manager, at 415-701-4582 or via e-mail at judson.true@sfmta.com.

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