San Francisco station (Caltrain)
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| Location | 700 Fourth Street at King Street San Francisco, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°46′35″N 122°23′40″W / 37.77639°N 122.39444°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (PCJPB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | PCJPB Peninsula Subdivision[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 bay platforms (Caltrain) 2 island platforms (Muni) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 13 (Caltrain) 4 (Muni) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Flixbus Muni: 10, 30, 31, 45, 47, 81X, 82X, 83X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Paid parking nearby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Parking station, Bay Wheels station[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 (Caltrain) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1975 (Caltrain), 1998 (Muni) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2025 | 6,874 (weekday avg.)[3] 43% (Caltrain) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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San Francisco station (also known as the Caltrain Depot and 4th and King station) is a train station in the SoMa district of San Francisco, California. It is the northern terminus of the Caltrain commuter rail line serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley. It is also served by Muni Metro; it is the eastern terminus of the N Judah and an intermediate stop on the T Third Street.[a] The station is additionally the projected terminus for the first phase of the California High-Speed Rail project and a station once Phase 2 is completed.
History
The station is in the Mission Bay/China Basin area, bordered on the north by Townsend Street, east by 4th Street, and south by King Street. All 13 tracks approaching from the west presently terminate here, just short of 4th Street. The facility opened on June 21, 1975, replacing a station built in 1914 at 3rd and Townsend, one block away to the east.
4th & King is one block from Oracle Park, the home ballpark of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. Caltrain runs extra trains on game days to shuttle fans to and from the ballpark.
The Muni light-rail extension to the station was opened in 1998.[5]
Future
The Portal project (formerly the Downtown Rail Extension) to the rebuilt Salesforce Transit Center includes the construction of an underground platform serving through tracks. The underground portion will be adjacent to the current station on the Townsend Street side,[6] but Caltrain will continue using the surface platforms.[7] Until that time, California High-Speed Rail trains are planned to utilize the existing station with modifications for that service.[7][8][9]
Following the opening of the Portal project, California High-Speed Rail service will be extended to the new Transbay Terminal, though most trains are intended to stop at the underground 4th and Townsend as an additional, secondary stop for San Francisco.[10]
Muni service
4th and King hosts a number of Muni bus lines, the E Embarcadero historic streetcar line, the Muni Metro N Judah light rail line runs to Market St downtown, and the Metro’s T Third Street service runs to Chinatown via Muni's Central Subway.[11]
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.[12] The nearest BART access is the Powell Street station, a 1-mile (1.6 km) walk up 4th Street then left on Market Street, or a nine minute T ride and a five minute walk from Union Square/Market Street station.
The station is also served by Muni bus routes 10, 30, 31, 45, and 47, along with special express routes 81X, 82X and 83X which provide service to or from business areas near Market Street during peak periods. Additionally, the N Bus, N Owl, T Bus and 91 Owl bus routes provide service along the N Judah and T Third Street lines during the early morning and late night hours when trains do not operate.[13]
Notes
- ^ It was also the terminus of the E Embarcadero heritage streetcar service, which was indefinitely suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
References
- ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 13.
- ^ "Bike Share Map: San Francisco" (Map). Bike Share Map. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ "2025 Annual Ridership Report". Caltrain. September 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "COVID-19-related Service Changes". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ^ Epstein, Edward (August 26, 1998). "Brown Tries To Soothe Muni Riders / Service on N-Judah line has been abysmal all week". Hearst Communications. SFGate. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ Caltrain 2025 North Terminal Plan
- ^ a b "San Francisco to San Jose Project Section Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Volume 1 Chapter 2" (PDF). CHSRA. July 2020. pp. 2–5. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "Caltrain/California HSR Blended Operations Analysis" (PDF). Caltrain.com. LTK Engineering Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ Thadani, Trisha (July 10, 2020). "Plan for high-speed rail rolls out for San Francisco to San Jose – but with little cash". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Business Plan Service Planning Methodology" (PDF). California High-Speed Rail Authority. June 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Project Overview [Central Subway]". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Archived from the original on December 12, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ San Francisco Municipal Railway Route Map (Map). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. December 5, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
{{cite map}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Muni Service Map". SFMTA. July 9, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
External links
Media related to San Francisco 4th and King Street station at Wikimedia Commons