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.

Points of interest

• City College of San Francisco Downtown campus
• Golden Gate Theatre
• Metreon
• San Francisco Theater District
• Union Square
• Union Square Park
• University of the Pacific School of Dentistry
• Warfield Theatre
• Westfield San Francisco Centre

Empty strings are not accepted.

BART, Muni Metro

BART (East Bay/SF Airport) and Muni Metro trains run under Market Street. Powell Station and Montgomery Station are the nearest stops for both systems.

Historic streetcars, Cable cars

F-Market & Wharves streetcar stops along on Market Street.

The nearest cable car stop for Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason lines is at Market and Powell, above BART and Muni Metro Powell Station.

Caltrain

The nearest Caltrain (Peninsula/San Jose) stop from Union Square is 4th & King Station. Muni bus 30 and 45 provide connection via 3rd/5th streets. Muni Metro N Judah and T Third Street lines provide connection via stations under Market Street. To walk from Caltrain, proceed north along 4th Street toward Market Street (15 min - 20 min walk to Market).

Ferries

From either the Ferry Building or Pier 41, transfer to F-Market & Wharves streetcar to reach Union Square.

Bus

Muni

Within San Francisco

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

8

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

8AX

Bayshore 'A' Express: Visitacion Valley - Chinatown

8BX

Bayshore 'B' Express: 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

14

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

14R

Mission Rapid: Ferry Plaza - Daly City BART

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​​

Geary: Richmond District - Salesforce Transit Center

38​R

Geary Rapid: Richmond District (Point Lobos) - 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

Golden Gate Transit

101

Express: Santa Rosa - San Francisco

130

San Rafael - San Francisco via Sausalito

150

San Rafael- San Francisco

Other bus

AC Transit Route 800 All-Nighter: San Francisco - Richmond Station

SamTrans Route EPX East Palo Alto - SFO - San Bruno BART/San Francisco

SamTrans Route FCX Express: Foster City - San Francisco

SamTrans Route 292 Hillsdale Shopping Center - San Francisco

SamTrans Route 397 All-Nighter: Palo Alto Station - San Francisco (Salesforce Transit Center)