J Church

J Church
An inbound J Church train in Dolores Park in 2018
Overview
Owner	San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Locale	San Francisco, California
Termini	Embarcadero station Balboa Park station
Stations	26
Service
Type	Light rail/streetcar
System	Muni Metro
Operator(s)	San Francisco Municipal Railway
Rolling stock	Breda LRV2/LRV3, Siemens LRV4
Daily ridership	6,300 (January 2024)[1]
History
Opened	August 11, 1917 (1917-08-11)[2]
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route diagram J Church highlighted in yellow Show interactive map Legend to 4th & King to East Bay turnback Embarcadero Montgomery Union Sq/​Market St Powell Civic Center to Balboa Park Van Ness Market Street subway → ← Duboce Portal ← to surface tracks on Market Street (closed 1982) to Ocean Beach Church and Duboce Church and Market Church Church and 16th Street to/from yard Church and 18th Street Dolores Park Right Of Way/20th Street Right Of Way/Liberty Right Of Way/21st Street Church and 22nd Street Church and 24th Street Church and Clipper Church and 27th Street Church and 29th/Day Streets Church and 30th Street to Civic Center 30th Street and Dolores San Jose and Randall Bernal Cut San Jose/​Glen Park I-280 San Jose and Santa Rosa San Jose and Santa Ynez San Jose and Ocean to Church to Glen Park Balboa Park San Jose and Geneva to Church to Millbrae & SFO Key Muni lines BART lines This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

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 has the lowest ridership of all of the Muni Metro lines.^{[3]: 21, 47}