Muni’s subway service extension between Chinatown and Mission Bay in San Francisco finally has an opening date after years of delays, with a soft opening planned for mid-November before full service opens next year.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency first broke ground on the Central Subway in 2010 and received nearly $1 billion in federal funding to complete the project, with an original opening date scheduled for late 2018.
However, a series of delays including a fire earlier this year at one of the subway’s stations as well as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed that timeline back roughly four years.
SFMTA Transportation Director Jeffrey Tumlin told the agency’s Board of Directors Tuesday that he had been waiting years to give the official opening date for public service: Nov. 19.
“As San Francisco continues to grow, the T-Third from (Visitacion Valley) to Chinatown will be the highest ridership light rail line in the city,” Tumlin said.
Muni will initially run a free, weekends-only rail shuttle through the Central Subway between the Fourth and Brannon streets and Chinatown-Rose Pak stations, according to Tumlin.
The soft opening will help the agency ensure that staff are fully trained for daily operations of the subway.
Tumlin said Muni plans to open the Central Subway to full service in January to coincide with the Chinese Lunar New Year.
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