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{{Infobox rail line
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| name                            = N Judah
| logo                            = N Judah logo.svg
| logo_width                      = 50px
| color                           = {{rcr|MUNI|N}}
| image                           = Outbound N Judah train at 19th Avenue, June 2017.JPG
| image_width                     = 300px
| caption                         = N Judah train on Judah Street at 19th Avenue in 2017.
| type                            = [[Light rail]]/[[streetcar]]
| system                          = [[Muni Metro]]
| locale                          = [[San Francisco]], [[California]]
| start                           = [[San Francisco 4th and King Street station|4th and King]]
| end                             = [[Judah and La Playa station|Judah and La Playa]] (Ocean Beach)
| stations                        = 37
| daily_ridership                 = 43,000 (2019)<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|1928|10|21}}
| owner                           = [[San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency]]
| operator                        = [[San Francisco Municipal Railway]]
| stock                           = [[AnsaldoBreda|Breda]] LRV2/LRV3, [[Siemens S200|Siemens LRV4]]
| linelength                      = 
| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| electrification                 = [[Overhead line]]s, 600 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]]
| elevation                       = 
| map                             = {{N Judah}}
| map_name                        = Route diagram
}}

The '''N Judah''' is a [[light rail]] line of the [[Muni Metro]] system in [[San Francisco]], California. The line is named after Judah Street that it runs along for much of its length, and is named after railroad engineer,  [[Theodore Judah]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jdcjr.us/SFStreets1.html |title=San Francisco Street Names |access-date=2010-03-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323230925/http://www.jdcjr.us/SFStreets1.html |archive-date=2010-03-23 }}</ref>

==Operation==
As with all Muni lines, service begins around 5 a.m. on weekdays, 6 a.m. on Saturdays, and 8 a.m. on Sundays and holidays. Daytime headways are 10 minutes on weekdays and 12 minutes on weekends.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Weekday Frequency Guide|url=https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/routes-stops/weekday-frequency-guide|website=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Weekend Frequency Guide|url=https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/routes-stops/weekend-frequency-guide|website=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:San Francisco Boeing LRV at Duboce & Church, March 1980.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Boeing LRV]] newly in service on the N Judah, entering the Duboce Portal on Duboce Avenue, in March 1980.]]
On January 10, 1998, Muni opened the Muni Metro Extension to [[San Francisco 4th and King Street station|4th and King/Caltrain]]. It was originally served by a temporary shuttle service, the [[E Embarcadero]], which ran between [[Embarcadero station]] and 4th and King/Caltrain.<ref name=extends>{{cite news |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/muni-metro-extends.html |title=Muni metro extends |newspaper=Railway Gazette |date=October 1, 1998 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-date=April 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422094502/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/muni-metro-extends.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=cbtc>{{cite web |url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/research-innovation/communications-based-train-control-cbtc-beforeafter-cost-effectiveness-study |title=Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) Before/After Cost Effectiveness Study |page=9 |date=March 2011 |first1=David |last1=Rojas |first2=Eric |last2=Phillips |publisher=Federal Transit Administration}}</ref> On August 22, 1998, the E Embarcadero line was removed and the N Judah line was extended to its place.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Epstein|first1=Edward|title=Brown Tries To Soothe Muni Riders / Service on N-Judah line has been abysmal all week|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Brown-Tries-To-Soothe-Muni-Riders-Service-on-2994640.php|access-date=27 October 2015|agency=SFGate|publisher=Hearst Communications|date=26 August 1998}}</ref> 

A lot of service changes took place at the time when the [[T Third Street]] line began service in April of 2007. The N Judah was cut back to Embarcadero station; the surface part on the Embarcadero was served only by the T Third Street line, plus the [[J Church]] line at [[Rush hour|peak hours]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714000010/http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mroutes/documents/T3-Manual_v6na.pdf |url=http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mroutes/documents/T3-Manual_v6na.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2007 |title=Discover the T-Third |year=2007 |publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |page=6}}</ref> The changes were unpopular with the public; they caused big delays in the [[Market Street subway]] and made N Judah riders transfer to reach [[San Francisco 4th and King Street station|the Caltrain station]] when they did not before. On June 30, 2007, Muni reversed several of the changes; the J Church and N Judah were put back to their previous routes.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.sfmuni.com/cms/malerts/ServiceChangesEffectiveJune302007.htm |archive-date=June 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624222728/http://www.sfmuni.com/cms/malerts/ServiceChangesEffectiveJune302007.htm |title=SFMTA announces service changes effective June 30, 2007 |publisher=San Francisco Transportation Agency |date=June 30, 2007}}</ref>

===Future plans===
Future plans, according to the SFMTA Rail Capacity Strategy, include a new subway tunnel that connects the Market Street subway to [[Judah and 9th Avenue station|9th Avenue]]. Additionally, the N Judah line will be rebuilt to run three-car trains. Further plans include a connection between the [[L Taraval]] and N Judah lines, which may run on 46th Avenue.<ref name="Draft study">{{cite web|title=Draft Rail Capacity Strategy|url=https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports/2016/Draft%20Rail%20Capacity%20Strategy.pdf|access-date=28 July 2017|publisher=SFMTA|page=32}}</ref>

==References==
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==Other websites==
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* SFMTA – [https://www.sfmta.com/routes/n-judah N Judah]

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