L Taraval
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The L Taraval is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco, California, mainly serving the Sunset District. It was one of San Francisco's streetcar lines in the early 20th century, and was converted to modern light rail operation with the creation of the Muni Metro system in the late 1970s. While many streetcar lines were converted to buses after World War II, the L Taraval remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Twin Peaks Tunnel.
The line runs from the Embarcadero Station in the Financial District to the 46th Avenue and Wawona Street, near the San Francisco Zoo in the Sunset District. The downtown portion of the line runs in the Market Street Subway, which is shared with the four other Muni Metro lines. It continues through the much older Twin Peaks Tunnel, along with the K Ingleside and M Oceanview lines, emerging at West Portal Station. Once out of the tunnel, the L takes Ulloa Street to 15th Avenue and then turns onto Taraval Street. It then follows Taraval to 46th Avenue, where it turns south towards the Zoo. The end of the line loops around Vicente, 47th Avenue and Wawona with the terminal stop on Wawona between 46th and 47th Avenues.
Tracks on Taraval extend west from 46th Avenue to 48th Avenue/Great Highway, but they are not used.
[edit] Stations on the L Taraval Line
The L Taraval line stops at large stations for the downtown section of the route and at smaller stops on the rest of the line. Most of the smaller stops are nothing more than a sign on the side of the street designating a stop and a few others are concrete 'islands' in the middle of the street next to the tracks that provide access for wheelchairs. Muni bus routes provide service to all stations and other systems with access to the stations are noted.
- Embarcadero Station - BART access
- Montgomery Street Station - BART access
- Powell Street Station - BART and Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde cable car lines access
- Civic Center Station - BART access
- Van Ness Station
- Church Street Station
- Castro Street Station
- Forest Hill Station
- West Portal Station
- Ulloa and Forest Side
- Ulloa and 15th Avenue
- Taraval and 15th Avenue
- Taraval and 17th Avenue
- Taraval and 19th Avenue/California State Route 1
- Taraval and 22nd Avenue
- Taraval and 24th Avenue
- Taraval and 26th Avenue
- Taraval and 28th Avenue
- Taraval and 30th Avenue
- Taraval and 32nd Avenue
- Taraval and 35th Avenue
- Taraval and Sunset
- Taraval and 40th Avenue
- Taraval and 42nd Avenue
- Taraval and 44th Avenue
- Taraval and 46th Avenue
- 46th Ave. and Ulloa
- 46th Ave. and Vicente
- 46th Ave. and Wawona/San Francisco Zoo
| San Francisco Municipal Railway | |
| Muni Metro | J Church – K Ingleside – L Taraval – M Oceanview – N Judah – S Castro Shuttle – T Third |
| Other Muni services | Cable cars – F Market streetcar – List of all Muni bus and rail lines |
| Muni Metro stations | Embarcadero – Montgomery – Powell – Civic Center – Van Ness – Church – Castro – Forest Hill – West Portal |
| Muni Metro system features | Market Street Subway – Twin Peaks Tunnel – Sunset Tunnel |
| Current projects | Third Street Light Rail Project – Central Subway – E Embarcadero streetcar |
| Connecting buses | AC Transit – Golden Gate Transit – SamTrans |
| Connecting rail services | Bay Area Rapid Transit – Caltrain |
| Other information | Rescue Muni | Key System |
