Love catching the Cal Train whenever Im headed to the city to work or attend an event. Very…read moreconvenient and easy. The SF train station on 4th and King is typically busy most of the time especially if there's a game or concert at the same time. The new electric train are so much quieter and seem faster. If you're new to catching the train it can be overwhelming but Cal Transit team are very nice, friendly and helpful. The restrooms are available which isn't the same for all the stations and they have food options. There's a subway and an Italian cafe . It's always good once in a while to commute via the train bs driving.

First time taking the Caltrain here in SF. I thought it was pretty self explainatory. You grab a…read moreticket at the machine and then wait by your trains door. It was a nice building with some art around. Reasonable price. I was able to get to Palo Alto easy enough.

Being a tech city it's kind of sad to see how outdated BART is …read more Finally they allow use of credit cards to tap in and out But frequency is still low announcement screens are dated

I love mass transit. I use it because it is efficient and effective. In most instances, it is…read morecompetitive with driving a personal vehicle. and during rush hour it typically is faster for the destinations I am headed to. But I also believe in the concept. We have become cynical about the public good, and that is a loss; the social contract is made real through infrastructure projects. I have used the Civic Center station probably a couple hundred times. It used to be, for a decade, the closest to my workplace. I am quite familiar with it. That includes at all hours. Despite my fondness for mass transit, I have to report that this station is probably the single worst of those I know well. I swear this is true, and you can confirm it easily enough on the internet: the elevators have broken down due to human feces being stuck in the machinery. There is just an overwhelming population of troubled souls in the neighborhood. They need help; I describe the situation not to condemn the individuals but to lament the state of our diverse democracy. I still use Civic Center. I would not warn people away. I would say that if you are not comfortable with the Muni or BART to begin with, you will have qualms about this specific site. That is all.

The junction between downtown and the outer neighborhoods! I…read morestation agent is always on site. The space has been generally tidy (yeah!). Just not on the BART line... but go on stop East on the Metro to Civic Center station (which can be dodgy) and get off the Metro to enter into the BART section through another lobby entrance.

It's a major subway station connecting multiple lines, and I've transited here with different…read moreoutboard directions. Although the waiting time and frequency for certain lines could vary from time to time.

I made myself flash cards so I could better get along with people. On one side goes what I'm…read morethinking the other side the more diplomatic version. Card #1 "I've had enough of you people!!" the other side "my social battery is low." Card #2 "You belong in the nut house!!!" on the other side "bless your heart." Card #3 "What is wrong with you?!" the other side "we have different schools of thought" Enough cringeworthy office jargon and passive aggressive yapping - there is no good way to say it but this bart station is absolute sh%!#. There you have it plain and simple. Direct and to the point. I say it like it is for every German tourist out there who thinks all the USA is golden paved roads, wonderbra and sunshine. Reality check. Now let me get back to my studies - I got a whole pile of those.

Used the 16th and Mission BART station the other day and it was a horrifying experience. Upon…read morearrival, I noticed that the escalator was broken, resulting in the broken escalator being a set of stairs... Outside the BART station, there were numerous locals "selling" goods...yikes

This station is much closer to the Financial District, but still also close to Powell and Market,…read morebut with a relatively short distance walk (about 10-12 minutes). The station seems much cleaner all around just because it's off the more touristy stations. It also seems to have less broken escalators when you need them. Not sure if there's a bathroom at this station though. A good station also if you're trying to link up to surface buses.

Amazing news the elevators were actually working at this station. They had an agent in the Elevator…read morewaiting for the next guest to arrive. I've never come across this level of hospitality before. Usually you have to contact a gate agent to assist in using the elevator and that is if it's working at that station. They seem to go in and out all the time and at some stations they never seem to be in operation. This is a good station to walk to if you are coming from or going to a Giants game. It's actually a closer walk then if you walk to the Embarcadero station and that is where most guests walk to when going to or coming from a GIants game. It's about a 15-20 minute walk from the Montgomery BART station to the Ball park. The BART station's first stop if you are heading from Oracle Park to the Pittsburg BayPoint line is the Montgomery station so when we arrive we were able to get seats. Next we stopped at the Embarcadero Station and it was flooded with people and there were very few seats for them, most people had to stand in our train. The initial wait for the train was 15 minutes from the time we entered the station from the Giants game till we hopped on the train. The Daly City line came several times over while we were waiting. Bathrooms. I can't speak to their bathroom situation as we used them at the Ballpark before we left so we didn't need to use them. BART no longer uses the old school BART tickets, they have revolved into using the Clipper Cards or a Credit Card. I have a plastic clipper card somewhere, but I'm not exactly sure where it is and failed to bring it. The good thing about using a Clipper Card is you aren't holding out your credit card to come and go using BART. I was afraid I would drop it in the crowd. They also have a Clipper App you can use, but I'm not a big fan of paying for things with apps. In the end I took my chances and used my credit card as a key to get in and out of the BART station. I'll probably use my Credit Card next time I use BART too just for the convince. In addition I don't like putting money on cards as I always end up with an odd amount left over that I can never use and it ends up to be lost money.

I had and continue to have so many misgivings about the Central Subway project (spending $1.6…read morebillion for 1.7 miles of tunnel and only three new stations is a horrible waste of taxpayer money). But it's over now, and I can't deny that at least two of the three new stations are great, and I like that the T-Third Street is finally its own line again--plus its new route makes more sense than its original route. The worst thing about this station is its name. Stop using slashes in the names of transit stops! And transit lines, while you're at it. In most cases, the slash is to include additional information (which is why a slash is bad, because slashes mean either/or, while hyphens [-] *can* mean and, but they don't always), but in this case, they just chose Yerba Buena and Moscone. Huh? Yerba Buena what? Island? Avenue? Gardens? Center for the Arts? And you mean Moscone Center, right? Well, anyone who knows what and where the Moscone Center is also knows about all the Yerba Buena stuff, and vice versa. So why not just choose one name? Moscone Station. See? I solved that for you. Back to the station itself. Almost a year after opening (and before the pre-APEC deep clean), it was still practically spotless. There isn't too much graffiti, and the station itself is gorgeous, from the platform to the mezzanine to the escalators and stairs to the small area with public art at street level. The station is much deeper underground than I expected it to be. There's plenty of room at the bottom of the stairs and escalators, so it should never really feel crowded, except possibly on the platform at times. Realistically, I probably won't catch or get off the train at this station very often, but it's neat that it's here. While they're still clean, you should check out all three new stations.

Very clean and easy to navigate. It was our first time riding so we had high hopes and were not…read moredisappointed.

Embarcadero BART station has always been my favorite BART station…read more That's as true today as it was when I was 14 years old and I used to cut school in Berkeley and jump on BART station and get off in Embarcadero so I could spend the day in San Francisco. Embarcadero station is the first station one gets to when they are coming from the East Bay and it's located in one of the most exciting parts of San Francisco. This station gives you access to Ferry Building-Oracle Park-Pier 39-Fisherman's Wharf. The downside to this station,to me, are as follows. -Monday through Friday from 3pm to 6pm this station is super packed with workers trying to leave San Francisco after work and can make catching a train back to the East Bay troublesome. -Same thing with the morning from like 6am to 9am coming from the East Bay is a monster of a train ride -- I don't love it. After Giant games or events at Oracle Park this station is very busy as well with people trying to catch BART back to the East Bay. I feel this station is pretty safe, I've never seen a lot of criminal activity going on in the station. This BART station also is a central hub for connecting to San Francisco's Muni Metro system, so that is another plus for this station. Overall I can say these are the reasons this is still my favorite BART station in the Bay Area.

I visited the Bart Station - Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA [298 Market St] on Monday, 07/06/26…read more What I loved about this station was the convenience of the nearby attractions available. These include iconic stops such as the SF Ferry Buikding with an indoor food marketplace & local artisan vendors, piers, Chinatown, North Beach neighborhood, etc. Depending on where I needed to go, this stop was great for making those adventures.

Pros: Perfectly functional- escalators were functioning, stairs are reasonable, and the tap to…read moreenter and exit were good. Adding funds to pay is also a breeze. Cons: smelly and dirty. We saw a couple of people break through by trying to follow closely and pry the doors open or go under the doors. The people in the booths just let them go, I didn't blame them. I'm sure they are that hundreds of times a day. Overall, this is an excellent system and we love the convenience and ease of use.

As far as BART stations go, this one is ok. It's not dirty or dangerous, and getting in and out is…read morepretty fast. It would be nice if the bathrooms were operational.

This so wonderful ride to take from San Francisco to Sunnyvale I did it for 4 years I went through…read moremy emails I did homework or work related and just relax very clean train.

This station does its job - barely. While safe and convenient for transit, it does not look like…read moreone and is not built like one. Awful layout, poor lighting, overcrowded stairs (how hard was it to build a wide staircase?), non-existent sitting arrangements, insufficient ticket equipment. This place is as welcoming as an anti-utopia movie set.