4th and Brannan station explained

Fourth/Brannan
Symbol Location:sanfrancisco
Symbol:T
Address:4th Street at Brannan Street
Borough:San Francisco, California
Coordinates:37.7783°N -122.3965°W
Connections: Muni:,,
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Accessible:Yes
Opened:November 19, 2022
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

4th and Brannan station is an at-grade Muni Metro light rail station located in the median of 4th Street at Brannan Street in the South of Market (SoMa) district of San Francisco, California. It opened on November 19, 2022, as part of the Central Subway project. The station is served by the T Third Street line which runs between and .

Service

The station has a single island platform in the median of 4th Street, with a ramp leading to Brannan Street.[1] Originally, the station was designed with an exclusive train-only lane on the platform's eastern side and a mixed traffic lane on the western side. The station was subsequently redesigned with exclusive lanes on both sides of the platform, enabling trains to proceed faster through the 4th and Bryant intersection preceding the station.[2]

The station is also served by Muni bus routes, and, plus the and bus routes, which provide service along the T Third Street line during the early morning and late night hours respectively when trains do not operate.[3]

Station design

A stainless steel kinetic sculpture by Moto Ohtake, entitled Microcosmic, was installed at the station in November 2019 — the first of ten artworks to be installed at Central Subway stations.[4] The moving portion is approximately 14× and sits atop a 40feet high pole, featuring 31 rotating points.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Subway 4th & Brannan Surface Station . https://web.archive.org/web/20160611083343/http://sfgov.org/arts/sites/sfgov.org.arts/files/migrated/FileCenter/Documents/sfac/Civic_Design_Review/April_16_2012/4thbrannon_cdr_4.16.12.pdf . 2016-06-11 . City and County of San Francisco.
  2. Addendum 2 to Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/ Supplemental Environmental Impact Report. September 28, 2018. November 22, 2018. San Francisco Planning Department.
  3. Web site: July 9, 2022 . Muni Service Map . December 2, 2022 . SFMTA . en.
  4. First Of Ten Public Artworks Installed For Central Subway . November 25, 2019 . San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
  5. Web site: Microcosmic: 4th and Brannan Street Platform Station Project . Ohtake . Moto . 2014 . San Francisco Arts Commission.