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The N Judah is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco, California, so called as it runs along Judah...

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The N Judah is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco, California, so called as it runs along Judah Street for much of its length, named after railroad engineer Theodore Judah. It links downtown San Francisco to the Cole Valley and Sunset neighborhoods. It is the busiest line in the Muni Metro system. It was one of San Francisco's streetcar lines, beginning operation in 1928, and was converted to modern light rail operation with the creation of the Muni Metro system in the late 1970s. While many streetcar lines were converted to bus lines after World War II, the N Judah remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Sunset Tunnel. The line runs from Caltrain Depot in the Mission Bay district to Ocean Beach and the Great Highway in the Sunset District. It starts at the Caltrain Depot, and runs along King Street and the Embarcadero, passing by AT&T; Park. It then enters the Market Street Subway, which it shares with the five other Muni Metro lines. It exits the tunnel at Church Street and, after a brief stretch along Duboce Avenue to Duboce Park, enters the older Sunset Tunnel. This tunnel serves to avoid a hill and contains no underground stations. From the western end of the tunnel,

Created by: Freebase Data Team Oct 23, 2006
Last edited by: Freebase Data Team Oct 23, 2006

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