Right Of Way/21st Street station is a light rail stop on the

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J Church 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 h ...

line, located in the Dolores Heights neighborhood of

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, California. The stop, which opened with the line on August 11, 1917, is located on a short rail-only

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that allows the line to avoid the steep hill on Church Street to the west. The stop has a pair of side platforms located south of 21st Street on a sharp curve. The stop is not

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to people with disabilities. A shelter on the eastbound platform, a stucco structure with tile roof, was boarded up around 2010. In March 2014, Muni released details of the proposed implementation of their Transit Effectiveness Project (later rebranded

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), which included a variety of stop changes for the J Church line. No changes were proposed to the 21st Street stop.

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*SFMTA – Right Of Way/21st St
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*SF Bay Transit (unofficial)
Right Of Way/21st St
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