⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Transit Action EP13 | SF MUNI Buses and LRV Trains @ West Portal Station

Video category: Transit Action
Episode: 13
Routes: K, LBUS, LBUS Special, M, 48, 57
Location: West Portal Station
New episode of Transit Action! Last time we had a great time at Forest Hill Station, this time let's enjoy this open-closed station at a very good neighborhood, West Portal!
This station is a major MUNI transit hub for many destinations, including Balboa Park, Stonestown, SF Zoo, Ocean Beach and Mission District through many connections like MUNI Metro and 48. Since the L Taraval Improvement Project is undergoing, passengers must transfer to LBUS here from MUNI Metro.

[@evanstonbalce9588]

I don’t come to this area very often but I do miss watching the L trains make their turns

[@janettemcclelland2959]

That One Medical building used to be a bank back in the day. Damn.

[@sfmunioperations]

Yep lol stuff changed quickly

[@janettemcclelland2959]

@@sfmunioperations It was United California Bank during the 60's and 70's. Then it was a medical office and a clothing store. It was vacant for a long time. Damn I'm old lol.

[@sfmunioperations]

@@janettemcclelland2959 but you got a lot of good memories!

[@janettemcclelland2959]

@@sfmunioperations Yep. And that was before they redid the tunnel entrance to West Portal. That happened around 1978 or 1979 when they were getting ready to open the subway under Market. There's a lot of videos here on YT showing how everything looked before 1980-82 when the subway went 7 days a week on all 5 lines.

[@sfmunioperations]

@@janettemcclelland2959 yep, I still wish to see streetcars going into the tunnel but impossible nowadays lol

[@Nghia2285]

When are u gonna do transit vlog?

[@sfmunioperations]

Prob not for a while lol

[@ckildegaard]

Out of curiosity, anybody know why it seems to be policy for trains to signal left going out of the station, even though they're in fact going straight? (I know when the L trains are running they turn right, but I'd still think not signaling would be sufficient for straight-through traffic.)

[@sfmunioperations]

I think the reason for that is because muni is still using an old signal system, where it only consists of Left and Right

[@ckildegaard]

@@sfmunioperations As in, turn indicators work the switches? That could be!

[@sfmunioperations]

@@ckildegaard yep, there are L and R buttons inside a train cab

[@HColard]

2108 attached to 2046 was what I rode on the N Judah on August 8th! When was this filmed?

[@sfmunioperations]

This was filmed back in June!

[@HColard]

@@sfmunioperations so they probably kept 2046 and 2108 attached to each other since then?

[@sfmunioperations]

@@HColard yep!

[@Matthew-pg7lb]

Cool will you count the trains too?

[@sfmunioperations]

Yep!