Castro Street Station

Castro Street
Muni Metro light rail station
Castro Street Station's Outbound Platform
Location	Market, Castro & 17th Streets San Francisco, CA
Coordinates	37°45′45″N 122°26′08″W / 37.76252°N 122.43553°W / 37.76252; -122.43553Coordinates: 37°45′45″N 122°26′08″W / 37.76252°N 122.43553°W / 37.76252; -122.43553
Line(s)	K Ingleside  L Taraval  M Ocean View  S Castro Shuttle  T Third Street
Platforms	2 high level side platforms 1 low level side platform
Tracks	2 (Muni Metro) 2 (Market Street Railway)
Connections	MUNI   F Market & Wharves 24 Divisadero 33 Stanyan 35 Eureka 37 Corbett L Owl
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 1980
Services
Preceding station   Muni Metro   Following station Church Street One-way operation K Ingleside Forest Hill toward Balboa Park Church Street toward Embarcadero L Taraval Forest Hill toward 46th Avenue and Wawona M Ocean View Forest Hill toward San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park) S Castro Shuttle (Normal service) Terminus Church Street toward 4th and King/Caltrain Depot S Castro Shuttle (AT&T Park game days only) Forest Hill toward West Portal Church Street toward Sunnydale T Third Street Forest Hill One-way operation Preceding station   Muni heritage railway   Following station 16th and Noe toward Jones and Beach F Market & Wharves Transfer at: Above-ground at 17th and Castro Terminus

Castro Street Station is a Muni Metro station at the intersection of Market Street, Castro Street, and 17th Street in The Castro district of San Francisco, California. The station consists of two side platforms next to the tracks on the second level down with the concourse mezzanine level overlooking it. Uniquely among Muni Metro stations, the platforms are slightly curved due to the transition from the Market Street Subway to the Twin Peaks Tunnel between this station and the now disused Eureka Station, just southwest.

At both Castro Street Station and Church Street Station, there is only one stairway on each side of Market Street leading into the station. (All other stations on the Market Street Subway have entrances spread out along the length of the station.) One of these entrances is located in Harvey Milk Plaza on the south-west corner of Market and Castro, and the other is on the north-west corner of Market and 17th.

Service at this station began in June 1980.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances
M	Mezzanine	To exits/entrances, faregates, ticket machines
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	←  K Ingleside toward Balboa Park (Forest Hill) ←  L Taraval toward 46th Avenue and Wawona (Forest Hill) ←  M Ocean View toward San Jose and Geneva / Balboa Park (Forest Hill) ←  S Castro Shuttle toward Castro Street, normal service (last stop) ←  S Castro Shuttle toward West Portal on AT&T Park game days (Forest Hill)
	Inbound	→  L Taraval toward Embarcadero (Church Street) → →  M Ocean View toward Embarcadero (Church Street) → →  S Castro Shuttle toward Embarcadero, 4th and King/Caltrain Depot on AT&T Park game days (Church Street) → →  T Third Street toward Sunnydale (Church Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

The unique pylons inside the Castro Street Station.

The streetcar stop with handicapped accessible platform at 17th and Castro

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castro Street Station.

• Street map from Mapquest