Van Ness station is an underground Muni Metro station on the Market Street subway at the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue (U.S. Route 101) in San Francisco, California. The station consists of a concourse mezzanine on the first floor down, and a single island platform on the second level down.
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 Van Ness station with an inbound train in March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1500 Market Street San Francisco, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°46′30″N 122°25′08″W / 37.775°N 122.419°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Market Street subway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 high level island platform (Muni Metro) 2 low level side platforms (Muni surface) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (Muni Metro) 2 (Muni surface) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Muni: 6, 7, 9, 9R, Van Ness BRT (47, 49, 79X) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Reid & Tarics Associates[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | February 18, 1980[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
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The station was constructed by BART as part of the Market Street subway. The BART Board approved the name "Van Ness" in December 1965.[3] Service at the station began in February 1980.[2]
The station has suffered flooding during heavy rainstorms, including one in October 2009, and another in December 2014 which damaged an electrical equipment room.[4][5] In February 2017, the SFMTA signed a $1.9 million contract to repair water-damaged wiring in the room.[6] Surface stops on Van Ness Avenue at Market Street are the southern end of the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit route, which began service on April 1, 2022. The northeast headhouse was closed on March 11, 2023, for an estimated six months during construction of an adjacent building.[7]
Under the proposed western variant of the planned Better Market Street project, the outbound F stop would be moved across the intersection.[8]
References
edit- ^ Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4. OCLC 85623396.
- ^ a b Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway. p. 57.
- ^ "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lee, Henry K.; Hoffman, Brian; Gordon, Rachel (October 20, 2009). "Deluge shuts down Muni Metro, floods streets". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Wet Weather Floods Van Ness Muni Station In San Francisco Causing Delays In Service". CBS SFBayArea. December 3, 2014.
- ^ Chinn, Jerold (February 27, 2017). "Flooding damage at Van Ness Station set for repair". SFBay.
- ^ "Northeast Van Ness Station Entrance Closure - Starting Saturday, March 11, 2023". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. March 2023.
- ^ Better Market Street Project EIR (PDF). Vol. 1. San Francisco Planning Department. February 27, 2019. pp. 2–53.
External links
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