Coordinates: 37°45′41.97″N 122°26′17.3″W / 37.7616583°N 122.438139°W / 37.7616583; -122.438139
| Eureka Valley Station light rail |
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Eureka Valley Station exit at Market & Eureka. |
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| Station statistics | |
| Address | Market and Eureka Streets San Francisco, CA |
| Lines | Not in use |
| Connections |
33 Stanyan |
| Structure | underground |
| Platforms | two side |
| Other information | |
| Opened | 1918 |
| Closed | 1972, replaced by Castro Street Station |
The Eureka Valley Station was a streetcar station in San Francisco, California, from 1918 until 1972. It is located very close to the eastern end of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, in the Eureka Valley neighborhood. Its location was chosen with the intent that it could serve as a transfer station to the Sunset Tunnel, whose east portal in early plans was to be located at the corner of Market and Eureka streets.
To allow for construction of the Muni Metro, the station was closed and the new Castro Street Station was built to provide service to the nearby areas. The station was not demolished or blocked off from the tunnel after being closed, and can still be seen when passing through on a Muni Metro streetcar. It is now used as an emergency exit from the subway, and the emergency exit doors can be seen at street level at Market Street.
Famous quotes containing the word station:
“How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As though there never was a time when they didn’t love it. The minute they arrive at the train station or get off the ferry and glimpse the wide streets and the wasteful lamps lighting them, they know they are born for it. There, in a city, they are not so much new as themselves: their stronger, riskier selves.”
—Toni Morrison (b. 1931)