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Release date: November 1, 2012

*** Press Release ***

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which manages transportation in the city, including the Municipal Railway (Muni), today reminds customers, San Francisco residents and visitors of the continuation of track improvement work on the Muni Metro system, starting Friday. Construction for the Church & Duboce Track and Street Improvement Project and the Carl Street Rail Replacement Project will require bus substitution on the N Judah Line, disruption to the J Church Line and traffic detours the weekend of Nov. 3. These projects are essential to keeping Muni in a state of good repair and will provide pedestrian and street improvements.

The construction hours will be from 8 p.m., Friday to 5 a.m., Monday. Muni service adjustments and traffic detours will need to start an hour earlier at 7 p.m. on Friday and will continue through construction hours. As with the previous construction weekends for these projects, which began in February, the construction dates have been coordinated between both the Church & Duboce and Carl Street projects to minimize inconvenience to residents, businesses, Muni customers, motorists and bicyclists.

Track work will take place on Duboce Avenue between Church and Webster streets.

During construction the N Line will be shut down with substitute service provided by bus from Ocean Beach to Church Street. No N Line or J Line service will operate in the Metro subway; however, S Shuttles will provide supplemental rail service between West Portal Station and Caltrain Station at 4th and King streets. The J Church Line will operate between the Balboa Park Station and the Church and Market streets. J Line customers will need to transfer between the Church Street Metro Station and the Church Street stop at Market and 15th streets.

Muni Service Impacts

N Judah Bus

  • N Judah bus will operate all weekend between Ocean Beach and Market Street at Church Street.
  • From La Playa to Arguello the N buses will follow the regular N Line route.
  • East of Arguello the N service will use Frederick Street.
  • The service will run as an express between Cole and Frederick streets and Castro Street and Duboce Avenue.

J Church

  • Rail service on the J Church Line will only operate between the Balboa Park Muni Metro/BART Station and Church and Market streets.
  • J Church customers can transfer at Church and Market streets between regular J Line service on the street and Metro subway service provided by the K, L, M and T lines between Church Station and Embarcadero Station.

Traffic Impacts

  • Streets will remain open to cars, bikes and/or pedestrians during the track work on Duboce Avenue
  • Intersection at Cole Street on Carl Street will be closed for construction from noon to 8 p.m., Saturday
  • Bus stop at Carl and Cole streets will be missed on the following Muni routes:
    • 37 Corbett
    • 43 Masonic
  • Street parking will be temporarily unavailable near intersections at Cole, Shrader and Stanyan streets on Carl Street
  • Street parking will be temporarily unavailable near the working areas where overhead wire pole repair work takes place on Carl Street
  • Traffic control officers and police officers will direct traffic at critical intersections
  • Electronic message signs will be used in affected areas to alert traffic
  • Local access will be granted and all local businesses will remain open.

SFMTA Ambassadors will be in the area to provide information and to assist customers at transfer points.

The Nov. 3 weekend work on the Church & Duboce project will include track replacement on Duboce Avenue between Church and Webster streets. The Carl Street project will include track replacement for the Sunset Tunnel, street repaving on Carl Street at Cole, Shrader, Willard and Stanyan streets intersections and overhead wire repair work along Carl Street.

Future J and N Line Shutdowns

The Church & Duboce Track and Street Improvement Project and the Carl Street Rail Replacement Project will require multiple partial rail service shutdowns or disruptions on the J Church and N Judah Muni lines and reroutes of local Muni bus service during the construction that will be completed in 2013.

Additional weekend shutdowns are expected, for the weekend of Nov. 16.

All dates and details are subject to change due to weather or other operational issues.

These projects will provide:

  • New track for a smoother, faster ride on Muni
  • Bulbouts to enhance safety and boarding at N Judah Line stops
  • Curb and ramp upgrades
  • Water and sewer improvements
  • Overhead wire pole and streetlight pole replacement

For more information on the Church & Duboce Track and Street Improvement Project, please visit www.sfmta.com/duboce or contact 311.

For more information on the Carl Street Rail Replacement Project, please visit www.sfmta.com/carl or contact 311.

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