Market and Sanchez station

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Market and Sanchez
F Market & Wharves logo.svg
Muni 1056 at Market and Sanchez, April 2018.JPG
Eastbound streetcar at Market and Sanchez station in April 2018
General information
Location Market Street at Sanchez Street
San Francisco, California
Coordinates 37°45′58″N122°25′52″W / 37.766049°N 122.431048°W / 37.766049; -122.431048 Coordinates: 37°45′58″N122°25′52″W / 37.766049°N 122.431048°W / 37.766049; -122.431048
Platforms2 side platforms (boarding islands)
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes [1]
History
RebuiltSeptember 1, 1995 [2]
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO SFmuni.svg Muni Following station
Market and Noe F Market & Wharves Market and Church
Location
Market and Sanchez station

Market and Sanchez station is a light rail station in San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Municipal Railway F Market & Wharves heritage railway line. It is located on Market Street at the intersections of 15th Street and Sanchez Street.

In 2022, new decorative railings were added on both boarding islands as part of the Upper Market Street Safety Project. They feature a quote from Harvey Milk's 1977 "You've Got to Have Hope" speech, as well as an illustration of streetcar #1051, which is dedicated in Milk's honor. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. "F-Market and Wharves accessible stop map". SFMTA. Muni. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  2. Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway. p. 80.
  3. "Upper Market Safety Project: Summer 2021 Construction Update" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. June 2021.
  4. "Streetscape Plan" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. June 2021.
  5. Bajko, Matthew S. (October 19, 2022). "SF project adds Milk nod to Castro arterial". The Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved October 24, 2022.