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As the central subway nears completion the san francisco municipal transportation agency sfmta is looking ahead at opportunities to extend subway service beyond chinatown.
Central subway san francisco map. It will now start operating in mid 2021 instead of the end of this year they said. The central subway is an extension of the muni metro light rail system under construction in san francisco california from the caltrain commuter rail depot at 4th and king streets to chinatown with stops in south of market soma and union square. The central subway will extend the muni t third line north from fourth and king streets to chinatown. The latest train in san francisco is always the one that s yet to run.
By providing a direct rapid transit link between downtown and the existing t third line route on 3rd street the central subway will vastly improve transportation to and from some of the city s busiest most densely populated areas. The subway is expected to carry nearly 73 000 passengers a day. A dozen stories beneath stockton street in san francisco s chinatown the digging is done and the final station for muni s 1 6 billion central subway is beginning to rise toward the street. The central subway extension is an opportunity for the sfmta to evaluate a potential extension of the central subway beyond its current.
The project aims to provide shorter travel times for passengers and relieve congestion on the stockton street corridor. San francisco transportation officials have delayed the opening of the central subway from soma to chinatown. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps. San francisco s new line to chinatown that s even worse news than was predicted by a federal monitor s report in march which gloomily predicted a may 2020 opening.
San francisco photographer robert pierce has chronicled the entire subway project via photos on the official central subway flickr account going all the way back to the groundbreaking. The ongoing 1 7 mile central subway extension is already more than a year late it was originally scheduled for.