Powell Street station

Powell
Bay Area Rapid Transit
An outbound Muni Metro train at Powell station in 2017
General information
Location899 Market Street
San Francisco, California
Coordinates37°47′02″N 122°24′29″W / 37.784°N 122.408°W / 37.784; -122.408
Owned bySan Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Line(s)Market Street subway
BART M-Line
Platforms1 island platform (BART)
1 island platform (Muni Metro)
Side platforms (Muni surface)
Tracks2 wide gauge (BART)
2 standard gauge (Muni Metro)
2 standard gauge (Muni surface)
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
ArchitectSkidmore, Owings & Merrill[1]
History
OpenedNovember 5, 1973 (1973-11-05) (BART)[2]
February 18, 1980 (1980-02-18) (Muni)[3]
Passengers
202411,617 (weekday average)[4] (BART)
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Civic Center
toward Daly City
Blue Line Montgomery
Green Line Montgomery
Civic Center
toward Millbrae
Red Line Montgomery
toward Richmond
Civic Center Yellow Line Montgomery
Preceding station Muni Following station
Civic Center
towards Balboa Park
J Church Montgomery
towards Embarcadero
K Ingleside
Civic Center
towards SF Zoo
L Taraval
Civic Center M Ocean View
Civic Center
towards Ocean Beach
N Judah Montgomery
towards 4th and King
Civic Center
towards West Portal
S Shuttle Montgomery
towards Embarcadero
At Union Square/Market Street station
Chinatown
Terminus
T Third Street Yerba Buena/​Moscone
towards Sunnydale
At surface stops
Market and 6th Street / Market and Taylor F Market & Wharves Market and 3rd Street / Market and Kearny
Location
Map

Powell Street station (often Powell station) is a combined BART and Muni Metro rapid transit station in the Market Street subway in downtown San Francisco. Located under Market Street between 4th Street and 5th Street, it serves the Financial District neighborhood and surrounding areas. The three-level station has a large fare mezzanine level, with separate platform levels for Muni Metro and BART below. The station is served by the BART Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue lines, and the Muni Metro J Church, K Ingleside, L Taraval, M Ocean View, N Judah, and S Shuttle lines.

The fare mezzanine also connects to the Union Square/Market Street station. The Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde cable car lines turn around at Powell and Market adjacent to the station and Hallidie Plaza. BART service at the station began on November 5, 1973, followed by Muni Metro service on February 18, 1980.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4. OCLC 85623396.
  2. ^ a b "BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway. p. 57.
  4. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.

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