S Castro Shuttle

S Castro Shuttle

S-Castro Shuttle at Montgomery station providing service for AT&T Park and Caltrain station
Overview
Type Light rail
System Muni Metro
Locale San Francisco, California
Termini Embarcadero Station
4th and King Station
(game day runs)
Castro Station
West Portal Station
(game day runs)
Stations 11
20 (limited service)
Operation
Opened 1995
Owner San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Operator(s) San Francisco Municipal Railway
Rolling stock 151 Breda light rail vehicles
(high floor)
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
(standard gauge)
Electrification Overhead lines, 600 V DC
Highest elevation underground,
at grade (game day runs)
Route diagram
Legend

23rd Street limited
 20th Street limited
Mariposa limited
 UCSF Mission Bay limited
 Mission Rock limited
4th Street Bridge
4th & King limited

 E 

Caltrain
 2nd & King
AT&T
Park
 limited
 Brannan limited
I-80 (Bay Bridge)
 Folsom limited

 E 

Embarcadero F  Bay Area Rapid Transit San Francisco Ferry Building

Montgomery Bay Area Rapid Transit
Central Subway 2019

Powell Bay Area Rapid Transit

Civic Center Bay Area Rapid Transit
Van Ness US 101
← |  F ↑

Church

Castro
Market Street Railway
closed
1982
Eureka
closed
1972

 Twin Peaks
 Forest Hill

 West Portal
West Portal & 14th Av.
 St. Francis Circle

The S Castro Shuttle is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco, California. At its inception in 1995,[1] it ran from Embarcadero Station downtown to the Castro Street Station during peak periods on weekdays.[2][3] The service stopped running in the early 2000s as the number of available light rail vehicles went down due to maintenance issues.[1]

As of 2016, the line runs from St. Francis Circle to Embarcadero station with limited service beyond to 23rd Street.[4] The line also runs when there is a home game at AT&T Park, continuing from King and 4th Street to West Portal Station for extended hours. During these times the shuttle will occasionally run a three car formation, being the only line that will do this regularly.[5]

On November 7, 2016 S shuttle service resumed, with two extra one-car trains running between Embarcadero and West Portal during the morning rush hour, for a total of ten total trips. The service increase is planned to reduce overcrowding along the L, M, and K lines between the line's terminal stations. This addition was viewed as a strategic way to use limited resources to provide more service.[6] This service improvement is part of Muni Metro's Muni Forward program.to add service.[7]

The S Castro Shuttle is the only line not included on any Muni Metro map or on NextBus. The service is not a true shuttle train.


References

  1. 1 2 "SFMTA to bring back Castro shuttle to ease subway's crushing crowds - by j_rodriguez - The San Francisco Examiner". www.sfexaminer.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  2. ↑ "San Francisco Muni Map". sims.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 12 February 2007.
  3. ↑ "Muni (SFMTA) Route S". 511.org. Archived from the original on 2015-07-23.
  4. ↑ "Muni (SFMTA) Route : S". 511.org. Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Kwong, Jessica (11 October 2013). "Muni's three-train shuttle service a hit with riders". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Agency, San Francisco Municipal Transportation (2016-10-20). "More Muni Subway Service Coming for a Roomier Metro Ride". SFMTA. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  7. ↑ Agency, San Francisco Municipal Transportation (2016-11-07). "Roomier Trains: Have Muni Subway Shuttles Helped Your Commute?". SFMTA. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
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