| Embarcadero Rapid transit (BART) Light rail (Muni) |
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| Address | 298 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 |
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| Connections | California Street Cable Car | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms (1 for BART, 1 for MUNI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 for BART, 2 for MUNI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 27, 1976 (BART) November 1982 (Muni) |
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| Passengers (2010) | 34,310 exits per weekday[1] 3.31% (BART) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Embarcadero is a BART and Muni Metro station in the Financial District of San Francisco. The easternmost stop on the Market Street Subway, Embarcadero acts as a major hub for passenger movement throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. With 34,310 exits each weekday, Embarcadero is the busiest station in the BART system, a title for which it vies with its western neighbor, Montgomery Street.
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Embarcadero is located in the northeastern section of San Francisco's Financial District, specifically underneath Market Street between Front and Drumm Streets to the north and Fremont and Main Streets to the south.[2] The Ferry Building, Embarcadero Center, Transbay Terminal and the eastern end of the California Street cable car line are all located near Embarcadero station.
Service at this station began on May 27, 1976, three years after the other San Francisco stations.[3] The station was not part of the original plans for the system. As a result of increasing development in the lower Market Street area, the basic structure of the station was added into the construction of the Market Street subway, anticipating a later opening.[4] The later opening resulted in Embarcadero having a much different design than the other three Market Street stations.
Embarcadero originally was the terminus for all of the Muni Metro lines, but in 1998 a new extension was opened along the Embarcadero and to the Caltrain station at 4th and King Streets. Service along that extension was originally provided by the E Embarcadero line, which ran between Embarcadero Station and the Caltrain station. The N Judah line was later extended along the new extension to replace the E line. On April 7, 2007, the T Third Street line replaced the N line along this route, but N line service was reinstated on June 30, 2007 to serve alongside the T.
Like all stations in the Market Street Subway, Embarcadero has a tri-level configuration. Passengers first descent to a mezzanine concourse containing faregates for passengers to enter separate BART and Muni paid areas, with one BART entrance on each end and one for Muni in the middle.[2] The second level underground houses an island platform with two tracks used by Muni streetcars, while the third level has another island platform with two tracks used by BART trains.
There are numerous local and express Muni bus lines stopping at this station in addition to service from Samtrans, AC Transit, Vallejo Transit, and Golden Gate Transit.
Amtrak Thruway Bus line 34 makes two trips to Stockton from this station daily, each way.[5] Route 99 connects San Francisco with the closest Amtrak station at Emeryville many times daily.
Alameda Bicycle operates a bike station inside the Embarcadero Station offering bicycle commuters with a BikeLink membership card to use the secure bike parking facility.
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