Powell Street Station
| Powell Street Rapid transit (BART) Light rail (Muni) | |
|---|---|
 Entrance to Powell Street Station | |
| Station statistics | |
| Address |
899 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 |
| Coordinates | 37°47′02″N 122°24′29″W / 37.784°N 122.408°WCoordinates: 37°47′02″N 122°24′29″W / 37.784°N 122.408°W |
| Line(s) |
BART |
| Platforms | 2 island platforms (1 for BART, 1 for MUNI) |
| Tracks | 4 (2 for BART, 2 for MUNI) |
| Other information | |
| Opened |
November 5, 1973 (BART) February 1980 (Muni) |
| Accessible |
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| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY 2010) | 24,676 exits/day[1]  8.82% (BART) |
Powell Street is a shared Muni Metro and Bay Area Rapid Transit station near the intersection of Market Street and Powell Street in downtown San Francisco. The station is located along the Market Street Subway and extends underground from Fourth Street to Fifth Street. Hallidie Plaza connects to the station on the north side of Market Street. Like all of the shared BART and Muni stations on the Market Street Subway, the concourse mezzanine is on the first level down, an island platform for the Muni Metro is on the second level down, and the island platform for BART is on the third level down.
The Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde cable car lines turn around at Powell and Market, above the station. Union Square is three blocks north of the station, the Westfield San Francisco Centre is on Market at Powell and the old United States Mint building is located one block away at Fifth Street and Mission Street. Also nearby is the famous Yerba Buena Gardens and Moscone Center, each about a block away, near Mission Street on 4th. Within the area is the The Metreon shopping center and movie theater. More tourist information is available at the San Francisco Visitor's Bureau located in Hallidie Plaza.
Powell Street is also the hub for San Francisco's Theater District. The Geary Theater, home American Conservatory Theater, is three-and-a-half blocks away. Next door to that is the historic Curran Theatre, now home to several touring Broadway productions. In Yerba Buena Gardens is the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, home to several performances and visual art that has enriched San Francisco. Located in Union Square is San Francisco's own TIX Bay Area, a Ticketmaster booth that also sells half-price tickets to several local theater companies.
Service at this station began on November 5, 1973.
The under-construction Central Subway must dive deep underground to pass underneath this station. The Central Subway will include a new station on Stockton Street between Union Square and Market Street to be connected by a tunnel to the existing Powell Street station mezzanine. The result will be a single integrated underground complex running all the way from Union Square to Market and Fifth Streets.
As of December 2013, Powell Street was the busiest station in the BART system.[2]
Transit connections
- Powell/Hyde Cable Car Line
- Powell/Mason Cable Car Line
- 5 Fulton
- 6 Parnassus
- 8X Bayshore Express
- 8AX Bayshore "A" Express
- 8BX Bayshore "B" Express
- 9 San Bruno
- 9L San Bruno Limited
- 16X Noriega Express
- 21 Hayes
- 27 Bryant
- 30 Stockton
- 31 Balboa
- 45 Union-Stockton
- 71 Haight-Noriega
- 71L Haight-Noriega Limited
- 91 Owl
- L Owl
- N Owl
- 800 All Nighter
- Independent Transit Operator
- Jitney Bus
- Valley of the Moon Commute Club
- Sonoma-San Francisco (Stops on Mission Street between 4th and 5th Streets. Access via San Francisco Shopping Center)[3]
- Oakland-San Jose-Los Angeles (Ellis & Mason)
- Amtrak Thruway Bus Service
- Emeryville-San Francisco
Services
| Preceding station |  Bay Area Rapid Transit |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
toward Richmond |
Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae | |||
toward Dublin/Pleasanton |
Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City | toward Daly City |
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toward Pittsburg/Bay Point |
Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae | toward SFO (Millbrae on weeknights & weekends) |
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toward Fremont |
Fremont–Daly City | toward Daly City |
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 Muni Metro | ||||
One-way operation |
K Ingleside | Civic Center toward Balboa Park |
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toward Embarcadero |
J Church | |||
| L Taraval | Civic Center toward 46th Avenue and Wawona |
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| M Ocean View | Civic Center |
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toward 4th and King/Caltrain Depot |
N Judah | Civic Center toward Judah and La Playa |
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| S Castro Shuttle | Civic Center |
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toward Sunnydale |
T Third Street | Civic Center One-way operation |
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| Muni heritage railway | ||||
3rd and Kearny/Geary
toward Jones and Beach |
F Market & Wharves Transfer at: 4th and Stockton/Ellis or 5th and Powell
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6th and Taylor
toward 17th and Castro |
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See also
References
- ↑ "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ http://www.bart.gov/about/reports/ridership
- ↑ VOMCC
External links
Media related to Powell Street Station at Wikimedia Commons- BART – Powell St. Station Overview
- Street map from Mapquest
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