Powell Station

From Transit.Wiki
Revision as of 16:21, 28 August 2013 by Andy (talk | contribs)
Loading map...

Accessible via elevators No Public restroom   City: San Francisco |  Market St & Powell St

Directions to and from Powell Station  |  Nearby

 

Powell Station is located in the heart of San Francisco's main shopping district and is within walking distance from Moscone Center. This station is especially crowded on weekends with shoppers, street performers, and tourists waiting to board the cable cars to Fisherman's Wharf.

This underground station is shared by Muni Metro and BART systems. They have separate faregates, station agents, and platforms.

Points of interest

[edit]
Powell 1.JPG

lines serve this station underground. BART ticket machines and faregates 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

Platform 2: to East Bay
Real time departures:
Next Station: Civic Center Next Station: Montgomery

BART schedules

J K L M N T S lines serve this station underground. Muni Metro opens until about 1:00am.

Cash fare riders need to buy a ticket from any Muni ticket machine on the concourse level. All riders need to have a valid ticket, transfer, Clipper Card, or pass to get through the Muni faregates.

This station features center platforms.

Outbound: J K M to Balboa Park,

L to SF Zoo, N to Ocean Beach

Downtown: J L M to Embarcadero,

N to 4th & King, T to Sunnydale

Real time departures:

Data provided by 511.org

Next Station: Civic Center Next Station: Montgomery

Muni

Bus service within San Francisco.

Lines 8X, 30, 45, and 91 stop on 4th Street in the southbound direction, and 3rd Street in the northbound direction. Montgomery Station is closer to the 3rd Street bus stop.

AC Transit

Historic Streetcar

F-Market & Wharves 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

Terminal for Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde lines 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.

Bay Wheels operates a self-service bike share station near the station.