Union Square
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.
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Points of interest
BART and Muni Metro
Located under Market Street, Powell Station is shared by BART and Muni Metro systems.
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. The cable cars turn around at Powell and Market.
Bus
Muni
Within San Francisco
SamTrans
San Francisco/Peninsula
All buses stop on Mission Street.
Golden Gate Transit
North Bay
All buses stop on Mission Street.
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.
The Caltrain station is nearly a mile from Market Street. Proceed north along 4th Street to get from the Caltrain station to Market Street.
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
