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West Portal, Forest Hill early weekend closures begin Friday

Wednesday 3/14

1:25 am

By Jerold Chinn

Crews begin work this weekend in preparation for major work inside the the 2.7-mile-long Twin Peaks Tunnel.

Radio outage slows Muni morning commute

Friday 3/9

3:39 pm

By Jerold Chinn

All San Francisco Muni buses throughout The City pulled out late from bus yards for service due to the radio communications system failing.

Muni readies two-car N-Judah trains, three-car next

Friday 3/2

7:50 pm

By Jerold Chinn

Muni officials have begun testing three-car trains at night as evident in a new YouTube video posted by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

Summer slowdowns ahead as Twin Peaks tunnel work begins

Thursday 2/8

11:55 pm

By Jerold Chinn

Repairs inside the 100-year old Twin Peaks Tunnel are anticipated to start over the summer, San Francisco transit officials said Tuesday.

SFMTA set to pick new Twin Peaks tunnel contractor

Friday 2/2

2:10 am

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco transit officials next week will most likely choose a new contractor for the Twin Peaks Tunnel Trackway Improvement Project.

Years of delay haunt Muni tunnel projects

Tuesday 1/16

2:12 am

By Jerold Chinn

A project to seismically upgrade the Twin Peaks Tunnel may have to start again from square one.

First of new Muni trains reports for duty

Friday 11/17

9:54 pm

By Keith Burbank

Muni car No. 2006 took its first fare-paying passengers down the N-Judah line around noon.

New Muni Metro trains begin overnight tests

Sunday 7/23

11:33 pm

By Jerold Chinn

As Metro trains wound down service early Friday morning, crews and engineers headed out to test Muni’s new light rail vehicles.

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Muni train, garbage truck collide in Bayview

Thursday 7/20

7:56 am

By Bay City News

A San Francisco Municipal Railway light-rail vehicle collided with a garbage truck in The City's Bayview District Thursday morning.

Muni to shut subway early for testing of new trains

Friday 7/14

3:54 pm

By Jerold Chinn

The subway will close early on weeknights at 9:30 p.m. and all day on the weekend starting July 22.

Blame swirls over Central Subway delays

Wednesday 7/12

1:44 am

By Jerold Chinn

Supervisor Aaron Peskin is not pleased that the Central Subway Project is facing a delay of up to 10 months.

Twin Peaks tunnel project delayed into 2018

Thursday 6/8

1:34 am

By Jerold Chinn

Delays continue to mount to make repairs inside the 100-year old Twin Peaks Tunnel.

Muni steps up service for 2017 Giants season

Tuesday 4/4

1:17 am

By Jerold Chinn

The San Francisco Giants' home opener is next Monday at AT&T Park, which means the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will ramp up Muni service to the ballpark.

Disruptive Twin Peaks tunnel work delayed until July

Friday 3/17

11:04 am

By Jerold Chinn

The SFMTA is once again delaying a project to replace the rail tracks inside the Twin Peaks Tunnel.

SFMTA to bill driver for $55k after switch damage

Thursday 3/9

12:17 am

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco’s transit agency is seeking reimbursement from a motorist’s insurance company after the person reportedly drove into a Muni tunnel.

Wayward driver damages Muni track switch

Tuesday 2/28

11:16 pm

By Jerold Chinn

The Monday night and Tuesday afternoon commute for J-Church and N-Judah Muni passengers was not a pleasant one.

Flooding damage at Van Ness Station set for repair

Monday 2/27

12:43 am

By Jerold Chinn

Wiring inside an equipment room located at the Muni Metro Van Ness Station will soon get repaired after water flooded the room and caused damage.

Twin Peaks tunnel work to disrupt Metro service

Thursday 2/16

1:34 am

By Jerold Chinn

A project to replace the aging rail tracks inside the 100-year old Twin Peaks Tunnel is about to finally start.

Arriving soon: Three-car N-Judah trains

Monday 2/6

8:23 pm

By Jerold Chinn

Passengers can expect to see a three-car N-Judah in service along the entire heavily-used Metro line by the fall.

Muni crash in Mission Bay injures one

Friday 2/3

1:14 pm

By Daniel Montes

At least one person was injured when a San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail vehicle collided with a car in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood.

Muni unboxes sparkling new Metro train

Friday 1/13

5:34 pm

By Jerold Chinn

A trainload of smiling dignitaries welcomed San Francisco’s first new Muni light rail vehicle Friday.

Body found inside Muni Metro subway

Wednesday 1/11

11:00 pm

By Jerold Chinn

A body was found inside the San Francisco Muni Metro system on the trackway Wednesday afternoon.

NextMuni recovering on Muni Metro after arrival time meltdown

Tuesday 1/10

10:48 pm

By Jerold Chinn

Most Muni Metro train arrival prediction times are now appearing properly on the NextMuni system.

Muni ‘NextBus’ outage could stretch for weeks

Friday 1/6

1:00 am

By Jerold Chinn

The NextBus system — called NextMuni in The City — has been experiencing technical difficulties since Monday on predicting accurate arrival times.

Muni ‘Nextbus’ prediction times can’t be trusted

Thursday 1/5

10:47 am

By Jerold Chinn

NextMuni or any third party mobile application that draws data from the SFMTA on when the next bus or train is arriving are not displaying accurate data.

Muni chooses places over people for station names

Wednesday 12/7

5:10 am

By Jerold Chinn

San Francisco transit officials decided that names of public transit stations should indicate a geographic destination and not be named after people.

FBI, Homeland Security aid Muni on cyber attack

Monday 11/28

10:59 pm

By Jerold Chinn

The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are now working with San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency after the transit agency was hit by a cyber attack.