Castro station

Castro 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.

Castro
Inbound train at Castro station in August 2013
Location	Market Street at Castro Street and 17th Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37.76252°N 122.43553°W
Line(s)	Market Street subway
Platforms	2 high level side platforms (Muni Metro) 1 low level side platform (Muni surface)
Tracks	2 (Muni Metro) 2 (Muni surface)
Connections	Muni: 24, 33, 35, 37, K Owl, KT Bus, L Owl, M Bus
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 11, 1980[1]
Services
Preceding station Muni Following station Forest Hill towards West Portal S Shuttle Church towards Embarcadero Forest Hill towards San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park) M Ocean View Church One-way operation Forest Hill One-way operation T Third Street Church towards Sunnydale Terminus F Market & Wharves Surface stop at 17th and Castro Market and Noe towards Jones and Beach
Location

Service at the station began on June 11, 1980.[1]

Station layout

F-Market streetcar on the surface at 17th and Castro in 1999

The station consists of two side platforms next to the tracks on the second level down with the concourse mezzanine level overlooking it. Uniquely among Muni Metro stations, the platforms are slightly curved due to the transition from the Market Street subway to the Twin Peaks Tunnel between this station and the now-disused Eureka Valley station, just southwest.

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.

Muni plans to construct accessibility improvements, including a second elevator, in Harvey Milk Plaza at the south entrance of the station. As of 2019, the $14.5 million project is projected to be complete in 2022.[2][3] A 2020 determination that the plaza is eligible for inclusion on the California Register of Historical Resources is not expected to impact elevator construction, but may stall the larger plaza project.[4]

References

1. Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway. p. 58.
2. "Castro Station Accessibility Improvements Project". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
3. Bracco, Steven (December 18, 2019). "Castro Muni station to get new elevator, as Harvey Milk Plaza redesign remains in limbo". Hoodline.
4. Bajko, Matthew S. (July 15, 2020). "Harvey Milk plaza elevator project moves forward". Bay Area Reporter.

External links

Media related to Castro station at Wikimedia Commons