Union Square

City: San Francisco 

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Union Square is a hotel and shopping district in San Francisco that spans several blocks from the Union Square Park. Union Square has numerous high-end retailers and provides a big-city downtown shopping experience. Parking in the area is not free, but is served by a number of transit routes.

BART and Muni Metro

Powell Station under Market Street serves the Union Square area.

Historic streetcars

F-Market & Wharves streetcar stops on Market Street by 4th Street and by 5th Street.

Cable cars

The following lines serve the Union Square area:

• Powell-Hyde Line
• Powell-Mason Line

Bus

Muni

Within San Francisco

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L-Owl

All-nighter: San Francisco Zoo - Fisherman's Wharf

N-Owl

All nighter: Ocean Beach - 4th & King Caltrain

2

Sutter: Ferry Plaza - Presidio & California

5

Fulton: Salesforce Transit Center - Civic Center - 8th Ave (weekday daytime), Ocean Beach (night and weekend)

5R

Fulton Rapid: Salesforce Transit Center - Civic Center - Ocean Beach (Richmond District)

6

Haight/Parnassus: Ferry Building - Inner Sunset (Quintara and 14th Ave)

7

Haight/Noriega: Outer Sunset (Ortega and 48th Ave) - Salesforce Transit Center

8BX

Bayshore 'B' Express: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf

8AX

Bayshore 'A' Express: Visitacion Valley - Chinatown

8

Bayshore: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf

9

San Bruno: Downtown - Arleta Station/Visitacion Valley (night and weekend)

9R

San Bruno Rapid: Downtown - Visitacion Valley

14R

Mission Rapid: Ferry Plaza - Daly City BART

14

Mission: Ferry Plaza - Daly City (Mission & San Jose)

15

Bayview Hunters Point Express: Palou & 3rd St - Downtown SF

30

Stockton: Crissy Field - 4th & King Caltrain via North Beach and Chinatown

31

Balboa: Ocean Beach (Richmond District) - Market & 5th St - (weekday only) 4th & King Caltrain

38​R

Geary Rapid: Richmond District (Point Lobos) - Salesforce Transit Center

38​​

Geary: Richmond District - Salesforce Transit Center

45

Union-Stockton: Lyon and Greenwich - 4th & King Caltrain via Chinatown

91-Owl

All-Nighter: West Portal Station - San Francisco State University via Downtown

38​​

Geary: Richmond District - Salesforce Transit Center

14

Mission: Ferry Plaza - Daly City (Mission & San Jose)

5

Fulton: Salesforce Transit Center - Civic Center - 8th Ave (weekday daytime), Ocean Beach (night and weekend)

SamTrans

San Francisco/Peninsula

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All buses stop on Mission Street.

292

Hillsdale Shopping Center - San Francisco

397

All-Nighter: Palo Alto Station - San Francisco (Salesforce Transit Center)

EPX

East Palo Alto - SFO - San Bruno BART/San Francisco

FCX

Express: Foster City - San Francisco

Golden Gate Transit

North Bay

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All buses stop on Mission Street.

101

Express: Santa Rosa - San Francisco

130

San Rafael - San Francisco via Sausalito

150

San Rafael- San Francisco

From Caltrain

Muni provides direct connection from Caltrain to the Union Square area:

1. 4th & King Station > 30 or 45
2. 4th & King Station > N Judah or T Third Street to Powell Station.

Ferries

Transfer to Muni from either the Ferry Building or Pier 41 to the Union Square area:

1. Ferry Building > F-Market & Wharves streetcar
2. Pier 41 > Walk 1 block south to Beach and Stockton > F-Market & Wharves streetcar