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Directions to San Francisco with public transportation

The following transit lines have routes that pass near San Francisco

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  • BARTBART:

How to get to San Francisco by Bus?

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How to get to San Francisco by Train?

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How to get to San Francisco by BART?

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Bus stations near San Francisco

  • Market St & Hyde St,1 min walk,
  • Hyde St & Grove St,2 min walk,
  • 8th St & Market St,2 min walk,
  • Market St & 7th St,3 min walk,
  • McAllister St & Leavenworth St,4 min walk,
  • Mission St & 8th St,6 min walk,

Cable Car stations near San Francisco

  • Powell St & Market St ,1 min walk,

Light Rail stations near San Francisco

  • Metro Powell Station/Downtown,1 min walk,
  • Civic Center/ UN Plaza,9 min walk,

Bus lines to San Francisco

  • 19,Shipyard,
  • F,Market & Wharves,
  • K BUS,Ingleside Bus,
  • KLM,Muni Metro Shuttle,
  • L BUS,Taraval Bus,
  • L OWL,Owl Taraval,
  • M BUS,Ocean View Bus,
  • N BUS,Judah Bus,
  • N OWL,Owl Judah,
  • 6,Haight - Parnassus,
  • 7,Haight - Noriega,
  • 9,San Bruno,
  • 9R,San Bruno Rapid,
  • 101,San Rafael,
  • 130,San Francisco Mission and Fremont,
  • 150,San Rafael,
  • 27,24th St & Mission,
  • CCA/ADOBE,,
  • 21,Fulton & 8th Ave,
  • 800,Richmond BART,
Questions & Answers

  • What are the closest stations to San Francisco?

    The closest stations to San Francisco are:

    • Market St & Hyde St is 7 yards away, 1 min walk.
    • Powell St & Market St is 36 yards away, 1 min walk.
    • Metro Powell Station/Downtown is 42 yards away, 1 min walk.
    • Hyde St & Grove St is 82 yards away, 2 min walk.
    • 8th St & Market St is 98 yards away, 2 min walk.
    • Market St & 7th St is 171 yards away, 3 min walk.
    • McAllister St & Leavenworth St is 270 yards away, 4 min walk.
    • Mission St & 8th St is 452 yards away, 6 min walk.
    • Civic Center/ UN Plaza is 708 yards away, 9 min walk.

  • Which Bus lines stop near San Francisco?

    These Bus lines stop near San Francisco: 14, 397, 800, L OWL, N OWL

  • Which Train lines stop near San Francisco?

    These Train lines stop near San Francisco: LTD 3

  • Which BART lines stop near San Francisco?

    These BART lines stop near San Francisco: YELLOW

  • What’s the nearest light rail station to San Francisco?

    The nearest light rail station to San Francisco is Metro Powell Station/Downtown. It’s a 1 min walk away.

  • What’s the nearest bus stop to San Francisco?

    The nearest bus stop to San Francisco is Market St & Hyde St. It’s a 1 min walk away.

  • What’s the nearest cable car station to San Francisco?

    The nearest cable car station to San Francisco is Powell St & Market St. It’s a 1 min walk away.

  • What time is the first Light Rail to San Francisco?

    The J is the first Light Rail that goes to San Francisco. It stops nearby at 6:02 AM.

  • What time is the last Light Rail to San Francisco?

    The M is the last Light Rail that goes to San Francisco. It stops nearby at 12:12 AM.

  • What time is the first BART to San Francisco?

    The YELLOW is the first BART that goes to San Francisco. It stops nearby at 4:54 AM.

  • What time is the last BART to San Francisco?

    The YELLOW is the last BART that goes to San Francisco. It stops nearby at 1:12 AM.

  • What time is the first Bus to San Francisco?

    The 5 is the first Bus that goes to San Francisco. It stops nearby at 3:02 AM.

  • What time is the last Bus to San Francisco?

    The N OWL is the last Bus that goes to San Francisco. It stops nearby at 3:19 AM.

  • What time is the first Cable Car to San Francisco?

    The PH is the first Cable Car that goes to San Francisco. It stops nearby at 6:35 AM.

  • What time is the last Cable Car to San Francisco?

    The PH is the last Cable Car that goes to San Francisco. It stops nearby at 11:31 PM.

  • How much is the Bus fare to San Francisco?

    The Bus fare to San Francisco costs about $2.05 - $6.00.

  • How much is the BART fare to San Francisco?

    The BART fare to San Francisco costs about $2.30 - $10.05.

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San FranciscoSan Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California. With a population of 808,437 residents as of 2022, San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of California. The city covers a land area of 46.9 square miles (121 square kilometers) at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second-most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four New York City boroughs. Among the 92 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2022. Prior to European settlement, the modern city proper was inhabited by the Yelamu, who spoke a language now referred to as Ramaytush Ohlone. On June 29, 1776, settlers from New Spain established the Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate, and the Mission San Francisco de Asís a few miles away, both named for Francis of Assisi. The California gold rush of 1849 brought rapid growth, transforming an unimportant hamlet into a busy port, making it the largest city on the West Coast at the time; between 1870 and 1900, approximately one quarter of California's population resided in the city proper. In 1856, San Francisco became a consolidated city-county. After three-quarters of the city was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire, it was quickly rebuilt, hosting the Panama–Pacific International Exposition nine years later. In World War II, it was a major port of embarkation for naval service members shipping out to the Pacific Theater. In 1945, the United Nations Charter was signed in San Francisco, establishing the United Nations and in 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allied Powers. After the war, the confluence of returning servicemen, significant immigration, liberalizing attitudes, the rise of the beatnik and hippie countercultures, the sexual revolution, the peace movement growing from opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War, and other factors led to the Summer of Love and the gay rights movement, cementing San Francisco as a center of liberal activism in the United States. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred by leading universities, high-tech, healthcare, finance, insurance, real estate, and professional services sectors. As of 2020, the metropolitan area, with 6.7 million residents, ranked 5th by GDP ($874 billion) and 2nd by GDP per capita ($131,082) across the OECD countries, ahead of global cities like Paris, London, and Singapore. San Francisco anchors the 13th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States with 4.6 million residents, and the fourth-largest by aggregate income and economic output, with a GDP of $729 billion in 2022. The wider San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area is the nation's fifth-most populous, with around nine million residents, and the third-largest by economic output, with a GDP of $1.32 trillion in 2022. In the same year, San Francisco proper had a GDP of $252.2 billion, and a GDP per capita of $312,000. San Francisco was ranked fifth in the world and second in the United States on the Global Financial Centres Index as of September 2023. The city is home to numerous companies inside and outside of technology, including Salesforce, Uber, Airbnb, X Corp., Levi's, Gap, Dropbox, and Lyft. In 2022, San Francisco had more than 1.7 million international visitors – the fifth-most visited city from abroad in the United States after New York City, Miami, Orlando, and Los Angeles – and approximately 20 million domestic visitors for a total of 21.9 million visitors. The city is known for its steep rolling hills and eclectic mix of architecture across varied neighborhoods, as well as its cool summers, fog, and landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, and Alcatraz, along with the Chinatown and Mission districts. The city is home to a number of educational and cultural institutions, such as the University of California, San Francisco, the University of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the de Young Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Ballet, the San Francisco Opera, the SFJAZZ Center, and the California Academy of Sciences. Two major league sports teams, the San Francisco Giants and the Golden State Warriors, play their home games within San Francisco proper. San Francisco's main international airport offers flights to over 125 destinations while a light rail and bus network, in tandem with the BART and Caltrain systems, connects nearly every part of San Francisco with the wider region.
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