N Judah

N Judah
N Judah train on Judah Street at 19th Avenue in 2017.
Overview
Owner	San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Locale	San Francisco, California
Termini	4th and King Judah and La Playa (Ocean Beach)
Stations	37
Service
Type	Light rail/streetcar
System	Muni Metro
Operator(s)	San Francisco Municipal Railway
Rolling stock	Breda LRV2/LRV3, Siemens LRV4
Daily ridership	43,000 (2019)[1]
History
Opened	October 21, 1928 (1928-10-21)
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead lines, 600 V DC
Route diagram Legend to Sunnydale 4th and King to Central Subway (2022) 2nd and King Brannan Folsom to Jones and Beach BART to Oakland MMX turnbacks Embarcadero Montgomery Union Square/​Market Street Central Subway ( opens 2022 ) Powell Civic Center BART to SFO and Millbrae Van Ness Market Street Subway Duboce Portal to surface tracks on Market Street (closed 1982) Duboce and Church Duboce and Noe Sunset Tunnel Carl and Cole Carl and Stanyan Carl and Hillway Irving and Arguello / Irving and 2nd Avenue Irving and 5th Avenue / Irving and 6th Avenue Irving and 8th Avenue / 9th Avenue and Irving Judah and 9th Avenue Judah and 12th Avenue Judah and Funston Judah and 15th Avenue / Judah and 16th Avenue Judah and 19th Avenue Judah and 22nd Avenue / Judah and 23rd Avenue Judah and 25th Avenue Judah and 28th Avenue 30th Avenue wye Judah and 31st Avenue Judah and 34th Avenue Judah and Sunset Judah and 40th Avenue Judah and 43rd Avenue Judah and 46th Avenue Judah and La Playa This diagram: view talk edit

The N Judah is a light rail line of the Muni Metro system in San Francisco, California. The line is named after Judah Street that it runs along for much of its length, and is named after railroad engineer, Theodore Judah.^[2]

Operation

As with all Muni lines, service begins around 5 a.m. on weekdays, 6 a.m. on Saturdays, and 8 a.m. on Sundays and holidays. Daytime headways are 10 minutes on weekdays and 12 minutes on weekends.^[3][4]

History

A Boeing LRV newly in service on the N Judah, entering the Duboce Portal on Duboce Avenue, in March 1980.

On January 10, 1998, Muni opened the Muni Metro Extension to 4th and King/Caltrain. It was originally served by a temporary shuttle service, the E Embarcadero, which ran between Embarcadero station and 4th and King/Caltrain.^[5][6] On August 22, 1998, the E Embarcadero line was removed and the N Judah line was extended to its place.^[7]

A lot of service changes took place at the time when the T Third Street line began service in April of 2007. The N Judah was cut back to Embarcadero station; the surface part on the Embarcadero was served only by the T Third Street line, plus the J Church line at peak hours.^[8] The changes were unpopular with the public; they caused big delays in the Market Street subway and made N Judah riders transfer to reach the Caltrain station when they did not before. On June 30, 2007, Muni reversed several of the changes; the J Church and N Judah were put back to their previous routes.^[9]

Future plans

Future plans, according to the SFMTA Rail Capacity Strategy, include a new subway tunnel that connects the Market Street subway to 9th Avenue. Additionally, the N Judah line will be rebuilt to run three-car trains. Further plans include a connection between the L Taraval and N Judah lines, which may run on 46th Avenue.^[10]

References

1. "Short Range Transit Plan: Fiscal Year 2019 - Fiscal Year 2030" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. December 2019. p. 47.
2. "San Francisco Street Names". Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
3. "Weekday Frequency Guide". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
4. "Weekend Frequency Guide". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
5. "Muni metro extends". Railway Gazette. October 1, 1998. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
6. Rojas, David; Phillips, Eric (March 2011). "Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Before/After Cost Effectiveness Study". Federal Transit Administration. p. 9.
7. Epstein, Edward (26 August 1998). "Brown Tries To Soothe Muni Riders / Service on N-Judah line has been abysmal all week". Hearst Communications. SFGate. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
8. "Discover the T-Third" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. 2007. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2007.
9. "SFMTA announces service changes effective June 30, 2007" (Press release). San Francisco Transportation Agency. June 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 24, 2007.
10. "Draft Rail Capacity Strategy" (PDF). SFMTA. p. 32. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

Other websites

• SFMTA – N Judah