San Francisco 4th and King Street Station

San Francisco (Caltrain) 4th and King (Muni Metro)
Caltrain commuter rail and Muni Metro light rail station
The north side of the station.
Location	700 Fourth Street (Caltrain) King Street at Fourth Street (E, N, S) Fourth Street at King Street (T) San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°46′35″N 122°23′40″W / 37.77639°N 122.39444°W / 37.77639; -122.39444Coordinates: 37°46′35″N 122°23′40″W / 37.77639°N 122.39444°W / 37.77639; -122.39444
Owned by	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s)	Caltrain   Local service   Limited-stop service   Baby Bullet Muni Metro  N Judah  S Castro Shuttle  T Third Street Muni heritage railway      E Embarcadero
Platforms	6 island platforms (Caltrain) 2 island platforms, 2 side platforms (Muni)[1]
Tracks	13 (Caltrain) 4 (Muni)[1]
Connections	Muni Buses 10 Townsend 30 Stockton 45 Union-Stockton 47 Van Ness 81X Caltrain Express 82X Levi Plaza Express 83X Mid-Market Express California Shuttle Bus Oakland-San Jose-Los Angeles
Construction
Parking	None
Bicycle facilities	180 lockers 22 racks
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Fare Zone 1
History
Opened	1975
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	14,769 per weekday[2]  8.8% (Caltrain)
Services
Preceding station   Caltrain   Following station Terminus Local service 22nd Street toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours Limited-stop service 22nd Street toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours Limited-stop service San Bruno toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours Baby Bullet Peak, Pattern A Millbrae toward San Jose Diridon Baby Bullet Peak, Pattern B Millbrae toward Tamien Baby Bullet Reverse Peak 22nd Street toward San Jose Diridon Muni Metro Terminus N Judah [[2nd and King station|2nd and King]] toward 4th and King / Caltrain S Castro Shuttle (AT&T Park game days only) [[2nd and King station|2nd and King]] toward Embarcadero [[Mission Rock station|Mission Rock]] toward Balboa Park T Third Street [[2nd and King station|2nd and King]] toward Sunnydale Muni heritage railway Terminus E Embarcadero 2nd and King toward 4th and King   Future service   [[Mission Rock station|Mission Rock]] toward Balboa Park T Third Street [[4th and Brannan station|4th and Brannan]] toward Sunnydale
Location

San Francisco 4th and King Street, 4th and King^[1] (previously 4th & Townsend), or Caltrain Depot is the north end of the Caltrain commuter rail line to the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley, and is a major area transit hub. It is next to a Muni Metro light rail station, which provides connections to downtown San Francisco and Bay Area Rapid Transit.

History

Southern Pacific's 3rd and Townsend terminal was replaced in 1975 by the current station.

The station is in the Mission Bay/China Basin area, bordered on the north by Townsend Street, east by 3rd Street, west by 4th Street and south by King Street. It opened on June 21, 1975, replacing a station built in 1914 at 3rd and Townsend, one block away.

The Muni extension to the station was opened in 1998.^[3]

Future

The Downtown Rail Extension project to the rebuilt Transbay Terminal includes the construction of an underground 4th and King station. The underground station will be next to the current station on the Townsend side.^[4] Several platforms on the current station will be retained as the terminal for non-electric trains, such as trains to Union City across Dumbarton Rail Bridge, trains to Gilroy, and trains that won't fit into the new station, as the new station will only have six tracks for Caltrain to use. Until that time, California High-Speed Rail trains may also utilize the existing station.^[5]

Services

View of the rail approach and branching at the terminal taken from the south, 2008

All 96 weekday trains and all Saturday and Sunday trains utilize the station as a terminal; the station is unstaffed.

San Francisco Giants service

4th and King is one block from AT&T Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants. Caltrain usually operates special trains to transport fans to baseball games. Special trains usually depart about fifteen minutes after the last out. One special train, leaving 15 minutes after the last out, expresses to San Carlos, then stops at every station between San Carlos and San Jose Diridon. This train is not available for daytime weekday games. Giants fans can either walk or take the Muni to the ballpark. Muni operates special trains from Caltrain to the ballpark on game days.

Transit connections

Front of station viewed on 4th Street, 2007.

Track and platform layout
Caltrain Central Subway (2019) 13 tracks 4th Street  E  I-280 King Street

4th and King hosts a number of Muni bus lines, the E Embarcadero historic streetcar line, and Muni's T Third Street and N Judah lines run to Market St downtown. The N Judah station platform is located on the median of King Street immediately southwest of the 4th and King intersection, while The T Third Street station platform is located on the median of 4th Street immediately southeast of the intersection.^[1]

N Judah service replaced the J Church on June 30, 2007, two months after the J Church replaced the N Judah on April 7, 2007 on the Caltrain connection to downtown following the opening of the T line. The nearest BART access is the Powell Street station, a 1-mile walk up 4th street then left on Market St. California Shuttle Bus runs to Los Angeles via Oakland and San Jose.

Service to Chinatown via Muni's Central Subway will connect to this station in 2019 after a realignment of the T Third Street line's route.^[6]

Station amenities

• Public restrooms
• Payphones
• Ticket machines
• Validators for Caltrain 8-Ride passes
• Subway sandwich shop
• No parking

Platforms and tracks

References

External links

• Media related to San Francisco 4th and King Street Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Caltrain San Francisco station page