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{{Infobox rail line
| box_width                       = 330px
| name                            = K Ingleside
| logo                            = K Ingleside logo.svg
| logo_width                      = 50px
| color                           = {{rcr|MUNI|K}}
| image                           = Inbound train at Ocean and Victoria, January 2018.JPG
| image_width                     = 320px
| caption                         = An inbound train at Ocean and Victoria in 2018
| type                            = [[Light rail]]/[[streetcar]]
| system                          = [[Muni Metro]]
| locale                          = [[San Francisco]], [[California]]
| start                           = [[West Portal station]] (continues as [[T Third Street]])
| end                             = [[Balboa Park station]]
| stations                        = 24
| daily_ridership                 = 40,600 (2019; combined with [[T Third Street]])<ref name=srtp>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2019/11/12-3-19_item_15_short_range_transit_plan_fy19-30.pdf |title=Short Range Transit Plan: Fiscal Year 2019 - Fiscal Year 2030 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |date=December 2019 |page=47}}</ref> 
| open                            = {{start date|1918|2|3}}
| owner                           = [[San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency]]
| operator                        = [[San Francisco Municipal Railway]]
| stock                           = [[AnsaldoBreda|Breda]] LRV2/LRV3, [[Siemens S200|Siemens LRV4]]
| character                       = At grade and underground
| linelength                      = 
| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| electrification                 = [[Overhead line]]s, 600 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]]
| elevation                       = 
| map                             = {{K Ingleside|inline=1}}
| map_name                        = Route diagram
}}

The '''K Ingleside''' is a [[light rail]] line of the [[Muni Metro]] system in [[San Francisco]], California. It mostly serves the [[West Portal, San Francisco|West Portal]] and [[Neighborhoods in San Francisco#Ingleside|Ingleside]] neighborhoods. Opened on February 3, 1918, it was the first line to use the [[Twin Peaks Tunnel]].

==Route description==
The K Ingleside line stops at concrete boarding islands in the middle of the street next to the tracks. Some stops have raised platforms for [[accessibility]]. Stations between West Portal and Embarcadero are only served by the outbound K. But, not the inbound K, as it switches to T at West Portal.

===Operation===
The K Ingleside begins service at 5 a.m. on weekdays, 6 a.m. Saturdays and 8 a.m. Sundays, with the end of service around 12:30 a.m. each night. Trains on the weekdays are scheduled to come every 10 minutes.<ref>[https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/routes-stops/weekday-frequency-guide Weekday Frequency Guide (Effective October 2, 2021).] San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency.</ref>  Trains on the weekends are scheduled to come every 12 minutes.<ref>[https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/routes-stops/weekend-frequency-guide Weekend Frequency Guide (Effective October 2, 2021).] San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency.</ref>

== History ==
===Municipal Railway===
[[File:Muni 1031 as K Ingleside at Ocean and Lee, August 1967.jpg|thumb|left|A PCC Streetcar on K Ingleside in 1967]]
The [[San Francisco Municipal Railway]] (Muni) opened its K line along with the [[Twin Peaks Tunnel]] on February 3, 1918. The line ran from [[St. Francis Circle station]] along West Portal Avenue, through the tunnel, along [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]] to [[Van Ness Avenue]] (joining the [[J Church]] at Church Street). And along existing tracks on Van Ness Avenue to Pine Street. On June 1, 1918, the J and K lines were removed from Van Ness Avenue and went further along Market Street to a loop at the [[San Francisco Ferry Building|Ferry Building]].<ref name=stindt>{{cite book |title=San Francisco's Century of Street Cars |first=Fred A. |last=Stindt |page=119, 189 |date=October 1990 |isbn=0961546514}}</ref>

===Changes in 1980s===
More changes to the service route followed until finally on December 17, 1980. It was when the K line was light rail operated, with service from [[Embarcadero Station]] to Balboa Park, on weekdays only.<ref name="mckane-perles1982">{{cite book|title=Inside Muni: The Properties and Operations of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco|last1=McKane|first1=John|last2=Perles|first2=Anthony|publisher=[[Interurban Press]]|year=1982|isbn=0-916374-49-1|location=Glendale, CA (US)|page=198}}</ref>  Weekend service continued to use PCC cars until September 1982.<ref name="perles-tours">{{cite book |last=Perles |first=Anthony |title=Tours of Discovery: A San Francisco Muni Album |url=https://archive.org/details/toursofdiscovery0000perl |year=1984 |publisher=[[Interurban Press]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/toursofdiscovery0000perl/page/126 126] |isbn=0-916374-60-2}}</ref> This was when the [[Muni Metro]] became fully operational.

===Changes in 2000s===
From February 2001 to June 7, 2003, K Ingleside service was cut back to St. Francis Circle. It was also replaced by buses on Ocean Avenue for street repaving, and route reconstruction along Ocean Avenue. 

Following service changes on June 30, 2007, the K Ingleside and the [[T Third Street]] lines were combined inside the Market Street subway tunnel.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gordon|first=Rachel|date=June 4, 2007|title=T-Third line causing delays, so officials consider new routes|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-T-Third-line-causing-delays-so-2589267.php|access-date=2013-12-15}}</ref> Though keeping their line designations, resulting in an upside-down, [[horseshoe]]-shaped route from Balboa Park to Bayshore and Sunnydale. At [[West Portal Station]], inbound K trains heading towards downtown change their signs to the T line; at [[Embarcadero Station]], T trains heading into downtown change signs to the K line.

== References ==
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==Other websites==
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*SFMTA – [https://www.sfmta.com/routes/k-ingleside K Ingleside]

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