S Shuttle

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S Shuttle
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An S Shuttle train at Embarcadero station in 2017
Overview
OwnerSan Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
LocaleSan Francisco, California
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Stations9
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemMuni Metro
Operator(s)San Francisco Municipal Railway
Daily ridership2,700 (January 2024)[1]
History
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The S Shuttle is a light rail service on the Muni Metro system in San Francisco, California. The service began in 2001 as the S Castro Shuttle, an effort to reduce crowding at Castro station. It was briefly discontinued in 2007 when the T Third Street line was opened. Service was extended to St. Francis Circle station in 2013, but cut back to West Portal station in 2016. From 2020 to 2024, the shuttle ran as a full-time service as part of a reconfiguration of Muni Metro service.[2]

The designation of S Shuttle is also given to trains at other hours and locations, most commonly to those which run service before and after San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors games to provide additional capacity to Oracle Park and Chase Center respectively.

History

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A game-day extra train running between West Portal and 4th & King (Caltrain) in 2025

After the installation of automatic train control in 1998, the maximum Muni Metro frequency through the Market Street subway doubled from 24 trains per hour to 48. Muni needed to increase capacity to accommodate growing ridership, but the aging Boeing LRV fleet and issues with the new Breda fleet left too few vehicles to run additional service on the branch lines. Instead, Muni introduced the S Castro Shuttle, which could relieve crowding at busy Castro station while using only a small amount of rolling stock. The service began on April 2, 2001, running only at rush hour on weekdays, with headways between 7 and 12 minutes.[3]

A variety of service changes took place with the introduction of full service on the T Third Street line on April 7, 2007. The new line was routed through the subway to Castro station, replacing the S Castro Shuttle; changes were also made to the J Church, N Judah, and several bus lines.[4] (The S Castro Shuttle designation continued to be used for extra service to AT&T Park on San Francisco Giants game days.) The changes were unpopular with the public; the Muni Metro changes caused severe delays in the Market Street subway, and forced many riders to transfer to reach the Caltrain station when they previously did not. On June 30, 2007, Muni reversed several of the changes. The J, N, and S were restored to their previous routes, while the T was interlined with the K Ingleside line.[5] The revived shuttle ran on 10-minute headways using three trains.[6][7]

On October 4, 2013, Muni began a pilot of S Shuttle service, which included the first three-car train on Muni Metro since the 1990s.[8] The three-car train and a two-car train ran between Embarcadero and St. Francis Circle station with only six morning round trips and one evening round trip; the last morning trips ran through to 23rd Street on their way to the Muni Metro East facility.[9] However, the three-car set proved unreliable, and perennial rolling stock shortages caused the shuttles to be frequently cancelled in favor of branch line service.[10]

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An S Shuttle train crossing over near West Portal station in 2017

On November 7, 2016, Muni changed the service to a pair of single-car trains running between West Portal station and Embarcadero. The revamped service, which was modeled after similar Hillway shuttles on the N Judah line, ran during weekday morning rush hours.[11] Although it nominally switched back at West Portal, service often instead used a more reliable crossover at Taraval and 19th Avenue station. By 2019, the SFMTA described the S Shuttle as an irregular route meant to supplement other Muni services.[12]

On March 30, 2020, Muni Metro service was replaced with buses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] Rail service returned on August 22, with the routes reconfigured to improve reliability in the subway. S Shuttle service frequency was increased, as three other lines no longer entered the subway; two- and three-car trains operated between West Portal and Embarcadero on 6–9 minute headways.[2] Rail service was re-replaced with buses on August 25 due to issues with malfunctioning overhead wire splices and the need to quarantine control center staff after a COVID-19 case.[14] K/T and N subway service resumed on May 15, 2021, along with supplemental S Shuttle service.[15][16] Full-time S shuttle service was replaced by full-time L service on September 28, 2024.

Since T Third Street service moved to the Central Subway in January 2023, shuttle trains signed "S Chase Center" operate between Template:Munis and Template:Munis for events at Chase Center.[17]

Station listing

Station Neighborhood Other Muni
Metro lines 		Notes and connections
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Disabled access Template:Munis J Church K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View N Judah
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Disabled access Template:Munis Civic Center J Church K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View N Judah Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.
Disabled access Template:Munis Civic Center,
Tenderloin		 J Church K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View N Judah Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.
Disabled access Template:Munis Duboce Triangle J Church (Surface stop)
K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View 		Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.
Disabled access Template:Munis Castro K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.
Disabled access Template:Munis Forest Hill,
Laguna Honda		 K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View Bus transport Muni: Template:Muni route, Template:Muni route, Template:Muni route, Template:Muni route
Disabled access Template:Munis West Portal K Ingleside L Taraval M Ocean View Bus transport Muni: Template:Muni route, Template:Muni route

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Average daily Muni boardings by route and month (pre-pandemic to present)". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. January 2024.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maguire, Mariana (August 18, 2020). "Major Muni Service Expansion August 22" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chapter 3: Transportation Analysis". Transbay Terminal / Caltrain Downtown Extension / Redevelopment Project EIS/EIR (PDF). Federal Transit Administration. March 2004. pp. 3–10.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Discover the T-Third" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. 2007. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2007.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SFMTA announces service changes effective June 30, 2007" (Press release). San Francisco Transportation Agency. June 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 24, 2007.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chapter 3: Transportation Analysis". Central Subway Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement / Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (PDF). Vol. 1. Federal Transit Administration. September 2008. pp. 3–9.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."S Inbound Weekday". 511 SF Bay. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kwong, Jessica (October 11, 2013). "Muni's three-train shuttle service a hit with riders". The San Francisco Examiner.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."S Inbound Weekday". 511 SF Bay. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Roomier Trains: Have Muni Subway Shuttles Helped Your Commute?" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. November 7, 2016.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."More Muni Subway Service Coming for a Roomier Metro Ride" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. October 20, 2016.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."S Shuttle". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. January 4, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fowler, Amy (March 26, 2020). "Starting March 30: New Muni Service Changes" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bus Substitution for All Rail Lines" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. August 25, 2020.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welcome Back to the Westside, K Ingleside Trains!" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. April 16, 2021.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rail Recovery". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. July 7, 2020. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maguire, Mariana (December 13, 2022). "New T Third Route in Central Subway Starting January 7" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

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