City: San Francisco
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
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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:
Bus
Muni
Within San Francisco
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All-nighter: San Francisco Zoo - Fisherman's Wharf
All nighter: Ocean Beach - 4th & King Caltrain
Sutter: Ferry Plaza - Presidio & California
Fulton: Salesforce Transit Center - Civic Center - 8th Ave (weekday daytime), Ocean Beach (night and weekend)
Fulton Rapid: Salesforce Transit Center - Civic Center - Ocean Beach (Richmond District)
Haight/Parnassus: Ferry Building - Inner Sunset (Quintara and 14th Ave)
Haight/Noriega: Outer Sunset (Ortega and 48th Ave) - Salesforce Transit Center
Bayshore 'B' Express: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf
Bayshore 'A' Express: Visitacion Valley - Chinatown
Bayshore: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf
San Bruno: Downtown - Arleta Station/Visitacion Valley (night and weekend)
San Bruno Rapid: Downtown - Visitacion Valley
Mission Rapid: Ferry Plaza - Daly City BART
Mission: Ferry Plaza - Daly City (Mission & San Jose)
Bayview Hunters Point Express: Palou & 3rd St - Downtown SF
Stockton: Crissy Field - 4th & King Caltrain via North Beach and Chinatown
Balboa: Ocean Beach (Richmond District) - Market & 5th St - (weekday only) 4th & King Caltrain
Geary Rapid: Richmond District (Point Lobos) - Salesforce Transit Center
Geary: Richmond District - Salesforce Transit Center
Union-Stockton: Lyon and Greenwich - 4th & King Caltrain via Chinatown
All-Nighter: West Portal Station - San Francisco State University via Downtown
SamTrans
San Francisco/Peninsula
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All buses stop on Mission Street.
Hillsdale Shopping Center - San Francisco
All-Nighter: Palo Alto Station - San Francisco (Salesforce Transit Center)
East Palo Alto - SFO - San Bruno BART/San Francisco
Express: Foster City - San Francisco
Golden Gate Transit
North Bay
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All buses stop on Mission Street.
Express: Santa Rosa - San Francisco
San Rafael - San Francisco via Sausalito
San Rafael- San Francisco
From Caltrain
Muni provides direct connection from Caltrain to the Union Square area:
- 4th & King Station > 30 or 45
- 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:
- Ferry Building > F-Market & Wharves streetcar
- Pier 41 > Walk 1 block south to Beach and Stockton > F-Market & Wharves streetcar