Editing Third Street Light Rail Project (section)

{{Short description|San Francisco Muni tram line}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox rail line
|box_width   = 280px
|name        = Third Street Light Rail
|image       = San Francisco-Third St Light Rail.jpg
|image_width = 250px
|caption     = New tracks on 3rd Street north of 16th Street in September 2005
|type        = [[Light rail]]
|system      = [[Muni Metro]]
|locale      = [[San Francisco]], [[California]]
|stations    = 18
|open        = April 7, 2007
|owner       = [[San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency]]
|operator    = [[San Francisco Municipal Railway]]
|linelength      = {{convert|5.1|mi|km}}
|gauge       = {{RailGauge|ussg}}<br>([[standard gauge]])
|electrification          = [[Overhead line]]s, 600 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]]
|map         = {{Third Street Light Rail}}
}}

The '''Third Street Light Rail Project''' was the construction project that expanded the [[Muni Metro]] system in [[San Francisco]], California, linking [[Financial District, San Francisco|downtown San Francisco]] to the historically underserved southeastern neighborhoods of [[Bayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco|Bayview-Hunters Point]] and [[Visitacion Valley, San Francisco, California|Visitacion Valley]] along the eastern side of the city. Construction was finished in late 2006, non-revenue weekend service began on January 13, 2007, and full service began on April 7, 2007.<ref name=SFC-070113>{{cite news |author=Cabanatuan, Michael |url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Muni-s-Third-St-light-rail-line-2624120.php |title=Muni's Third St. light-rail line finally rolling |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=January 13, 2007 |access-date=March 18, 2013}}</ref> The new service, as the [[T Third Street]] Metro line, replaced the [[List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines|15 Third]] bus line, which ran south from the [[San Francisco 4th and King Street station|Caltrain Depot]] at 4th and King streets, along Third Street and Bayshore Boulevard to the southeastern neighborhoods.