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. 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.
The station 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.
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,Caltrain 2025 North Terminal Plan but Caltrain will continue using the surface platforms. Until that time, California High-Speed Rail trains are planned to utilize the existing station with modifications for that service.
Following the opening of the Portal project, California High-Speed Rail service will be extended to the Salesforce Transit Center, though most trains are intended to stop at the underground 4th and Townsend as an additional, secondary stop for San Francisco.
Muni service
The station hosts a number of Muni bus lines and two Muni Metro light rail lines.
The N Judah light rail line runs through downtown via the Market Street subway, and the T Third Street line runs to Chinatown via Muni's Central Subway.
The N Judah platform is located on the median of King Street immediately southwest of the 4th and King intersection, while the T Third Street platform is located on the median of 4th Street immediately southeast of the intersection.
The station is also served by Muni bus routes , and . Additionally, the , , and 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.
References
External links
Caltrain – San Francisco station