San Francisco puts exclamation point on its Central Subway with T Third line completion

With a Native American blessing, a celebration in song and cheers from an exuberant crowd, the T Third line officially started its new route connecting Chinatown to Sunnydale and the Bayview in the new Central Subway on Saturday.

Officials including state Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Mayor London Breed gathered at Muni’s Union Square station to celebrate the new route, which vastly improves transportation and reduces travel times to and from some of San Francisco’s most densely populated areas and major shopping corridors, expanding transit options and new connections.