Transbay Transit Center

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Transbay Transit Center
View of the City Park over the bus station
View of the City Park over the bus station
Data
Platform tracks 6th
opening 2017
Website URL http://transbaycenter.org/
location
City / municipality San Francisco
Place / district Downtown
State California
Country United States
Coordinates 37 ° 47 '23 "  N , 122 ° 23' 48"  W Coordinates: 37 ° 47 '23 "  N , 122 ° 23' 48"  W.
Railway lines

AC Transit, BART, Caltrain, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Muni, SamTrans, WestCAT Lynx, Amtrak, Paratransit and California's future High Speed ​​Rail

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The Transbay Transit Center is a train station in downtown San Francisco south of Mission Street from Second St to Beale St.

It replaces the Transbay Terminal , which suffered structural damage in the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 .

The project, calculated at $ 4.5 billion, is to connect eight counties in the San Francisco Bay Area with the rest of California.

The groundbreaking ceremony took place on August 11, 2010 in the presence of Minister of Transport Ray LaHood , Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi , Senator Barbara Boxer and Mayor Gavin Newsom .

Project components

The project comprises three elements: the construction of the Transit Center, the extension of the Caltrain beyond the 4th and King, and the development of the neighboring area with offices, apartments and hotels. This also includes the 219 hectare public City Park, comparable to the High Line Park in Manhattan. The park was designed by PWP Landscape Architecture .

The levels from top to bottom:

  • City Park roof garden
  • 2nd floor: Bus level with direct connection to the Bay Bridge : Buses from the East Bay reach the Transit Center without having to go through the streets of San Francisco.
  • 1st floor: traffic area for passengers and visitors, administration and shopping areas.
  • Ground floor: main hall; Ticket sales.
  • 1st basement: ticket sales, waiting areas and bicycle parking areas.
  • 2nd basement: train station; three passenger platforms for the Caltrain and the planned California High-Speed ​​Rail .

The pattern of the facade is derived from Penrose parquet .

Views

  • First visitors to City Park on August 12, 2018, the day after the opening

  • Bus stops on the second floor

  • Waiting travelers in the main hall

  • Cactus garden in the City Park

  • West entrance to the main hall

  • Water fountains in City Park indicate the arrival of a bus on the floor below

  • Amphitheater in City Park

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Transbay Transit Center grand vision includes thriving retail hub . In: San Francisco Chronicle , December 10, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2015. 
  2. ^ The Program . In: transbaycenter.org .
  3. ^ Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects: Construction Begins for Transbay Transit Center . In: prnewswire.com . August 11, 2010.
  4. ↑ Transit Center . In: transbaycenter.org .
  5. ↑ Park near Transbay Transit Center being designed . In: SFGate .
  6. ↑ Transbay Transit Center ( Memento from January 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Bus Deck Level . In: transbaycenter.org .
  8. ↑ Second level . In: transbaycenter.org .
  9. ^ Ground level . In: transbaycenter.org .
  10. ^ Lower Concourse Level . In: transbaycenter.org .
  11. ^ Train Station Platform . In: transbaycenter.org .
  12. ↑ Transbay Transit Center will include Penrose pattern, highlighting scientific discovery

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