South San Francisco (BART station)
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South San Francisco Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...

 station located in suburban South San Francisco, California
South San Francisco, California
South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area...

 in northern San Mateo County. It consists of two main tracks and a shared underground island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

.

El Camino High School
El Camino High School (South San Francisco)
El Camino High School is a four-year American public high school located in South San Francisco, California, directly adjacent to the South San Francisco BART Station...

 is located near the station along the opposite side of Mission Road, and Solaire Village, a 361-unit, mixed-use
Mixed-use development
Mixed-use development is the use of a building, set of buildings, or neighborhood for more than one purpose. Since the 1920s, zoning in some countries has required uses to be separated. However, when jobs, housing, and commercial activities are located close together, a community's transportation...

 transit village
Transit village
A transit village is a residential development planned around a transportation hub, such as a train station, with the intent to make it convenient for village dwellers to get to/from work or run errands and travel via a public transportation network....

 that includes a Trader Joe's
Trader Joe's
Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. , Trader Joe's had a total of 365 stores. Approximately half of its stores are in California, with the heaviest concentration in Southern California, but the company also has locations in 30...

 supermarket, is nearby.

Service at the station began on June 22, 2003, as part of the BART San Mateo County Extension project that extended BART service southward from Colma to Millbrae
Millbrae Station
Millbrae Station is an at-grade Bay Area Rapid Transit and Caltrain station located in suburban Millbrae, California, in northern San Mateo County.-Description:...

 and San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco International Airport (BART station)
San Francisco International Airport BART station also known as SFIA is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station on the Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line located inside San Francisco International Airport....

.

Transit connections

Several SamTrans
SamTrans
SamTrans is a public transport agency in and around San Mateo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It provides bus service throughout San Mateo County and into portions of San Francisco and Palo Alto...

 bus lines serve the station, including:
  • 122 - daily local service to Stonestown Mall
    Stonestown Galleria
    Stonestown Galleria is a shopping mall in San Francisco, California, anchored by Nordstrom, Macy's, and Ode Books, formerly Borders Books & Music...

     (San Francisco) via Kaiser Hospital, Westborough Shopping Center, King Plaza Shopping Center, Serramonte Shopping Center
    Serramonte Center
    Serramonte Center is a . super-regional shopping mall located in Daly City, California. The mall is anchored by Macy's, J. C. Penney, and Target Greatland....

    , Serra Center, Seton Medical Center, Colma BART
    Colma (BART station)
    Colma Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in unincorporated Colma, California, in northern San Mateo County, adjacent to incorporated Colma and Daly City. Situated in a small valley immediately adjacent to a BART rail yard, the station consists of three main tracks with a shared...

    , Westlake Shopping Center (Daly City), Daly City BART
    Daly City (BART station)
    Daly City Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in extreme northern San Mateo County, California, in suburban Daly City, less than one block outside the San Francisco city and county limits. Interstate 280 and California Route 1 run along the immediate west side of the station...

    , and San Francisco State University
    San Francisco State University
    San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...

    .
  • 130 - daily local service to Daly City BART (northbound) and Airport & Linden (South San Francisco, southbound) via Mission Street (San Francisco), Colma BART, Hillside Drive, downtown South San Francisco, and, indirectly, South San Francisco Caltrain
    South San Francisco (Caltrain station)
    South San Francisco station is a Caltrain station in South San Francisco, California. It serves Local and Limited-Stop trains. The station is on the east side of Highway 101 beneath E...

    .
  • 132 - weekdays and Saturdays loop services around South San Francisco via downtown South San Francisco, Hillside Drive, Airport & Linden, South San Francisco City Hall, Grand Avenue, Orange Avenue, and Kaiser Hospital.
  • 133 - weekdays and Saturdays local service to Serramonte Shopping Center (northbound) and Airport & Linden (South San Francisco, southbound) via Hickey Blvd, Buri Buri Shopping Center, South San Francisco Library, Rotary Plaza (San Bruno), San Bruno BART
    San Bruno (BART station)
    San Bruno Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located adjacent to the Tanforan shopping center in suburban San Bruno, California, in northern San Mateo County...

    , Tanforan Mall
    The Shops at Tanforan
    The Shops at Tanforan is a redeveloped, regional shopping mall in San Bruno, California. It is located in the Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area, 10 miles south of San Francisco. It is served by the adjacent San Bruno Bay Area Rapid Transit station, as well as several local SamTrans bus...

    , and Spruce Street.
  • 390 - daily local service along the El Camino Real corridor to Daly City BART (northbound) and Palo Alto Caltrain
    Palo Alto (Caltrain station)
    Palo Alto Station is the main train station in Palo Alto, California. It is a regional transit center serving Santa Clara County and San Mateo County Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority transit bus passengers as well as Caltrain commuters. Palo Alto is also one of the busiest stations in...

    (southbound).

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