Montgomery Street station

Montgomery Street station (often Montgomery station) is a combined BART and Muni Metro rapid transit station in the Market Street subway. Located under Market Street between Montgomery Street and Sansome Street, it serves the Financial District neighborhood and surrounding areas. The three-level station has a large fare mezzanine level, with separate platform levels for Muni Metro and BART below. With over 43,000 boardings per weekday, it is the busiest station on the BART system, just ahead of Embarcadero station.

Montgomery
BART train at Montgomery Street station in 2017
Location598 Market Street, San Francisco, California
Coordinates37.789355°N 122.401942°W / 37.789355; -122.401942
Line(s)Market Street subway
Platforms1 island platform (BART)
1 island platform (Muni Metro)
2 side platforms (Muni surface)
Tracks2 wide gauge (BART)
2 standard gauge (Muni Metro)
2 standard gauge (Muni surface)
Connections Muni, Golden Gate Transit, SamTrans
Construction
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedNovember 5, 1973 (BART)[1]
February 18, 1980 (Muni Metro)[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2020)42,494 (weekday average)[3] (BART)
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Powell Street
toward Millbrae
 Richmond–​Millbrae Embarcadero
toward Richmond
Powell Street
toward Daly City
 Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City Embarcadero
toward Dublin/​Pleasanton
Powell Street
toward San Francisco International Airport
 Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae Embarcadero
toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Powell Street
toward Daly City
 Berryessa/​North San José–​Daly City Embarcadero
toward Berryessa/​North San José
Preceding station Muni Following station
Powell
towards Balboa Park
 J Church Embarcadero
Terminus
Powell
towards SF Zoo
 L Taraval
Powell
towards San Jose and Geneva (Balboa Park)
 M Ocean View
Powell
towards West Portal
 S Shuttle
Powell
towards Balboa Park
 K Ingleside Embarcadero
One-way operation
Powell
One-way operation
 T Third Street Embarcadero
towards Sunnydale
Powell
towards Ocean Beach
 N Judah Embarcadero
towards 4th and King
At Market and 2nd Street / Market and New Montgomery
Market and 3rd Street / Market and Kearny
towards 17th Street and Castro
 F Market & Wharves Market and 1st Street / Market and Battery
towards Jones and Beach
Location

The under-construction station was featured in the 1971 film The Organization.[4] BART service at the station began on November 5, 1973, followed by Muni Metro service on February 18, 1980.[1][2]

Some rush-hour trains on the Antioch line short turn at Montgomery during the morning peak to provide additional Transbay service. Beginning on February 16, 2020, Dublin/Pleasanton line trains will terminate at Montgomery on some Sundays due to single-tracking in the Market Street subway.[5]

Station layout
A Muni Metro train at the station in 2018

Like the three other shared Muni/BART stations in the Market Street subway, Montgomery has three underground levels. The first level is a fare mezzanine, with two Muni paid areas and two BART paid areas. The second level has a single island platform for Muni Metro, and the third level has an island platform for BART.[6] The station has seven street entrances along its length, plus underground entrances to the One Sansome Street and 44 Montgomery buildings.[6]

Following the 2015 addition of a canopy over an escalator at 19th Street Oakland station, which reduced escalator downtime by one-third, BART decided to add canopies to all downtown Oakland and San Francisco entrances.[7] Construction of the Market Street entrances will begin in 2020, with completion in 2027.[8] Under the planned Better Market Street project, the inbound F stop would be discontinued to reduce travel times.[9]

Connections
F Market and Wharves streetcar at Market and 2nd Street

Muni's F Market and Wharves heritage streetcar line stops on the surface at Market and 2nd Street (outbound) and Market and New Montgomery (inbound). The station is also served by a number of Muni bus and trolleybus routes:[10]

AC Transit serves Montgomery Street station with the 800 All Nighter route during hours that BART is not operating.[10]

Additional Muni (14, 14R, 14X), Golden Gate Transit (30, 70, 101, 101X), and SamTrans (292, 397, 398, FCX) bus routes run on Mission Street, one block away. The Transbay Transit Center, located about 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) to the east, is the primary San Francisco terminal for AC Transit transbay routes, WestCAT, Greyhound Lines, Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach buses, some Golden Gate Transit routes, and Muni route 25.[10]

References
  1. "BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013.
  2. Callwell, Robert (September 1999). "Transit in San Francisco: A Selected Chronology, 1850–1995" (PDF). San Francisco Municipal Railway. p. 57.
  3. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2020.
  4. Weiler, A. H. (October 21, 1971). "Four Features Begin Their Runs Here: Poitier Is Virgil Tibbs in 'The Organization'". New York Times.
  5. "New Sunday service plan to begin in February" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. November 25, 2019.
  6. "Station Map: Montgomery Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. August 13, 2012.
  7. "Ribbon-cutting held for San Francisco BART Station Market St. Canopies" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. November 13, 2018.
  8. "BART to build canopies over San Francisco Market Street entrances" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 23, 2020.
  9. Better Market Street Project EIR (PDF). 1. San Francisco Planning Department. February 27, 2019. p. 2-53.
  10. "Transit Stops: Montgomery Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. November 8, 2018.
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