Market Street subway
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The Market Street subway is a major underground transit corridor in San Francisco that carries both BART and Muni Metro trains beneath Market Street through the city’s downtown.
Aliases (2)
- Market Street Subway ×3
- Market Street Subway–Surface Tunnel ×1
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway tunnel
→
rapid transit tunnel → underground transit corridor → |
| connectsTo |
Central Subway
→
Transbay Tube → Twin Peaks Tunnel → |
| constructionBegan |
1960s
→
|
| designedFor |
high-capacity urban rail service
→
|
| electrification |
overhead catenary (Muni Metro)
→
third rail (BART) → |
| hasFeature |
shared stations for BART and Muni Metro
→
two-level tunnel configuration → |
| hasRole |
backbone of downtown San Francisco rail transit
→
|
| hasSection |
BART upper level
→
Muni Metro lower level → |
| hasStation |
Civic Center/UN Plaza station
→
Embarcadero station → Montgomery Street station → Powell Street station → |
| hasTrackGauge |
standard gauge
→
|
| isMajorComponentOf |
San Francisco Bay Area transit network
→
|
| locatedIn |
California
→
San Francisco → United States → |
| openedForService |
1970s
→
|
| operator |
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
→
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency → |
| orientation |
northeast–southwest along Market Street
→
|
| partOf |
BART system
→
Muni Metro system → |
| primaryFunction |
downtown transit corridor
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|
| runsBeneath |
Market Street
→
|
| runsThrough |
Civic Center area
→
San Francisco Financial District → Union Square area → |
| servesSystem |
Bay Area Rapid Transit
→
Muni Metro → |
| usedBy |
commuter rail passengers
→
light rail passengers → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
40th Street Portal
("Market Street Subway–Surface Tunnel")
→
|
connectsTo |
|
Central Subway
→
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connectsWith |
|
Market Street surface tracks
→
|
hasParallelInfrastructure |
|
N Judah
("Market Street Subway")
→
|
hasSubwaySection |
|
Embarcadero station
("Market Street Subway")
→
|
partOf |
|
Muni Metro Market Street lines
("Market Street Subway")
→
|
usesInfrastructure |