Disabled access Yes Ridership 41,059 exits/day | Bike lockers None Tracks 2 | |
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Location 298 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105 Platforms 1 high level island platform (BART)
1 high level island platform (Muni Metro)
2 low level side platforms (MKSR) Connections MUNI
F Market & Wharves
California Street Cable Car
PresidiGo Downtown Shuttle Opened May 27, 1976 (40 years ago) (BART)
February 1980 (37 years ago) (Muni) Passengers (FY 2016) 47,643 exits per weekday 4.8% (BART) Address San Francisco, CA 94105, United States Lines Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae, Daly City–Fremont, Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City, Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae Parking spaces There's no parking at any of the downtown San Francisco BART stations. Similar Montgomery Street station, Powell Street station, Pittsburg/Bay Point station, Balboa Park, Transbay Tube | ||
Muni bart around embarcadero station
Embarcadero is a BART and Muni Metro station in the Financial District of San Francisco. The easternmost stop on the Market Street Subway, Embarcadero acts as a major hub for passenger movement throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. With 45,460 exits each weekday in 2015, Embarcadero is the busiest station in the BART system, a title for which it vies with its western neighbor, Montgomery Street. It is the first stop in San Francisco for BART trains after crossing through the Transbay Tube from West Oakland. This station was an infill station, opening in May 1976, three years after the rest of this section of BART's system; it was the first infill station in the BART system.
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Daly city bart train arriving at embarcadero station
Location
Embarcadero is located in the northeastern section of San Francisco's Financial District, specifically underneath Market Street between Front and Drumm Streets to the north and Fremont and Main Streets to the south. The Ferry Building, Embarcadero Center, Transbay Terminal and the eastern end of the California Street cable car line are all located near Embarcadero station.
History
Service at this station began on May 27, 1976, three years after the other San Francisco stations. The station was not part of the original plans for the system. As a result of increasing development in the lower Market Street area, the basic structure of the station was added into the construction of the Market Street subway, anticipating a later opening. The later opening resulted in the Embarcadero station having a much different design than the other three Market Street stations. The station was designed by chief BART architect Tallie Maule and Hertzka & Knowles & Associates in collaboration with Parsons Brinckerhoff, Tudor Construction, and Bechtel.
Embarcadero originally was the terminus for all of the Muni Metro lines, but in 1998 a new extension was opened along the Embarcadero and to the Caltrain station at 4th and King Streets. Service along that extension was originally provided by the E Embarcadero line, which ran between Embarcadero Station and the Caltrain station. The N Judah line was later extended along the new extension to replace the E line. On April 7, 2007, the T Third Street line replaced the N line along this route, but N line service was reinstated on June 30, 2007 to serve alongside the T.
Since at least 1992 the station was serenaded by the "Jazz Man" Ronald Brewington. He would play saxophone for commuters and entertain them with conversation and charm. For Christmas Brewington would give out Christmas cards to passengers stating "You are my Carnegie Hall". He claimed his name was Garrick Sherrod, however that was an identity he had stolen. The Jazz Man was actually a fugitive from Albuquerque facing capital murder charges stemming from the 1987 murder of his wife Diedre. He was arrested at a BART station in 2012 and extradited to New Mexico. In 2013, he pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Station layout
Like all stations in the Market Street Subway, Embarcadero has a tri-level configuration. Passengers first descend to a mezzanine concourse containing faregates for passengers to enter separate BART and Muni paid areas, with one Muni entrance in the middle, flanked by two BART entrances. Below, there are two island platforms: one on the second level down for Muni trains, and another below the Muni platform for BART trains.
Transit connections
There are numerous local and express Muni bus lines stopping at this station. The Temporary Transbay Terminal is a short walk from the station, at Howard & Beale Streets, with Greyhound, Samtrans, SolTrans, AC Transit, WestCAT, and Golden Gate Transit buses operating from it.
Amtrak Thruway Bus line 34 makes two trips to Stockton from this station daily, each way. Route 99 connects San Francisco with the closest Amtrak station at Emeryville many times daily.
There is a BART Bike Station inside the Embarcadero Station offering bicycle commuters with a BikeLink card to use the secure bike parking facility.
When the Transbay Transit Center is complete, a pedestrian tube will be built under Beale St connecting its train platforms with the Embarcardeo Station, linking BART and Muni to the new transportation hub.