Powell Street Station

Infobox Station
name=Powell Street
type=Rapid transit (BART)
Light rail (Muni)
logo=

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image_size=250
image_caption=Powell Street Station
address=899 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
line=BART
Rail color box|system=BART|line=Yellow

Muni
other=Rail color box|system=MUNI heritage|line=F
Powell/Hyde Cable Car Line
Powell/Mason Cable Car Line
platform=Island (second level - Muni, third level - BART)
parking=
bicycle=
passengers=26,170 exits/day (BART) [ [http://www.bart.gov/docs/station_exits_FY.pdf Yearly Exits] , BART Station Profiles]
pass_year=FY 2007
pass_percent=12.45
opened=November 3, 1973 (BART)
November 1982 (Muni)
rebuilt=
ADA=Yes
code=
owned=
zone=

Powell Street Station is a Muni Metro and Bay Area Rapid Transit station near the intersection of Market Street and Powell Street in downtown San Francisco, California. The station is located along the Market Street Subway and extends underground from Fourth Street to Fifth Street. Hallidie Plaza connects to the station on the north side of Market Street. Like all of the shared BART and Muni stations on the Market Street Subway, the concourse mezzanine is on the first level down, an island platform for the Muni Metro is on the second level down, and the island platform for BART is on the third level down.

The Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde cable car lines turn around at Powell and Market, above the station. Union Square is three blocks north of the station, and the Westfield San Francisco Centre is on Market at Powell. The Westfield has its own entrance from the Powell Station itself. The old United States Mint building is located one block away at Fifth Street and Mission Street. Also nearby are Yerba Buena Gardens, the Moscone Convention Center, and the Metreon movie theater and entertainment complex. Tourist information is available at the San Francisco Visitor's Bureau located in Hallidie Plaza.

Powell Street is also the hub for San Francisco's Theatre District. The Geary Theatre, home to the American Conservatory Theatre, is three and a half blocks away. Located nextdoor to the Geary Theatre is the historic Curran Theatre, now home to several touring Broadway productions. Nearby Yerba Buena Gardens houses the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. TIX Bay Area, a Ticketmaster booth that also sells half-price tickets to several local theatre companies, is located in Union Square.

Service at this station began on November 3, 1973. [http://www.bart.gov/docs/BARThistory.pdf]

Transit connections

;Muni
*5 Fulton
*6 Parnassus
*7 Haight
*9 San Bruno
*9X Bayshore Express
*9AX Bayshore "A" Express
*9BX Bayshore "B" Express
*16AX Noriega "A" Express
*16BX Noriega "B" Express
*21 Hayes
*26 Valencia
*27 Bryant
*30 Stockton
*31 Balboa
*45 Union-Stockton
*71 Haight-Noriega
*71 Haight-Noriega Limited
*74X Culture Bus [http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mfares/CultureBusserviceeffectiveSeptember202008.htm Culture Bus service effective September 20, 2008] , SFMUNI, access date September 20, 2008]
*90 Owl
*F Market
*L Owl
*N Owl
*Powell-Hyde cable car
*Powell-Mason cable car;Independent Transit Operator
*Jitney Bus;AC Transit
*800 All Nighter;Amtrak Thruway Bus Service
*Emeryville-San Francisco

ee also

*List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

References

External links

* [http://www.bart.gov/stations/stationGuide/stationOverview_POWEL.asp BART - Powell St. Station Overview]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.784&longitude=-122.408&zoom=8 Street map from Mapquest]