Editing San Francisco Transbay Terminal (section)

{{Short description|Former transit terminal in San Francisco, CA, USA}}
{{About|the former transit station in San Francisco, which closed in 2010|its replacement|Salesforce Transit Center}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Transbay Terminal
| image               = 1939TransbayTerminal-in-2008.jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = The facade of the Transbay Terminal in 2008
| address             = 425 [[Mission Street]], [[San Francisco, California]]
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| coordinates         = {{coord|37|47|22|N|122|23|47|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| mapframe=yes|mapframe-zoom=14
| owned               = [[California Department of Transportation|Caltrans]]
| operator            = 
| line                = 
| distance            = 
| platforms           = 
| tracks              = 
| train_operators     = 
| connections         = 
| structure           = 
| parking             = 
| bicycle             = 
| accessible            = 
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| zone                = 
| website             = http://transbaycenter.org/project/terminal-history
| opened              = {{Start date|1939|01|14}}
| closed              = {{End date|2010|08|07}}
| passengers          = 
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|other_services_header=Former services
|other_services_collapsible= yes
|other_services={{Adjacent stations|system1=MUNI|note-row1=1995–2000
|line2=F|left2=Market and Battery
|note-row3=1939–1982
|line4=J|left4=Market and Battery
|line5=K|left5=Market and Battery|to-left5=Phelan Loop
|line6=L|left6=Market and Battery
|line7=M|left7=Market and Battery|to-left7=Broad and Plymouth
|line8=N|left8=Market and Battery
|system9=Key System
|note-row9=1939–1958
|line10=A|right10=Yerba Buena Island
|line11=B|right11=Yerba Buena Island
|line12=C|right12=Yerba Buena Island
|line13=E|right13=Yerba Buena Island
|line14=F|right14=Yerba Buena Island
|line15=H|right15=Hollis|note-mid15=(discontinued 1941)
|system18=Sacramento Northern Railway|note-row19=1939–1941
|line20=Main Line|right20=Oakland
|system21=Southern Pacific Railroad
|header22=[[East Bay Electric Lines|Interurban Electric Railway]]
|note-row22=1939–1941
|line23=Berkeley|right23=34th Street|to-right23=Thousand Oaks
|line24=Ninth Street|right24=34th Street
|line25=Seventh Street|right25=Oakland
|line26=Lincoln Avenue|right26=Oakland
|line27=Encinal Avenue|right27=Oakland
}}
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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 (San Francisco)|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, San Francisco|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 [[Alameda County|the East Bay]], and [[SamTrans]] buses from [[San Mateo County]]. Long-distance buses from beyond the Bay Area such as [[Greyhound Bus Lines|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.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2010/08/San-Francisco-breaks-ground-on-4-2B-Transbay-Transit-Center.aspx|title=San Francisco breaks ground on $4.2B Transbay Transit Center|magazine=[[Metro Magazine]]|date=2010-08-12}}</ref> US [[Secretary of Transportation]] [[Ray LaHood]], US [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|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.