J Church

J Church
J Church
	An inbound J Church train in Dolores Park in 2018
Overview
Owner	San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Locale	San Francisco, California
Termini	Embarcadero station; Balboa Park station;
Stations	26
Service
Type	Light rail/streetcar
System	Muni Metro
Operator(s)	San Francisco Municipal Railway
Rolling stock	Breda LRV2/LRV3, Siemens LRV4
Daily ridership	6,300 (January 2024)
History
Opened	August 11, 1917
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route diagram
Route diagram
	Legend
	Market Street subway →
	← Duboce Portal
	← to surface tracks on
	Market Street (closed 1982)
Key
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The J Church is a hybrid light rail/streetcar line of the Muni Metro system in San Francisco, California. The line runs between Embarcadero station and Balboa Park station through Noe Valley. Opened on August 11, 1917, it is the oldest and has the lowest ridership of all of the Muni Metro lines.^[3]^: 21, 47

^ Average daily Muni boardings by route and month (pre-pandemic to present) (Report). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. January 2024.
^ "Happy Centennial, J-Church". streetcar.org. Market Street Railway. August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
^ "Short Range Transit Plan: Fiscal Year 2019 - Fiscal Year 2030" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. December 2019.