Central Subway (San Francisco) in the context of Union Square, San Francisco

Central Subway (San Francisco) in the context of Union Square, San Francisco

⭐ Core Definition: Central Subway (San Francisco)

The Central Subway is a Muni Metro light rail tunnel in San Francisco, California, United States. It runs between Chinatown station in Chinatown and a portal in South of Market (SoMa), with intermediate stops at Union Square/Market Street station in Union Square and Yerba Buena/Moscone station in SoMa. A surface portion runs through SoMa to connect to the previously existing T Third Street line at 4th and King station.

The project was initiated after the Embarcadero Freeway was demolished following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, as activist Rose Pak "almost single-handedly persuaded the city to build" the Central Subway to compensate Chinatown for the loss of the fast cross-town connection. Originally set to open in late 2018, the subway initially opened with a weekend-only shuttle service between Chinatown station and 4th and Brannan station on November 19, 2022. Full service as part of the T Third Street line began on January 7, 2023. With the addition of the Central Subway, the T Third Street line is projected to become Muni Metro's highest ridership line by 2030.

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Central Subway (San Francisco) in the context of Grant Avenue

Grant Avenue in San Francisco, California, is one of the oldest streets in the city's Chinatown district. It runs in a north–south direction starting at Market Street in the heart of downtown and dead-ending past Francisco Street in the North Beach district. It resumes at North Point Street and stretches one block to The Embarcadero and the foot of Pier 39.

Grant Avenue is primarily a one-way street; automobile traffic can travel only northbound. In 2012, however, the two blocks of Grant Avenue between Sutter and Geary streets were converted to two-way traffic in order to ease southbound traffic congestion during the multi-year closure of Stockton Street, part of the construction plan for the Central Subway.

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← Grant Avenue
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Muni Metro → Light rail → San Francisco → California → Chinatown station (Muni Metro) → Chinatown, San Francisco → South of Market, San Francisco → Union Square/Market Street station → Union Square, San Francisco → Yerba Buena/Moscone station → T Third Street → San Francisco 4th and King Street station → California State Route 480 → 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake → Rose Pak → 4th and Brannan station →