Union Square

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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


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 on Market Street by 3rd, 4th, and 5th Street.

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

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).

Ferries

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

Bus

Muni

Within San Francisco

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: City College - Visitacion Valley - Chinatown - Fisherman's Wharf
Bayshore 'A' Express: Visitacion Valley - Chinatown
Bayshore 'B' Express: 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: Ferry Plaza - Daly City (Mission & San Jose)
Mission Rapid: Ferry Plaza - Daly City BART
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: Richmond District - Salesforce Transit Center
Geary Rapid: Richmond District (Point Lobos) - Salesforce Transit Center
Union-Stockton: Lyon and Greenwich - 4th & King Caltrain via Chinatown
All-Nighter: West Portal Station - San Francisco State University via Downtown

Golden Gate Transit

Express: Santa Rosa - San Francisco
San Rafael - San Francisco via Sausalito
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)