Eureka Station

Infobox Station
name=Eureka Station
type=light rail

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image_size=250
image_caption=Eureka Station exit at Market & Eureka.
address=Market and Eureka Streets
San Francisco, CA
coordinates=
line=Not in use
other=33 Stanyan
35 Eureka
37 Corbett
structure=underground
platform=two side
depth=
tracks=
opened=1918
closed=1972, replaced by Castro Street Station
ADA=
owned=
mpassengers=The Eureka Street Station was a streetcar station in San Francisco, California from 1918 until 1972. It is located very close to the eastern end of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, in the Eureka Valley neighborhood. Its location was chosen with the intent that it could serve as a transfer station to the Sunset Tunnel, whose east portal in early plans was to be located at the corner of Market and Eureka streets [Bion J. Arnold, Report on the Improvement and Development of the Transportation Facilities of San Francisco, 1913, pp. 233, 269] .

To allow for construction of the Muni Metro, the station was closed and the new Castro Street Station was built to provide service to the nearby areas. The station was not demolished or blocked off from the tunnel after being closed, and can still be seen when passing through on a Muni Metro streetcar. It is now used as an emergency exit from the subway, and the emergency exit doors can be seen at street level at Market Street.

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