San Francisco Transbay Terminal

Transbay Terminal
A 2008 view of the facade of the now-demolished 1939 "Transbay Transit Terminal" which was designed by Timothy L. Pflueger
General information
Location425 Mission Street, San Francisco, California
Coordinates037°47′22″N 122°23′47″W / 37.78944°N 122.39639°W / 37.78944; -122.39639
Owned byCaltrans
Other information
Websitehttp://transbaycenter.org/project/terminal-history
History
OpenedJanuary 14, 1939 (1939-01-14)
ClosedAugust 7, 2010 (2010-08-07)
Former services
Preceding station Muni Following station
1995–2000
Market and Battery F Market & Wharves Terminus
1939–1982
Market and Battery
towards Balboa Park
J Church Terminus
Market and Battery
towards Phelan Loop
K Ingleside
Market and Battery
towards SF Zoo
L Taraval
Market and Battery M Ocean View
Market and Battery
towards Ocean Beach
N Judah
Preceding station Key System Following station
1939–1958
Terminus A Yerba Buena Island
towards Oak & 12th
B Yerba Buena Island
towards Underhill
C Yerba Buena Island
E Yerba Buena Island
towards Claremont
F Yerba Buena Island
H
(discontinued 1941)
Hollis
Preceding station Sacramento Northern Railway Following station
1939–1941
Terminus Main Line Oakland
toward Chico
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Interurban Electric Railway
1939–1941
Terminus Berkeley Branch 34th Street
Ninth Street Line
7th Street Line Oakland
Lincoln Avenue Line Oakland
Encinal Avenue Line
Location
Map

The San Francisco Transbay Terminal was a transportation complex in San Francisco, California, United States, roughly in the center of the rectangle bounded north–south by Mission Street and Howard Street, and east–west by Beale Street and 2nd Street in the South of Market area of the city. It opened on January 14, 1939 as a train station and was converted into a bus depot in 1959. The terminal mainly served San Francisco's downtown and Financial District, as transportation from surrounding communities of the Bay Area terminated there such as: Golden Gate Transit buses from Marin County, AC Transit buses from the East Bay, and SamTrans buses from San Mateo County. Long-distance buses from beyond the Bay Area such as Greyhound and Amtrak Thruway also served the terminal. Several bus lines of the San Francisco Municipal Railway connected with the terminal.

It closed on August 7, 2010, to make way for the construction of the replacement facility, the Salesforce Transit Center, and associated towers. All long-distance and transbay bus operations were transferred to a Temporary Transbay Terminal at the nearby block bounded by Main, Folsom, Beale, and Howard Streets.

The new Salesforce Transit Center broke ground on August 11, 2010.[1] US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and the Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom attended the ceremony. The new transit center opened to the public on August 12, 2018.

  1. ^ "San Francisco breaks ground on $4.2B Transbay Transit Center". Metro Magazine. August 12, 2010.