Starting April 23rd, passengers will see service changes to some of the busiest lines in the district, the N-Judah and L-Taraval metro lines, as well as the 28R-19th Avenue Rapid bus line. 

In a move that will have weekend warriors applauding, service on all of the Muni metro lines (the J, K, L, M, N, & T) will be increasing. The N-Judah and the L-Taraval will now run every 10 minutes on Saturdays and every 12 minutes on Sundays, hopefully cutting into those dreaded 20+ minute waits for a train.

A 41-minute wait for the outbound L-Taraval at Montgomery Station. (Photo: Dan DeWitt)

The biggest change, however, is a plan to get the 28R-19th Avenue Rapid Muni bus running more quickly through the Sunset and Richmond districts. Beginning next week, the 28-19th Avenue bus line’s speedier sister will expand its hours from 7am to 7pm Mondays through Fridays. 

The 28R will have new northern and southern termini. (Photo: SFMTA Muni Forward)

To facilitate that big service increase, the 28R will now only connect the Excelsior to the Sunset and Richmond. After Saturday, the original termini in the Marina and at Daly City BART will only be serviced by the 28 local. 

The rapid line's new northern terminus will be at California and 6th Avenue (shared with the 44 line). The southern terminus will be at Alemany and Geneva, connecting to Balboa Park BART.

Here are all the stops along the 28R route that have been added and removed:

"The new route will get a bit quicker, too," explains Sean Kennedy, Muni Forward's Project Manager. "The Rapid will no longer make stops at Sloat and Lincoln Way, which means 28R riders can travel the same distance in less time. But because the new 28R was designed through a community-driven process, we’ll be adding a new stop at Arch and Alemany to better serve the METNA/Ingleside Heights community."

The expansion of service for the 28R is the first phase of several changes that the 28R will undergo as part of the 19th Avenue Rapid Project. The 28 and the 28R lines are two of the busiest in the city, serving 15,000 riders a day on a route that traverses some of San Francisco’s most popular sites, notably Golden Gate Park, the Golden Gate Bridge, and San Francisco State University.

As we’ve covered previously, other improvements in the project include bulb-outs and street repaving, which will culminate in 2018.

"The 28R-19th Avenue Rapid expansion realizes a longstanding desire for better north-south service in western San Francisco," said Kennedy. "We’ve heard time and time again that our customers want more frequent Rapid service that connects them quickly and efficiently to key destinations across San Francisco. The revamped 28R does just that."