The facility was renamed for former Muni head Curtis E. The facility has repair facilities, an outdoor storage yard and larger carhouse structure. Green Light Rail Center is located adjacent to Balboa Park Station and serves as the outbound terminus for the J Church, K Ingleside, and M Ocean View lines. Muni Metro has two rail yards for storage and maintenance: However, many of the stops on the system are surface stops consisting of anything from a traffic island to a yellow-banded "Car Stop" sign painted on a utility pole.
Above ground, there are 24 surface platform stations. Two stations, Stonestown and San Francisco State University, are located at the southwestern part of the city, while the rest are located on the eastern side of the city, where the system underwent more recent expansion as part of the Embarcadero extension and the Third Street Light Rail Project.
In addition, many surface street stops are also wheelchair-accessible, often consisting of a ramp leading up to a small platform for boarding. The Muni Metro system consists of 71.5 miles (115.1 km) of standard-gauge track, seven light rail lines (six regular lines and one peak-hour shuttle), three tunnels, nine subway stations, twenty-four surface stations and eighty-seven surface stops.Īll subway and surface stations are wheelchair-accessible. Muni Metro is the United States' third-busiest light rail system, operating a fleet of 151 light rail vehicles (LRV) with an average weekday ridership of 173,500 passengers.
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