11 Facts About Muni Metro

Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California, United States.

Muni Metro operates a fleet of 151 Breda high-floor light rail vehicles, which are currently being replaced by a fleet of 249 Siemens S200 LRVs The system has 113 stations, of which 59 are accessible.

Muni Metro is one of the surviving first-generation streetcar systems in North America.

The Muni Metro service was implemented in phases, and the subway was served only on weekdays until 1982.

Muni Metro criticism had been something of a feature of life in San Francisco, and not without reason.

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Nonetheless, Muni Metro remains one of the slowest urban transport systems in the United States.

Muni Metro first operated Boeing Vertol-made US Standard Light Rail Vehicles, which were built for Muni Metro and Boston's MBTA.

Muni Metro added 30 more cars to the fleet; these 30 had been rejected by MBTA after suffering numerous breakdowns.

Muni Metro originally ordered 35 cars from Breda in 1991, and exercised options to add another 116 cars throughout the 1990s, including an option to purchase another 15 cars in 1999.

Muni Metro ultimately purchased 249 vehicles: the 175 cars from the first two phases, 44 additional cars, and surplus 30 cars were contracted in 2021.

Free Muni Metro is open to all San Francisco senior Clipper card holders, ages 65 and over, with a gross annual family income at or below 100 percent of the Bay Area median income level .