San Francisco 4th & King Street Station
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| 4th & King Street Station Commuter rail |
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 The north side of the station. |
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| Address | 700 4th Street, San Francisco | ||||
| Lines | Caltrain | ||||
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| Parking | None | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Lockers available | ||||
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| Accessible |  |
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| Owned by | Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board | ||||
| Fare zone | Fare Zone 1 | ||||
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| Passengers (2007) | 7,672[1] ▲ 7.2% | ||||
San Francisco 4th & King St. station (previously known as 4th & Townsend) is the northern terminus of the Caltrain commuter rail line that serves San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley. The station is located in the Mission Bay area in eastern San Francisco, California, bordered on the north by Townsend Street, east by 4th Street. and south by King Street. It is served by all 96 weekday trains and all 32 (Saturday) and 28 (Sunday) weekend trains.
The Caltrain Downtown Extension project to the rebuilt Transbay Terminal includes the construction of an underground 4th and King St. station. The underground station will be adjacent to the current station on the Townsend St. side.[2] Several platforms on the current station will be retained to serve as the northern terminus for non-electric trains, such as trains to Union City across Dumbarton Rail Bridge and trains to Gilroy.
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[edit] Station amenities
- Public restrooms
- Public phones
- Ticket machines
- Ticket counters
- Validators for Caltrain 10-Ride passes
- Subway sandwich shop
[edit] Transit connections
4th & King Street Station hosts a number of Muni bus connections. In addition, service to downtown San Francisco is provided by Muni's T Third Street and N Judah lines The E Embarcadero historic streetcar line is expected to begin operation sometime in 2008, and Muni's Central Subway project is scheduled to open in 2016. 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. In addition, Amtrak California Thruway Motorcoach service stops here at the Caltrain station to take Amtrak passengers to connecting Amtrak trains in Oakland and Emeryville.
[edit] San Francisco Giants service
4th & King Street station is located one block from AT&T Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants. Caltrain usually operates special trains to transport fans to and from baseball games. Special trains usually depart about fifteen minutes after the last out. Giants fans can either walk or take the Muni to the ballpark. Muni operates special trains from Caltrain to the ballpark on game days.
[edit] References
| Preceding station | Caltrain | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Local service |
toward Tamien
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| Terminus | Limited-stop service | |||
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| Terminus | Baby Bullet |
toward Tamien
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| Terminus | Baby Bullet |
toward Tamien
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| Preceding station | Muni Metro | Following station | ||
| Terminus | N Judah |
King and 2nd Street
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| S Castro Shuttle |
King and 2nd Street
(Service to Caltrain on game days only)
toward Castro Street
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3rd Street and Mission Rock
toward Bayshore and Sunnyvale
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T Third Street |
King and 2nd Street
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