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S.F. State
An outbound train at the station in July 2023
General information
Other names	S.F. State/Holloway/Parkmerced
Location	19th Avenue at Holloway Avenue San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°43′18″N 122°28′30.5″W / 37.72167°N 122.475139°W / 37.72167; -122.475139
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Muni: 28, 28R, 29, 57, 91 Owl
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 6, 1925
Rebuilt	October 23, 1993
Services
Preceding station Muni Following station Stonestowntowards Embarcadero M Ocean View 19th Avenue and Junipero Serra/Randolphtowards San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park)
Location

San Francisco State University station (also known as 19th Avenue and Holloway station) is a light rail station on the Muni Metro M Ocean View line, located adjacent to San Francisco State University and the Parkmerced neighborhood in the median of 19th Avenue in San Francisco, California. It opened in 1925 with the first phase of the line and was rebuilt with a high-level island platform in 1993. The station is accessible.

The stop is also served by bus routes 28, 28R (a limited-stop rapid service), 29, 57 and 91 Owl (an overnight service).

History

When the M Ocean View line opened on October 6, 1925, it ran along the west side of 19th Avenue; a second set of lanes was added later, placing the line in the road's median. Several stations with small side platforms were located along 19th Avenue, including one at Holloway Avenue; it became more important after the adjacent Parkmerced development was established in the 1940s and the San Francisco State College (later San Francisco State University) campus opened in 1953. In the late 1960s, the station was considered the likely outer terminus of subway service during the early planning of the Market Street subway; however, by 1968, Muni decided to keep all five existing lines as surface streetcars feeding into the subway.

In the early 1970s, Muni began planning an extension of the J Church line over new track to Balboa Park station, then over the M Ocean View line to the high-ridership San Francisco State University and Stonestown Galleria stations. A Final Environmental Impact Statement for the new track was released in 1983; it was opened for non-revenue moves in August 1991 and began revenue service in June 1993. Original plans called for the two existing stations to be rebuilt with high-level island platforms, and a pocket track to allow J Church trains to turn back. After objections from neighbors, the pocket track was removed from the plan.

The first phase of the 19th Ave. Platform & Trackway Improvement Project required the line to be replaced by buses south of St. Francis Circle from June 19 to October 23, 1993; the new platforms at the two stations were opened when service was restored. The second phase required full bustitution beginning on July 30, 1994; rail service was restored to Stonestown on November 19 for holiday shopping, and on the rest of the line on January 28, 1995. Some weekday J and M service was through-routed from 1995 to 1998, but full through-routing was never implemented.

References

1. ^ Perles, Anthony (1981). The People's Railway: The History of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Interurban Press. pp. 76, 214–218. ISBN 0916374424.
2. ^ Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway. p. 76.
3. Nguyen, Anh (September 20, 2017). "Muni Metro Accessible Stops". SFMTA. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
4. "Muni Service Map". SFMTA. July 9, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
5. Johnson, Michael (March 10, 1999). "The History of San Francisco State University: Celebrating 100 Years of Opportunity, 1899–1999" (Press release). San Francisco State University.
6. Muni J Line Connection Project Final Environmental Impact Statement. Urban Mass Transit Administration and San Francisco Department of City Planning. May 1983 – via Internet Archive.

External links

Media related to San Francisco State University station at Wikimedia Commons

• SFMTA – 19th Ave & Holloway Ave inbound and outbound
• SFBay Transit (unofficial) – 19th Ave & Holloway Ave

• Muni Metro stations
• Railway stations in California at university and college campuses
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1925
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1993