UCSF/Chase Center station (formerly known as UCSF/Mission Bay) is a light rail station on the Muni Metro T Third Street line, located in the median of Third Street at South Street in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The station serves the UCSF Mission Bay campus and the Chase Center arena. The station opened with the T Third Street line on January 13, 2007. Its original configuration had two side platforms; the northbound platform was north of South Street, and the southbound platform south of South Street. The station was closed from November 2018 to August 2019 for conversion to a single island platform to better serve the Chase Center which opened in September 2019.
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 A northbound train at the station in August 2019 | |||||||||||
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| Other names | 16th Street | ||||||||||
| Location | Third Street at South Street San Francisco, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°46′08″N 122°23′21″W / 37.768823°N 122.389289°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Muni: 15, 22, 78X, 79X Mission Bay Shuttle: East, Transbay/Caltrain | ||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | Bay Wheels station[1] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | January 13, 2007[2] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | November 12, 2018–August 6, 2019[3] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | UCSF/Mission Bay (until 2018) | ||||||||||
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The station is also served by Muni bus routes 15 and 22, along with 78X and 79X which provide service to the Chase Center and run only before and after events at the arena.[4] The T Bus and 91 Owl bus routes provide service along the T Third Street line during the early morning and late night hours respectively when trains do not operate.[5] Additionally, the non-profit Mission Bay Transportation Management Association operates two shuttles, the East and Transbay/Caltrain routes.[6][7]
Reconstruction
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The station serves the adjacent Chase Center arena, which opened on September 6, 2019. It was expanded to accommodate high ridership and increased service on game days. Initial plans in mid-2015 called for the northbound platform to be doubled in length to 320 feet (98 m).[8] Later that year, a variant design with a 320-foot (98 m)-long island platform south of South Street was proposed, which would allow two two-car trains in each direction to simultaneously serve the station. Construction of either design was expected to take 14 months and included the installation of a crossover to allow trains to reverse direction at the station.[9] In October 2015, the team, city, and UCSF reached a preliminary agreement under which the city and UCSF supported the construction of the arena, in exchange for a package of transportation improvements which include the expanded station and the purchase of four additional light rail vehicles.[10]
Bidding on the new center platform opened in December 2017, with the price estimated at $27 million.[11] After bids came in higher than expected, Muni awarded a $33 million construction contract in March 2018.[12][13] The track work is expected to cost an additional $18 million.[14] By March 2018, Muni funding for the project was short by $17.6 million; the agency indicated plans to borrow money from the city against arena revenues to cover the shortfall.[12][14]
The station was closed from November 12, 2018, to August 6, 2019, for the reconstruction.[15][3] The line was shut down from January 22, 2019, until April 1, 2019, for platform construction.[16][17] On May 7, 2019, the SFMTA Board voted to rename the station to UCSF/Chase Center after the Golden State Warriors agreed to reimburse the $140,000 cost of new signage and maps.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Bike Share Map: San Francisco" (Map). Bike Share Map. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ "2007 Annual Report" (PDF). San Francisco County Transportation Authority. p. 16.
- ^ a b Swan, Rachel (August 6, 2019). "Muni prepares for big crowds with expanded platform near Chase Center". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- ^ Phelan, Lori (August 21, 2019). "New Transit Service to and from Chase Center" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
- ^ "Muni Service Map". SFMTA. July 9, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ "Route Maps". Mission Bay Transportation Management Association. August 29, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ "About". Mission Bay Transportation Management Association. August 28, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ "Chapter 3: Projection Description". Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report: EVENT CENTER AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT MISSION BAY BLOCKS 29-32 (PDF). Vol. 1. San Francisco Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure. June 5, 2015. pp. 3–36.
- ^ "Chapter 12: Project Refinements and New Variant". Response to Comments on the Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report: EVENT CENTER AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT MISSION BAY BLOCKS 29-32 (PDF). San Francisco Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure. October 23, 2015. pp. 12–23.
- ^ "Mayor Lee, UCSF & Golden State Warriors Announce Agreements that Clear Way for UCSF Endorsement of Proposed Mission Bay Event Center & Arena" (Press release). National Basketball Association. October 6, 2015.
- ^ "Bid Document". City and County of San Francisco. December 21, 2017.
- ^ a b "Muni train platform redesign for new Warriors arena balloons to $33 million". San Francisco Examiner. March 6, 2018.
- ^ Chinn, Jerold (March 8, 2018). "Muni preps Chase Center platform for 2019 tipoff". SFBay.
- ^ a b Matier, Phil; Ross, Andy (April 1, 2018). "Muni Metro stop at Warriors' new SF arena is one pricey platform". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ McMillan, Erin (November 7, 2018). "UCSF Mission Bay Platform Project" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
- ^ "T Third Bus Substitution". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. January 30, 2013. Archived from the original on January 20, 2019.
- ^ McMillan, Erin (March 29, 2019). "T Third Back In Action" (Press release). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
- ^ "RESOLUTION No. 190507-047" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. May 7, 2019.
External links
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- SFMTA: UCSF/Chase Center northbound, southbound
- UCSF Mission Bay – Arena Platform Upgrade
- SF Bay Transit (unofficial): UCSF/Mission Bay