Powell Station
 
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San Francisco | Union Square | Market St & Powell St |
Directions to and from Powell Station
Powell Station is located in the heart of San Francisco's main shopping district and is within walking distance from Moscone Center.
Points of interest
BART
Ticket machines for BART are located in the underground station concourse. Some ticket types are sold at the Transit Store, also on the concourse level. Muni Fast Pass is accepted for rides anywhere between this station and Balboa Park Station.
This station features center platforms.
| Platform 1: to Daly City, to Millbrae, to SFO. |
Bicycle restrictions
Weekdays approximately from 7:12 to 9:05 am, and from 4:16pm to 6:35pm, bikes are not are allowed in this station.
Muni Metro
Muni Metro opens until about 1:00am.
Pay cash fare at the Muni faregates on the concourse level. The faregates only take $1 coins. You can change your dollar bill to coin at a nearby BART ticket machine. Take the transfer from the faregate and keep it as proof of payment. If you have a valid pass or transfer, enter at the faregate adjacent to the booth and show the attendant your pass or transfer. You can enter through the swing gate (at the side) with your pass or transfer if there's no attendent at the booth.
This station features center platforms.
| Outbound platform: J K M to Balboa Park, L to SF Zoo, N to Ocean Beach
Downtown platform: J L M to Embarcadero, N to 4th & King, T to Sunnydale |
Bus
Muni, Amtrak Thruway, California Shuttle Bus, Jitney
Muni
<tab sep=comma cellpadding=5> 5, (daytime only) Golden Gate Park > Ocean Beach 6, UCSF > Inner Sunset District 7, Haight and Stanyan 9, San Francisco General Hospital > Cow Palace 9X, Express: Visitacion Valley > City College 21, Fulton and 8th Ave 26, Balboa Park Station 27, Jackson and Van Ness 27, Cesar Chavez and Mission 30, Caltrain Depot (4th and King Station) 31, USF > Ocean Beach (Richmond District) 45, Caltrain Depot (4th and King Station) 71, Haight-Ashbury > Outer Sunset (Ortega and 48th Ave) 71L, Limited stop: Haight-Ashbury > Outer Sunset (Ortega and 48th Ave) 79X, Candlestick (49ers home games only) </tab>
Weekday peak hour express service: <tab sep=comma cellpadding=5> 16AX, Ortega and 48th Ave 16BX, Noriega and 34th Ave </tab>
Amtrak Thruway
Stops in front of San Francisco Shopping Center on Market Street for bus connection to Amtrak trains at Emeryville and other stations.
Amtrak station code: SFS
California Shuttle Bus
California Shuttle Bus stop is located in front of Carl's Jr on Cyril Magnin St.
Jitney
Jitney to Caltrain station stops on 4th Street at Market (by Ross).
Historic Streetcar
Streetcars operate on the surface along Market Street and stop on boarding islands in the middle of Market St by 4th St and by 5th St.
Cable Car
Cable car terminal is located on Powell St by Market St. It is a popular tourist spot because the cable cars are manually turned-around there.
You can purchase souvenir cable car tickets at the ticket booth by the turnaround.
