Union Square/Market Street station
Union Square/Market Street station[2] is an under-construction underground light rail station of the San Francisco Municipal Railway's Muni Metro system, located at Union Square. Its construction is part of the Central Subway Project and it will be a future station on the T Third Street line. The station is scheduled to open for public service in October 2022.[1]
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![]() Construction of the Union Square entrance in April 2022 | |||||||||||
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Location | Stockton and O'Farrell Streets San Francisco, California | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37.786353°N 122.405932°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Central Subway | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() At Powell Street station: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opening | October 2022[1] | ||||||||||
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The station is located under Stockton Street between Geary Street and Market Street. The main entrance will be on Geary Street at the southeast corner of Union Square. The south end of the station will be connected to the mezzanine level of the existing Powell Street station outside fare control.[3] An shared entrance to both stations on Stockton Street at Ellis Street, which was temporarily closed in 2014 for construction, was purchased from BART for one dollar.[4]
Construction
Station excavation was completed by July 2017, and concrete was poured for the station floor.[5]
Stockton Street reopened between Geary Street and Ellis Street on February 22, 2019. Muni route 8/8AX/8BX and 91 buses returned to lower Stockton Street and 4th Street on February 25; route 30 and 45 trolleybuses returned on April 13 after overhead wires were re-installed.[6][7]
References
- Chun, Stephen (December 23, 2021). "Central Subway Revenue Service Update". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- "Central Subway Alignment". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- "Union Square/Market Street" (PDF) (Fact Sheet). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- Walker, Wilson (February 26, 2017). "San Francisco's Big Dig Ahead Of Schedule". CBS. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- Cabanatuan, Michael (July 14, 2017). "Chinatown frustration rises with delay in SF subway construction". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
- Pierce, Phillip (February 19, 2019). "Lower Stockton Street to Reopen to Traffic and Transit" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority.
- "The 30 & 45 Return to Lower Stockton and 4th Streets: April 13, 2019" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority. April 13, 2019.