Broad and Plymouth station is a light rail stop on the

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line, located in the Ingleside neighborhood of

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. The station has transit bulbs which extend the sidewalk of Broad Street, to meet trains like a

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, allowing passengers to board or depart from trains. The stops are located just before trains cross Plymouth Avenue and include

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s which provide

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to people with disabilities. The stop is also served by bus route plus the which provides service along the M Ocean View line during the early morning when trains do not operate.

History

The

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opened its

line on October 6, 1925, as a shuttle service between St. Francis Circle and Broad Street at Plymouth Avenue, where a

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was located to allow streetcars to reverse direction. From October 31, 1927, to February 27, 1928, through service to Ferry Loop was available. The line was replaced with buses on August 6, 1939, but streetcar service resumed on December 17, 1944; through service to the East Bay Terminal began on June 6, 1948. In 1951–52, Muni acquired a fleet of new

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s – the first Muni streetcars with a cab at only one end. These single-ended cars required a loop or

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to turn around at terminals, as they could not simply reverse direction. A wye was constructed at Broad and Plymouth; it was put in service on December 6, 1957, with PCC streetcars entering M Ocean View service on December 23. After a four-year bus substitution from 1974 to 1978 for conversion to

, the line was extended to the carhouses at Balboa Park station in 1980. All service was extended to Balboa Park on August 30, but cut back to Broad and Plymouth on October 3 due to track problems on the extension. Weekday service to Balboa Park with LRVs resumed on December 17, though

s continued to use the wye at Plymouth Avenue as the weekend terminal. Weekend service to Balboa Park with LRVs began on September 19, 1982. The wye at Plymouth Avenue was removed in 1986; the switches were moved to 17th Street at Noe Street for use during the

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. A crossover, which is only used occasionally, was later installed east of Plymouth Avenue.

References

External links

*SFMTA – Broad St & Plymouth Av
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*SFBay Transit (unofficial) �
Broad St & Plymouth Ave
{{Muni Muni Metro stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1925