San Francisco 4th and King Street station (previously 4th & Townsend), or Caltrain Depot is a train station in San Francisco, California. It is presently the northern terminus of the Caltrain

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line along the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley, the eastern terminus for Muni's N Judah and E Embarcadero, and a stop along 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

Southern Pacific Terminus, 3rd and Townsend, San Francisco

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. 4th & King is one block from

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, the home of the

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. 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

Downtown Rail Extension The Downtown Rail Extension (DTX) is a planned second phase of the San Francisco Transbay Transit Center (TTC). When complete, it will extend the Caltrain Peninsula Corridor commuter rail line from its current northern terminus at 4th and King ...

project to the rebuilt Transbay Terminal includes the construction of an underground 4th and King station. The underground portion will be adjacent to the current station on the Townsend Street side, 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

project, California High-Speed Rail service will be extended to the new Transbay Terminal, though most trains are intended to stop at the underground 4th and Townsend as an additional, secondary stop for San Francisco.

Muni service

N Judah trains at 4th and King, April 2018

4th and King hosts a number of

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bus lines, the E Embarcadero historic streetcar line, and

's T Third Street and N Judah lines run to Market St downtown. The N Judah station platform is located on the median of King Street immediately southwest of the 4th and King intersection, while The T Third Street station platform is located on the median of 4th Street immediately southeast of the intersection. The nearest BART access is the Powell Street station, a walk up 4th street then left on Market St. Service to

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via Muni's Central Subway will connect to this station on January 7, 2023 after a realignment of the T Third Street line's route.

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External links

Caltrain - San Francisco station
{{DEFAULTSORT:San Francisco 4th And King Street Station Caltrain stations in San Francisco Muni Metro stations South of Market, San Francisco Railway stations in the United States opened in 1975 San Francisco Municipal Railway streetcar stations 1975 establishments in California Proposed California High-Speed Rail stations Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in California