Major S.F. commuter train will soon return to service after five-year hiatus

The L-Taraval Muni Metro Line, a workhorse San Francisco commuter train that runs underground from the Embarcadero through the Twin Peaks Tunnel, then surfaces and rolls down Taraval Street to San Francisco Zoo, will return to normal service on Sept. 28 after being off its track for five years of repairs. The reopening marks the completion of the L-Taraval Improvement Project, a major rebuild that involved replacing infrastructure on a 2-mile stretch of track. The job, which included replacement of overhead wires that power the trains, was the first substantial...