Castro Street Station
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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 platform
s next to the tracks on the second level down with the concourse mezzanine level overlooking it.
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.
The Market Street Subway connects with the much older Twin Peaks Tunnel
between Castro Street Station and the now disused Eureka Station
. Service at this station began in November 1982.
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Muni Metro
Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California, operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway , a division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency...
station at the intersection of Market Street, Castro Street, and 17th Street in The Castro
The Castro, San Francisco, California
The Castro District, commonly referenced as The Castro, is a neighborhood in Eureka Valley in San Francisco, California. The Castro is one of America's first and best-known gay neighborhoods, and it is currently its largest...
district of San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. The station consists of two side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s next to the tracks on the second level down with the concourse mezzanine level overlooking it.
At both Castro Street Station and Church Street Station
Church Street Station (San Francisco)
Church Street Station is a Muni Metro station at the intersection of Market Street, Church Street and 14th Street in San Francisco, California. The J Church, which enters and exits the Market Street tunnel in a portal near the station, has an aboveground stop on Church and Market Streets...
, 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
Harvey Milk
Harvey Bernard Milk was an American politician who became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors...
Plaza on the south-west corner of Market and Castro, and the other is on the north-west corner of Market and 17th.
The Market Street Subway connects with the much older Twin Peaks Tunnel
Twin Peaks Tunnel
The Twin Peaks Tunnel is a long light rail transit/streetcar tunnel in San Francisco, California, United States, running under Twin Peaks. When it was opened on February 3, 1918, it was one of the longest railway tunnels in the world . It was the longest U.S...
between Castro Street Station and the now disused Eureka Station
Eureka Station
The Eureka Valley Station was a streetcar station in San Francisco, California, from 1918 until 1972. It is located very close to the eastern end of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, in the Eureka Valley neighborhood...
. Service at this station began in November 1982.
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