Original plans called for the two existing stations to be rebuilt with high-level platforms, and a pocket track to allow J Church trains to turn back. A Final Environmental Impact Statement for the new track was released in 1983 it was opened for non-revenue moves in August 1991 and began revenue service in June 1993. In the early 1970s, Muni began planning an extension of the J Church line over new track to Balboa Park station, then over the M Ocean View line to the high-ridership San Francisco State University station and Stonestown Galleria station. Eureka Valley in the Twin Peaks Tunnel was originally a stop in regular service, but the station was closed in 1972 and replaced, ten years later, by Castro Street Station when the Market Street subway system opened.
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The full line was partially converted to modern light-rail operation with the opening of the Muni Metro system on December 17, 1980. On August 30, 1980, the line was extended to Balboa Park BART station.
Service was diverted to Duboce Avenue, Church Street, and 17th Street on December 2, 1972, due to construction of the Market Street subway. While many streetcar lines were permanently converted to buses after World War II, the M Ocean View remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Twin Peaks Tunnel. On June 6, 1948, the Transbay Terminal became the inner terminus of the line. The shuttle service was replaced by buses on August 6, 1939, but streetcar service returned on the full length of the line on December 17, 1944. It was extended through the Twin Peaks Tunnel to the downtown Ferry Building on October 31, 1927, but reverted to a shuttle service on February 27, 1928. Francis Circle to the wye at Broad and Plymouth in the city's Ocean View District. The M Ocean View line began operation on October 6, 1925, as a shuttle service from St. The bus line largely follows the rail line, but it uses surface streets to parallel sections where the rail line has dedicated rights-of-way. On weekends, the M Ocean View Bus service runs from 5 a.m. The L Owl serves the portion between Embarcadero and West Portal, and the 91 Owl serves the portion between West Portal and SF State. Service on most of the route is provided by overnight Owl buses during the hours that rail service is not running.
Sundays, with the end of service occurring around 12:30 a.m. The M Ocean View begins service at 5 a.m. The rest of the line follows San Jose Avenue to Geneva Avenue, where the line loops around the Metro yard there on the corner opposite from Balboa Park Station.Īn M Ocean View train in the private right-of-way at Ocean Avenue Operation At the end of Randolph, the M uses Orizaba Avenue to get to Broad Street and takes that to San Jose Avenue. It continues on 19th Avenue past Junipero Serra to Randolph Street. This section has two stations with high-platforms, one at the Stonestown Galleria on Winston Drive and the other at San Francisco State University on Holloway Avenue. The portion of the line on 19th Avenue between where it joins 19th near Eucalyptus Drive and Junipero Serra Boulevard is a right-of-way separated from the street. From there, it follows West Portal Avenue to the Saint Francis Circle, where it then takes its own right-of-way to 19th Avenue. It continues through the much older Twin Peaks Tunnel, emerging at West Portal Station. The downtown portion of the line runs through the Market Street subway, which it shares with three other Muni Metro lines. The line runs from Embarcadero station in the Financial District to Geneva Avenue and San Jose Avenue near City College of San Francisco in the Balboa Park neighborhood. M Ocean View being checked for remaining passengers at Balboa Park Station in 2023.
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