Civic Center / UN Plaza Station

Civic Center/UN Plaza
Rapid transit (BART) Light rail (Muni)
A Muni Metro train (foregound) waiting in the station level while another train (background) is boarding passengers
Location	1150 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94102
Coordinates	37°46′47″N 122°24′49″W / 37.779861°N 122.413498°WCoordinates: 37°46′47″N 122°24′49″W / 37.779861°N 122.413498°W
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 for BART, 1 for MUNI)
Tracks	4 (2 for BART, 2 for MUNI)
Connections	F Market & Wharves AC Transit Golden Gate Transit Valley of the Moon Commute Club Kaiser Shuttle Yellow Line
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	November 5, 1973 (BART) February 1980 (Muni)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2013)	20,342 exits/day[1]  8.55%
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station Powell Street toward Richmond Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae 16th Street Mission toward Millbrae (Daly City on Saturdays) Powell Street toward Dublin / Pleasanton Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City 16th Street Mission toward Daly City Powell Street toward Pittsburg / Bay Point Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae 16th Street Mission toward SFO (Millbrae on weeknights & weekends) Powell Street toward Fremont Fremont–​Daly City 16th Street Mission toward Daly City Muni Metro Powell Street One-way operation K Ingleside Van Ness toward Balboa Park Powell Street toward Embarcadero J Church L Taraval Van Ness toward 46th Avenue and Wawona M Ocean View Van Ness toward San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park) Powell Street toward 4th and King/Caltrain Depot N Judah Van Ness toward Judah and La Playa Powell Street toward Embarcadero (4th and King/Caltrain Depot on AT&T Park game days) S Castro Shuttle Van Ness toward Castro Street (West Portal on AT&T Park game days) Powell Street toward Sunnydale T Third Street Van Ness One-way operation Muni heritage railway 6th and Taylor toward Jones and Beach F Market & Wharves Transfer at: 7th and Jones or 8th and Hyde 9th and Larkin toward 17th and Castro

Civic Center/UN Plaza is a BART and Muni Metro station in the Civic Center of San Francisco. The westernmost of the dual BART/Muni stops on the Market Street Subway, Civic Center/UN Plaza acts as a major hub for passenger movement throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. With 18,432 exits each weekday, it is the fourth-busiest station in the BART system.

Location

Outside, in the United Nations Plaza itself, facing Market Street, there is a fountain and a north-south cross marking its center to be at latitude/longitude coordinates 37°46′48″N 122° 24′49″W. There is a flea market at the plaza or farmer's market every day, year round.

There are several notable buildings in the Civic Center area, including City Hall, the War Memorial Opera House, Asian Art Museum, Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. The San Francisco Public Library's main branch is located across the street and San Francisco City Clinic is 2 blocks east on 7th street.

History

Service at this station began on November 5, 1973.^[2]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
B1	Outbound	←  J Church toward Balboa Park (Van Ness) ←  K Ingleside toward Balboa Park (Van Ness) ←  L Taraval toward 46th Avenue and Wawona (Van Ness) ←  M Ocean View toward San Jose and Geneva / Balboa Park (Van Ness) ←  N Judah toward Judah and La Playa (Van Ness) ←  S Castro Shuttle toward Castro Street, West Portal on AT&T Park game days (Van Ness)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Inbound	→  J Church toward Embarcadero (Powell Street) → →  L Taraval toward Embarcadero (Powell Street) → →  M Ocean View toward Embarcadero (Powell Street) → →  N Judah toward 4th and King/Caltrain Depot (Powell Street) → →  S Castro Shuttle toward Embarcadero, 4th and King/Caltrain Depot on AT&T Park game days (Powell Street) → →  T Third Street toward Sunnydale (Powell Street) →
B2	Southbound/Westbound	←      Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae toward SFO weekdays, Millbrae weekends (16th Street Mission) ←      Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City toward Daly City (16th Street Mission) ←      Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae toward Millbrae weekdays, Daly City Saturdays (16th Street Mission) ←      Fremont–​Daly City toward Daly City (16th Street Mission)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound/Eastbound	→      Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae toward Pittsburg / Bay Point (Powell Street) → →      Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City toward Dublin / Pleasanton (Powell Street) → →      Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae toward Richmond (Powell Street) → →      Fremont–​Daly City toward Fremont (Powell Street) →

Like all stations in the Market Street Subway apart from Van Ness, Civic Center/UN Plaza has a tri-level configuration. Passengers first descend from the street to a mezzanine concourse containing faregates for passengers to enter separate BART and Muni paid areas, with one BART entrance on each end and one for Muni in the middle. Muni Metro trains stop at an island platform on the second level down. The Muni platform is punctured in several locations by openings for stairs and escalators that go directly from the mezzanine level to the BART platform, bypassing the Muni platform. As the openings are not blocked off by walls, it is possible to hear activity on the Muni platform from the BART platform.

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

References

1. "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
2. "BART History" (PDF). BART.gov. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2010.

External links

• Media related to Civic Center / UN Plaza Station at Wikimedia Commons
• BART – Civic Center Station Overview
• Street map from Mapquest