Market and Dolores / Market and Buchanan stations

Market and Dolores (eastbound) and Market and Buchanan (westbound) are a pair of one-way light rail stations in San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Municipal Railway F Market & Wharves heritage railway line. They are located on Market Street at the intersections with Dolores Street and Buchanan Street.

Market and Dolores
Market and Buchanan
F Market & Wharves
An westbound streetcar at Market and Buchanan in January 2019
General information
LocationMarket Street at Dolores and Buchanan Streets
San Francisco, California
Coordinates37°46′10″N 122°25′35″W / 37.7695°N 122.4263°W / 37.7695; -122.4263
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Muni: xxx
Construction
AccessibleYes[1]
History
RebuiltSeptember 1, 1995[2]
Services
Preceding station Muni Following station
Market and Church F Market & Wharves Market and Guerrero / Market and Laguna
Location
Map

In 2021–22, new decorative railings were added on both boarding islands as part of the Upper Market Street Safety Project. They feature a quote from Harvey Milk's 1977 "You've Got to Have Hope" speech, as well as an illustration of streetcar #1051, which is dedicated in Milk's honor.[3][4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "F-Market and Wharves accessible stop map". SFMTA. Muni. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway. p. 80.
  3. ^ "Upper Market Safety Project: Summer 2021 Construction Update" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. June 2021.
  4. ^ "Streetscape Plan" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. June 2021.
  5. ^ Bajko, Matthew S. (October 19, 2022). "SF project adds Milk nod to Castro arterial". The Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

External links edit

  Media related to Market and Dolores / Market and Buchanan stations at Wikimedia Commons